Esteban Loaiza

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2008)

W–L 126–114
ERA 4.65
WHIP 1.41
SO 1,382
Pitcher PIV 7273.5
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'2" / 230 lb
Born
12/31/1971 in Tijuana, Baja California, México
MLB Debut
1995-04-29
Last Game
2008-06-11
Awards
2× All-Star

Full name: Esteban Antonio Loaiza

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
126 114 377 333 14 6 1 2099.0 2,352 1,084 259 604 1,382 4.65 7273.5

Career ERA 4.65 vs. league average 4.47 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1995 PIT NL 8 9 32 31 1 0 0 172.7 205 99 55 85 5.16 4.45 (-16%) -1257.0
1996 PIT NL 2 3 10 10 1 1 0 52.7 65 29 19 32 4.96 4.61 (-7%) -1654.9
1997 PIT NL 11 11 33 32 1 0 0 196.3 214 90 56 122 4.13 4.39 (+6%) 1829.9
1998 PIT NL 6 5 21 14 0 0 0 91.7 96 46 30 53 4.52 4.43 (-2%) -1088.0
1998 TEX AL 3 6 14 14 1 0 0 79.3 103 52 22 55 5.90 4.43 (-33%) -1361.6
1999 TEX AL 9 5 30 15 0 0 0 120.3 128 61 40 77 4.56 4.71 (+3%) 2394.5
2000 TEX AL 5 6 20 17 0 0 1 107.3 133 64 31 75 5.37 4.77 (-13%) -1236.7
2000 TOR AL 5 7 14 14 1 1 0 92.0 95 37 26 62 3.62 4.77 (+24%) 1590.9
2001 TOR AL 11 11 36 30 1 1 0 190.0 239 106 40 110 5.02 4.42 (-14%) -450.1
2002 TOR AL 9 10 25 25 3 1 0 151.3 192 96 38 87 5.71 4.28 (-33%) 339.1
2003 CHA AL 21 9 34 34 1 0 0 226.3 196 73 56 207 2.90 4.40 (+34%) 7971.4
2004 CHA AL 9 5 21 21 2 1 0 140.7 156 76 45 83 4.86 4.46 (-9%) -1797.5
2004 NYA AL 1 2 10 6 0 0 0 42.3 61 40 26 34 8.50 4.46 (-90%) -1827.0
2005 WAS NL 12 10 34 34 0 0 0 217.0 227 91 55 173 3.77 4.29 (+12%) 5426.7
2006 OAK AL 11 9 26 26 2 1 0 154.7 179 84 40 97 4.89 4.53 (-8%) 1327.3
2007 OAK AL 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 14.7 10 3 4 5 1.84 4.47 (+59%) 77.5
2007 LAN NL 1 4 5 5 0 0 0 22.7 26 21 16 15 8.34 4.47 (-86%) -2751.0
2008 LAN NL 1 2 7 3 0 0 0 24.0 24 15 5 9 5.62 4.32 (-30%) -259.9
2008 CHA AL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3.0 3 1 0 1 3.00 — 0.0
Career · 19 seasons 126 114 377 333 14 6 1 2,099.0 2,352 1,084 604 1,382 4.65 — 7,274

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
379 271 16 46 4 1 0 18 0 3 69 .170 .178 .192 .370 -1,523

Career AVG .170 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 36.3% below league average.

Career OBP .178 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 47.0% below league average.

Career SLG .192 vs. league average .424 across their career seasons — 54.8% below league average.

Career OPS .370 vs. league average .760 across their career seasons — 51.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1995 PIT NL 33 52 4 10 1 1 0 2 0 1 11 .192 .266 (-28%) .337 (-40%) .417 (-40%) .755 (-40%) -364.3
1996 PIT NL 11 17 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .118 — — — — 0.0
1997 PIT NL 33 60 4 10 1 0 0 5 0 1 17 .167 .266 (-38%) .336 (-46%) .419 (-56%) .756 (-52%) -514.0
1998 PIT NL 21 29 2 7 0 0 0 3 0 1 5 .241 — — — — 0.0
1998 TEX AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1999 TEX AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2000 TEX AL 20 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2000 TOR AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2001 TOR AL 36 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 TOR AL 25 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 — — — — 0.0
2003 CHA AL 34 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 — — — — 0.0
2004 CHA AL 21 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 NYA AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 WAS NL 34 74 3 12 2 0 0 4 0 0 23 .162 .264 (-39%) .330 (-51%) .418 (-55%) .749 (-53%) -644.5
2006 OAK AL 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 OAK AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 LAN NL 5 7 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .143 — — — — 0.0
2008 LAN NL 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .333 — — — — 0.0
2008 CHA AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 19 seasons 379 271 16 46 4 1 0 18 0 3 69 .170 — — — — -1,523

