What years did Pat Neshek play?

Pat Neshek played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2019.

Was Pat Neshek a pitcher?

Yes. Pat Neshek pitched in the major leagues, recording 36 wins and 471 strikeouts.

What teams did Pat Neshek play for?

Pat Neshek played for 7 teams: the Minnesota Twins (2006–2008, 2010), the San Diego Padres (2011), the Oakland Athletics (2012–2013), the St. Louis Cardinals (2014), the Houston Astros (2015–2016), the Philadelphia Phillies (2017–2019), and the Colorado Rockies (2017).

Did Pat Neshek win a Cy Young Award?

No. Pat Neshek did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Pat Neshek win?

Pat Neshek was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

What were Pat Neshek's career stats?

In 544 games, Pat Neshek went 36-25 with a 2.82 ERA, 471 strikeouts, 488.0 innings pitched, and 16 saves.

What was Pat Neshek's salary?

Pat Neshek's last recorded salary was $6,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $6,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $395,000, in 2007. The Salary History table lists each season from 2007 to 2016.

What position did Pat Neshek play?

Pat Neshek played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Pat Neshek and how much did he weigh?

Pat Neshek was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 220 pounds.

What was Pat Neshek's career ERA?

Pat Neshek finished with a 2.82 career ERA, going 36-25 with 471 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Pat Neshek have?

Pat Neshek recorded 471 career strikeouts.

Is Pat Neshek in the Hall of Fame?

No. Pat Neshek has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

How many All-Star Games did Pat Neshek make?

Pat Neshek was selected to 2 All-Star Games.

Pat Neshek

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2006-2019)

Pat Neshek was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2019 for 7 teams, including the Minnesota Twins, a span of 14 seasons. Across 544 career appearances, he went 36-25 with a 2.82 ERA and 471 strikeouts. Pat Neshek was a 2-time All-Star. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 7143.3.

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 October 24, 2026

W–L 36–25

ERA 2.82

WHIP 1.04

SO 471

Pitcher PIV 7143.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: B / R
Height / Weight: 6'3" / 220 lb
Born: 9/4/1980 in Madison, WI, USA
MLB Debut: 2006-07-07
Last Game: 2019-06-19
Awards: 2× All-Star

Full name: Patrick John Neshek

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Career Pitching Statistics

Pat Neshek — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
36	25	544	0	0	0	16	488.0	375	153	57	133	471	2.82	7143.3

Career ERA 2.82 vs. league average 4.16 across their career seasons — 32.2% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Pat Neshek Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2006	MIN	AL	4	2	32	0	37.0	23	9	6	53	2.19	4.53 (+52%)	1538.2
2007	MIN	AL	7	2	74	0	70.1	44	23	27	74	2.94	4.47 (+34%)	1439.4
2008	MIN	AL	0	1	15	0	13.1	12	7	4	15	4.72	4.32 (-9%)	197.8
2010	MIN	AL	0	1	11	0	9.0	7	5	8	9	5.00	4.08 (-23%)	0.0
2011	SDN	NL	1	1	25	0	24.2	19	11	22	20	4.01	3.94 (-2%)	-1459.5
2012	OAK	AL	2	1	24	0	19.2	10	3	6	16	1.37	4.01 (+66%)	-247.7
2013	OAK	AL	2	1	45	0	40.1	40	15	15	29	3.35	3.87 (+13%)	-800.6
2014	SLN	NL	7	2	71	6	67.1	44	14	9	68	1.87	3.74 (+50%)	2331.0
2015	HOU	AL	3	6	66	1	54.2	49	22	12	51	3.62	3.96 (+9%)	31.8
2016	HOU	AL	2	2	60	0	47.0	33	16	11	43	3.06	4.19 (+27%)	606.7
2017	PHI	NL	3	2	43	1	40.1	28	5	5	45	1.12	4.36 (+74%)	2455.6
2017	COL	NL	2	1	28	0	22.0	20	6	1	24	2.45	4.36 (+44%)	1466.8
2018	PHI	NL	3	2	30	5	24.1	23	7	5	15	2.59	4.15 (+38%)	327.8
2019	PHI	NL	0	1	20	3	18.0	23	10	2	9	5.00	4.51 (-11%)	-744.1
Career · 14 seasons			36	25	544	16	488.0	375	153	133	471	2.82	—	7,143

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

Pat Neshek — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
544	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

