What years did Aaron Laffey play?

Aaron Laffey played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2015.

Was Aaron Laffey a pitcher?

Yes. Aaron Laffey pitched in the major leagues, recording 26 wins and 245 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Aaron Laffey hit?

Aaron Laffey hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.

What was Aaron Laffey's career batting average?

Aaron Laffey batted .222 over his career, with 2 hits in 9 at bats.

What was Aaron Laffey's career ERA?

Aaron Laffey finished with a 4.44 career ERA, going 26-29 with 245 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Aaron Laffey have?

Aaron Laffey recorded 245 career strikeouts.

Aaron Laffey

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2007-2015)

Aaron Laffey was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2015 for 6 teams, including the Cleveland Guardians, a span of 9 seasons. Across 156 career appearances, he went 26-29 with a 4.44 ERA and 245 strikeouts.

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 October 12, 2026

W–L 26–29

ERA 4.44

WHIP 1.52

SO 245

Pitcher PIV -6341.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / L
Height / Weight: 5'11" / 190 lb
Born: 4/15/1985 in Cumberland, MD, USA
MLB Debut: 2007-08-04
Last Game: 2015-07-31

Full name: Aaron Steven Laffey

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Career Pitching Statistics

Aaron Laffey — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
26	29	156	68	0	0	1	494.1	552	244	48	199	245	4.44	-6341.1

Career ERA 4.44 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — 7.8% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Aaron Laffey Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2007	CLE	AL	4	2	9	9	0	49.1	54	25	12	25	4.56	4.47 (-2%)	930.6
2008	CLE	AL	5	7	16	16	0	93.2	103	44	31	43	4.23	4.32 (+2%)	-1309.2
2009	CLE	AL	7	9	25	19	1	121.2	140	60	57	59	4.44	4.32 (-3%)	-675.0
2010	CLE	AL	2	3	29	5	0	55.2	62	28	28	28	4.53	4.08 (-11%)	220.2
2011	SEA	AL	1	1	36	0	0	42.2	54	19	16	24	4.01	3.94 (-2%)	-1371.8
2011	NYA	AL	2	1	11	0	0	10.2	13	4	5	6	3.38	3.94 (+14%)	19.6
2012	TOR	AL	4	6	22	16	0	100.2	100	51	37	48	4.56	4.01 (-14%)	-3959.9
2013	NYN	NL	0	0	4	2	0	10.0	16	8	5	9	7.20	3.87 (-86%)	-195.6
2013	TOR	AL	0	0	1	1	0	2.2	2	2	5	0	6.75	—	0.0
2015	COL	NL	1	0	3	0	0	7.1	8	3	3	3	3.68	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			26	29	156	68	1	494.1	552	244	199	245	4.44	—	-6,341

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

Aaron Laffey — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
156	9	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.222	.444	0

Career AVG .222 vs. league average .259 across their career seasons — 14.1% below league average.

Career OBP .222 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 31.7% below league average.

Career SLG .222 vs. league average .408 across their career seasons — 45.6% below league average.

Career OPS .444 vs. league average .733 across their career seasons — 39.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Aaron Laffey Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2007	CLE	AL	9	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	CLE	AL	16	2	1	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	CLE	AL	25	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	CLE	AL	29	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SEA	AL	36	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	NYA	AL	11	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	TOR	AL	22	1	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	NYN	NL	4	3	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	TOR	AL	1	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	COL	NL	3	2	1	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 10 seasons			156	9	2	2	.222	—	—	—	—	0

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

Aaron Laffey — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Aaron Laffey — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2007	ALCS	CLE	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Aaron Laffey — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	1	0	0	4.2	1	0	1	3	0.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Aaron Laffey — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2007	ALCS	CLE	0	0	1	0	0	4.2	1	0	1	3	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Aaron Laffey — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	68	2	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	88	7	0	2	0	0	.286

Pitching — Home / Away

Aaron Laffey — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	68	226.2	249	95	73	112	3.77
Away	88	267.2	303	149	126	133	5.01

