Jeff Fassero

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1991-2006)

Jeff Fassero was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2006 for 9 teams, including the Montreal Expos, a span of 16 seasons. Across 720 career appearances, he went 121-124 with a 4.11 ERA, 1,643 strikeouts, and 25 saves. He also batted .083 with 0 home runs. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 25161.3.

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):
Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):
For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):
Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated

W–L 121–124
ERA 4.11
WHIP 1.38
SO 1,643
Pitcher PIV 25161.3
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
L / L
Height / Weight
6'1" / 180 lb
Born
1/5/1963 in Springfield, IL, USA
MLB Debut
1991-05-04
Last Game
2006-05-07

Full name: Jeffrey Joseph Fassero

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jeff Fassero — Career Pitching Statistics
W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
121 124 720 242 17 2 25 2033.7 2,083 929 214 724 1,643 4.11 25161.3

Career ERA 4.11 vs. league average 4.39 across their career seasons — 6.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jeff Fassero Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1991 MON NL 2 5 51 0 0 0 8 55.3 39 15 17 42 2.44 3.91 (+38%) 1906.6
1992 MON NL 8 7 70 0 0 0 1 85.7 81 27 34 63 2.84 3.75 (+24%) 2224.5
1993 MON NL 12 5 56 15 1 0 1 149.7 119 38 54 140 2.29 4.19 (+45%) 5332.8
1994 MON NL 8 6 21 21 1 0 0 138.7 119 46 40 119 2.99 4.51 (+34%) 3534.2
1995 MON NL 13 14 30 30 1 0 0 189.0 207 91 74 164 4.33 4.45 (+3%) 4148.7
1996 MON NL 15 11 34 34 5 1 0 231.7 217 85 55 222 3.30 4.61 (+28%) 8995.5
1997 SEA AL 16 9 35 35 2 1 0 234.3 226 94 84 189 3.61 4.39 (+18%) 3773.7
1998 SEA AL 13 12 32 32 7 0 0 224.7 223 99 66 176 3.97 4.43 (+11%) -365.5
1999 SEA AL 4 14 30 24 0 0 0 139.0 188 114 73 101 7.38 4.71 (-57%) -6303.6
1999 TEX AL 1 0 7 3 0 0 0 17.3 20 11 10 13 5.71 4.71 (-21%) 258.2
2000 BOS AL 8 8 38 23 0 0 0 130.0 153 69 50 97 4.78 4.77 (avg) 1170.5
2001 CHN NL 4 4 82 0 0 0 12 73.7 66 28 23 79 3.42 4.42 (+23%) 2761.3
2002 CHN NL 5 6 57 0 0 0 0 51.0 65 35 22 44 6.18 4.28 (-44%) 381.9
2002 SLN NL 3 0 16 0 0 0 0 18.0 16 6 5 12 3.00 4.28 (+30%) -482.8
2003 SLN NL 1 7 62 6 0 0 3 77.7 93 49 34 55 5.68 4.40 (-29%) -2818.4
2004 COL NL 3 8 40 12 0 0 0 111.0 136 68 44 59 5.51 4.46 (-23%) 360.8
2004 ARI NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0.00 — 0.0
2005 SFN NL 4 7 48 6 0 0 0 91.0 92 41 31 60 4.05 4.29 (+6%) 1315.5
2006 SFN NL 1 1 10 1 0 0 0 15.0 23 13 8 7 7.80 4.53 (-72%) -1032.5
Career · 19 seasons 121 124 720 242 17 2 25 2,033.2 2,083 929 724 1,643 4.11 — 25,161

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jeff Fassero — Career Batting Statistics
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
720 276 21 23 2 1 0 6 1 18 151 .083 .139 .098 .237 -1,355

Career AVG .083 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 68.6% below league average.

Career OBP .139 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 58.5% below league average.

Career SLG .098 vs. league average .419 across their career seasons — 76.6% below league average.

Career OPS .237 vs. league average .753 across their career seasons — 68.6% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Jeff Fassero Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1991 MON NL 51 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
1992 MON NL 70 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 — — — — 0.0
1993 MON NL 56 32 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 23 .062 — — — — 0.0
1994 MON NL 21 44 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 27 .068 — — — — 0.0
1995 MON NL 30 57 6 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 29 .070 .266 (-74%) .337 (-57%) .417 (-83%) .755 (-71%) -674.2
1996 MON NL 34 64 5 6 0 0 0 4 1 8 32 .094 .269 (-65%) .340 (-44%) .426 (-78%) .767 (-63%) -680.9
1997 SEA AL 35 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 — — — — 0.0
1998 SEA AL 32 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
1999 SEA AL 30 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 — — — — 0.0
1999 TEX AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2000 BOS AL 38 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2001 CHN NL 82 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 CHN NL 57 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 — — — — 0.0
2002 SLN NL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 SLN NL 62 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 COL NL 40 21 3 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 9 .190 — — — — 0.0
2004 ARI NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 SFN NL 48 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 SFN NL 10 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 — — — — 0.0
Career · 19 seasons 720 276 21 23 2 1 0 6 1 18 151 .083 — — — — -1,355

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jeff Fassero — Playoff Career Batting
G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jeff Fassero — Playoff Batting by Year
Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2002 NLCS SLN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 NLDS2 SLN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1999 ALDS2 TEX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1997 ALDS2 SEA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jeff Fassero — Playoff Career Pitching
W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
3 0 6 1 0 12.3 8 2 5 7 1.46