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

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

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2006 ALCS OAK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2006 ALDS2 OAK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 ALCS NYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 ALDS2 NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1999 ALDS2 TEX 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 3 6 3 0 26.3 31 13 5 16 4.44

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2006 ALCS OAK 0 1 1 1 0 6.0 9 7 1 5 10.50
2006 ALDS2 OAK 0 0 1 1 0 5.0 8 2 0 2 3.60
2004 ALCS NYA 0 1 2 0 0 6.3 5 1 3 5 1.42
2004 ALDS2 NYA 0 0 1 0 0 2.0 4 0 0 0 0.00
1999 ALDS2 TEX 0 1 1 1 0 7.0 5 3 1 4 3.86

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home19011251807.161
Away1891591128011.176

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home1901064.211725442977344.60
Away1871034.111805403076484.70

Last 10 Games — Batting

DateTmOppResABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSO
2008-06-11 CHWDETL 000000000
2008-06-08 CHWMINW 000000000
2008-06-06 CHWMINW 000000000
2008-05-03 LADCOLW 211000001
2008-04-27 LADCOLW 201000100
2008-04-22 LADCINL 000000000
2008-04-19 LADATLL 000000000
2008-04-15 LADPITW 100000000
2008-04-07 LADAZL 100000000
2008-04-02 LADSFGL 000000000

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2008-06-11 CHWDET — 1.0100010
2008-06-08 CHWMIN — 1.0000000
2008-06-06 CHWMIN — 1.0221001
2008-05-03 LADCOL — 2.1555101
2008-04-27 LADCOL — 5.0522110
2008-04-22 LADCIN — 3.0422121
2008-04-19 LADATL — 2.0100000
2008-04-15 LADPIT W 5.0311020
2008-04-07 LADAZ L 4.0444121
2008-04-02 LADSFG L 2.2211120

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 377 333 148 288 14 21

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1995 PIT P 32 31 13 27 0 3
1996 PIT P 10 10 6 12 1 0
1997 PIT P 33 32 11 26 2 1
1998 PIT P 21 14 10 18 0 3
1998 TEX P 14 14 11 6 0 0
1999 TEX P 30 15 8 17 0 0
2000 TEX P 20 17 8 18 1 3
2000 TOR P 14 14 4 11 2 1
2001 TOR P 36 30 15 21 3 0
2002 TOR P 25 25 12 22 1 1
2003 CHA P 34 34 16 31 2 2
2004 CHA P 21 21 10 23 0 4
2004 NYA P 10 6 3 6 0 0
2005 WAS P 34 34 13 30 1 3
2006 OAK P 26 26 5 15 1 0
2007 OAK P 2 2 0 1 0 0
2007 LAN P 5 5 1 1 0 0
2008 LAN P 7 3 2 3 0 0
2008 CHA P 3 0 0 0 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 377

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2006 Pitcher of the Month August
2003 MLB Players Choice Comeback Player
2003 Pitcher of the Month April
2003 Player of the Week Week of 2003-04-26

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2008 LAN NL $7,500,000
2007 OAK AL $7,500,000
2006 OAK AL $6,000,000
2005 WAS NL $2,900,000
2004 CHA AL $4,000,000
2003 CHA AL $500,000
2002 TOR AL $6,050,000
2001 TOR AL $4,250,000
2000 TEX AL $2,650,000
1999 TEX AL $1,475,000
1998 PIT NL $450,000
1997 PIT NL $200,000
1996 PIT NL $150,000
1995 PIT NL $109,000
Total Career Earnings $43,734,000

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2003 Cy Young Award AL 2nd 63.0 140 2
2003 Most Valuable Player AL 24th 4.0 392 0

Most Similar Players

Career comps based on counting + rate stats and primary position. Score is relative — closest peer anchors at ~98%.

Career Spans

Esteban Loaiza (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Charles Nagy
    129-105, 4.51 ERA
  2. 83
    Jeff Weaver
    104-119, 4.71 ERA
  3. 79
    Brad Penny
    121-101, 4.29 ERA
  4. 78
    Pedro Astacio
    129-124, 4.67 ERA
  5. 76
    Brett Tomko
    100-103, 4.65 ERA
  6. 71
    Jason Hammel
    96-114, 4.62 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Esteban Loaiza

What years did Esteban Loaiza play?
Esteban Loaiza played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2008.
Was Esteban Loaiza a pitcher?
Yes. Esteban Loaiza pitched in the major leagues, recording 126 wins and 1382 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Esteban Loaiza hit?
Esteban Loaiza hit 0 career home runs with 46 hits.