Last 10 Games — Batting

Aaron Laffey — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	SO
2015-07-31	COL	STL	L	1	1	0
2015-07-29	COL	CHC	L	0	0	0
2015-07-10	COL	ATL	W	1	0	1
2013-04-26	TOR	NYY	L	0	0	0
2013-04-20	NYN	WAS	L	0	0	0
2013-04-16	NYN	COL	L	2	0	1
2013-04-12	NYN	MIN	W	0	0	0
2013-04-07	NYN	MIA	W	1	0	0
2012-10-01	TOR	MIN	W	0	0	0
2012-09-25	TOR	BAL	W	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Aaron Laffey — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2015-07-31	COL	STL	—	3.0	3	0	0	1	2	0
2015-07-29	COL	CHC	—	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2015-07-10	COL	ATL	W	2.1	4	3	3	1	0	1
2013-04-26	TOR	NYY	—	2.2	2	2	2	5	0	0
2013-04-20	NYN	WAS	—	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	1
2013-04-16	NYN	COL	—	4.0	4	2	2	3	3	0
2013-04-12	NYN	MIN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2013-04-07	NYN	MIA	—	4.1	10	3	3	1	5	0
2012-10-01	TOR	MIN	—	5.0	8	4	3	0	0	1
2012-09-25	TOR	BAL	W	5.2	5	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Aaron Laffey — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	156	68	28	80	3	6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Aaron Laffey — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2007	CLE	P	9	9	3	13	0	1
2008	CLE	P	16	16	3	11	1	0
2009	CLE	P	25	19	6	13	1	2
2010	CLE	P	29	5	4	7	1	1
2011	SEA	P	36	0	7	9	0	0
2011	NYA	P	11	0	0	2	0	0
2012	TOR	P	22	16	5	22	0	2
2013	NYN	P	4	2	0	1	0	0
2013	TOR	P	1	1	0	1	0	0
2015	COL	P	3	0	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Aaron Laffey Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	156

Awards & Honors

Aaron Laffey — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2008	Rookie of the Month	May

Salary History

Aaron Laffey — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2013	NYN	NL	$480,000
2011	SEA	AL	$431,600
2010	CLE	AL	$421,900
Total Career Earnings			$1,333,500

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Aaron Laffey: the record in brief

August 4, 2007 and July 31, 2015 bracket Aaron Laffey's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Club by club, the record runs the Cleveland Indians (2007 to 2010), the Seattle Mariners (2011), the New York Yankees (2011), the Toronto Blue Jays (2012 through 2013), the New York Mets (2013), and the Colorado Rockies (2015). At 5'11" and 190 pounds, Laffey is listed as a pitcher. The bio says Laffey both batted and threw left-handed. The recorded birth is April 15, 1985, in Cumberland, MD, USA. Laffey's full given name, per the bio, is Aaron Steven Laffey.

Across 156 games (68 starts), Laffey recorded 26 wins against 29 losses with a 4.44 ERA. Also on Laffey's record: 245 strikeouts. Against a 4.12 league ERA for the same seasons, the 4.44 mark was 7.8% worse. 2009 brought Laffey a season-high 7 wins. 2008 was Laffey's sharpest full season, a 4.23 ERA against the league's 4.32.

Laffey's awards table lists Rookie of the Month (2008).

Frequently Asked Questions about Aaron Laffey

What years did Aaron Laffey play?: Aaron Laffey played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2015.
Was Aaron Laffey a pitcher?: Yes. Aaron Laffey pitched in the major leagues, recording 26 wins and 245 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Aaron Laffey hit?: Aaron Laffey hit 0 career home runs with 2 hits.
What was Aaron Laffey's career batting average?: Aaron Laffey batted .222 over his career, with 2 hits in 9 at bats.
What was Aaron Laffey's career ERA?: Aaron Laffey finished with a 4.44 career ERA, going 26-29 with 245 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Aaron Laffey have?: Aaron Laffey recorded 245 career strikeouts.