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jeff Fassero — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2002 NLCS SLN 0 0 1 0 0 0.7 0 0 0 1 0.00
2002 NLDS2 SLN 2 0 3 0 0 2.7 3 0 0 2 0.00
1999 ALDS2 TEX 0 0 1 0 0 1.0 2 1 1 1 9.00
1997 ALDS2 SEA 1 0 1 1 0 8.0 3 1 4 3 1.12

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jeff Fassero — Batting — Home / Away
SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home36112981305.101
Away359147131001.068

Pitching — Home / Away

Jeff Fassero — Pitching — Home / Away
SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home3611013.010004763868114.23
Away3591020.210834533388323.99

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jeff Fassero — Last 10 Games — Batting
DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2006-05-07 SFGPHIL 000000000
2006-05-04 SFGMILL 000000000
2006-04-30 SFGAZL 000000000
2006-04-29 SFGAZW 000000000
2006-04-26 SFGNYNL 000000000
2006-04-23 SFGCOLL 000000000
2006-04-20 SFGAZW 000000000
2006-04-17 SFGAZW 221000001
2006-04-13 SFGHOUL 000000000
2006-04-06 SFGATLW 200000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jeff Fassero — Last 10 Games — Pitching
DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2006-05-07 SFGPHI — 0.2011310
2006-05-04 SFGMIL — 1.0100010
2006-04-30 SFGAZ — 2.0544210
2006-04-29 SFGAZ — 1.0000000
2006-04-26 SFGNYN — 0.1000000
2006-04-23 SFGCOL L 1.2311100
2006-04-20 SFGAZ — 0.0100000
2006-04-17 SFGAZ — 4.0744222
2006-04-13 SFGHOU — 0.2100000
2006-04-06 SFGATL W 3.2533022

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jeff Fassero — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position G GS PO A E DP
P 720 242 106 354 14 18

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jeff Fassero — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1991 MON P 51 0 3 11 1 1
1992 MON P 70 0 1 15 0 0
1993 MON P 56 15 5 22 3 0
1994 MON P 21 21 9 33 0 1
1995 MON P 30 30 7 35 4 1
1996 MON P 34 34 12 44 1 2
1997 SEA P 35 35 15 34 1 1
1998 SEA P 32 32 11 31 2 0
1999 SEA P 30 24 4 27 0 2
1999 TEX P 7 3 0 2 0 0
2000 BOS P 38 23 11 18 1 3
2001 CHN P 82 0 3 9 0 2
2002 CHN P 57 0 2 7 0 0
2002 SLN P 16 0 2 3 0 0
2003 SLN P 62 6 5 12 1 1
2004 COL P 40 12 7 24 0 2
2004 ARI P 1 0 0 0 0 0
2005 SFN P 48 6 7 24 0 2
2006 SFN P 10 1 2 3 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jeff Fassero Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position Games
Pitcher 720

Awards & Honors

Jeff Fassero — Awards & Honors
Year Award Notes
1997 Pitcher of the Month September
1996 Pitcher of the Month July
1996 Pitcher of the Month June

Salary History

Jeff Fassero — Salary History
Year Team League Salary
2006 SFN NL $750,000
2005 SFN NL $500,000
2004 COL NL $500,000
2003 SLN NL $1,250,000
2002 CHN NL $2,800,000
2001 CHN NL $2,400,000
2000 BOS AL $2,000,000
1999 SEA AL $5,016,667
1998 SEA AL $5,016,667
1997 SEA AL $3,466,667
1996 MON NL $2,800,000
1995 MON NL $1,500,000
1994 MON NL $315,000
1993 MON NL $187,500
1992 MON NL $129,000
Total Career Earnings $28,631,501

College History

Jeff Fassero — College History
School Name City State Years Attended
Lincoln Land Community College Springfield IL 1982, 1983
University of Mississippi Oxford MS 1984

Award Voting History

Jeff Fassero — Award Voting History
Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1996 Cy Young Award NL 9th 1.0 140 0

Most Similar Players

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Career Spans

Jeff Fassero (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Darren Oliver
    118-98, 4.51 ERA
  2. 93
    Diego Segui
    92-111, 3.81 ERA
  3. 91
    Billy Hoeft
    97-101, 3.94 ERA
  4. 87
    Miguel Batista
    102-115, 4.48 ERA
  5. 83
    Moe Drabowsky
    88-105, 3.71 ERA
  6. 82
    Rick Honeycutt
    109-143, 3.72 ERA

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Frequently Asked Questions about Jeff Fassero

What years did Jeff Fassero play?
Jeff Fassero played in Major League Baseball from 1991 to 2006.
Was Jeff Fassero a pitcher?
Yes. Jeff Fassero pitched in the major leagues, recording 121 wins and 1643 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jeff Fassero hit?
Jeff Fassero hit 0 career home runs with 23 hits.
What was Jeff Fassero's career batting average?
Jeff Fassero batted .083 over his career, with 23 hits in 276 at bats.
How many RBI did Jeff Fassero have?
Jeff Fassero drove in 6 runs in his career.
What was Jeff Fassero's career ERA?
Jeff Fassero finished with a 4.11 career ERA, going 121-124 with 1,643 strikeouts.