Season-by-Season Batting

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Pat Neshek Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2006	MIN	AL	32	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	MIN	AL	74	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	MIN	AL	15	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	MIN	AL	11	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	SDN	NL	25	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	OAK	AL	24	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	OAK	AL	45	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SLN	NL	71	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	HOU	AL	66	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	HOU	AL	60	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	PHI	NL	43	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	COL	NL	28	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	PHI	NL	30	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	PHI	NL	20	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			544	—	—	—	—	—	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

Pat Neshek — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Pat Neshek — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2017	NLWC	COL	1	.000
2015	ALDS1	HOU	2	.000
2014	NLCS	SLN	4	.000
2014	NLDS2	SLN	4	.000
2012	ALDS2	OAK	1	.000
2006	ALDS2	MIN	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Pat Neshek — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	2	14	0	0	11.2	8	5	1	12	3.86

Playoff Pitching by Year

Pat Neshek — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2017	NLWC	COL	0	1	1.1	2	2	1	2	13.50
2015	ALDS1	HOU	0	2	1.0	2	0	0	2	0.00
2014	NLCS	SLN	0	4	4.0	1	1	0	3	2.25
2014	NLDS2	SLN	1	4	3.2	2	1	0	3	2.45
2012	ALDS2	OAK	0	1	0.2	0	0	0	1	0.00
2006	ALDS2	MIN	1	2	1.0	1	1	0	1	9.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Pat Neshek — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	288	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	256	0	0	0	0	0	—

Pitching — Home / Away

Pat Neshek — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	288	267.0	197	65	73	266	2.19
Away	256	221.0	178	88	60	205	3.58

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Pat Neshek — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2019-06-19	PHI	WAS	—	0.2	1	1	1	1	0	1
2019-05-23	PHI	CHC	—	0.2	3	3	3	0	2	2
2019-05-19	PHI	COL	SV	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2019-05-17	PHI	COL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-05-13	PHI	MIL	SV	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2019-05-04	PHI	WAS	—	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0
2019-05-03	PHI	WAS	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2019-05-01	PHI	DET	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	2	1
2019-04-26	PHI	MIA	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0
2019-04-24	PHI	NYN	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Pat Neshek — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	544	0	16	56	2	2

Season-by-Season Fielding

Pat Neshek — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
2006	MIN	P	32	2	1	0	0
2007	MIN	P	74	3	8	0	0
2008	MIN	P	15	0	3	0	0
2010	MIN	P	11	0	2	0	0
2011	SDN	P	25	0	2	0	0
2012	OAK	P	24	0	1	0	0
2013	OAK	P	45	0	5	0	0
2014	SLN	P	71	2	8	0	0
2015	HOU	P	66	1	6	1	0
2016	HOU	P	60	2	6	1	0
2017	PHI	P	43	3	4	0	1
2017	COL	P	28	1	3	0	0
2018	PHI	P	30	1	2	0	0
2019	PHI	P	20	1	5	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Pat Neshek Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	544

Salary History

Pat Neshek's recorded salaries total $16,495,000 over 9 seasons, 2007 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Neshek's career ran from 2006 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2006 and 2012.

Pat Neshek — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	HOU	AL	$6,500,000
2015	HOU	AL	$5,500,000
2014	SLN	NL	$1,000,000
2013	OAK	AL	$975,000
2011	SDN	NL	$625,000
2010	MIN	AL	$625,000
2009	MIN	AL	$440,000
2008	MIN	AL	$435,000
2007	MIN	AL	$395,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$16,495,000

College History

Pat Neshek — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Butler University	Indianapolis	IN	2000, 2001, 2002

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Pat Neshek: the record in brief

July 7, 2006 and June 19, 2019 bracket Pat Neshek's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The team column moves through the Minnesota Twins (2006 to 2010), the San Diego Padres (2011), the Oakland Athletics (2012 through 2013), the St. Louis Cardinals (2014), the Houston Astros (2015 to 2016), the Philadelphia Phillies (2017 to 2019), and the Colorado Rockies (2017). Neshek played primarily as a pitcher and switch-hit and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on September 4, 1980, in Madison, WI, USA and a listed size of 6-foot-3 and 220 pounds. Neshek's full given name, per the bio, is Patrick John Neshek.

Neshek went 36-25 with a 2.82 ERA in 544 games, 0 of them starts. The same table counts 471 strikeouts and 16 saves. Against a 4.16 league ERA for the same years, Neshek was 32.2% better. 2007 brought Neshek a season-high 7 wins. 2014 was Neshek's sharpest full season, a 1.87 ERA against the league's 3.74. Neshek's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 7,143.3.

The playoff pitching line reads 0-2, 3.86 ERA, across 14 appearances. Those appearances came in 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, and 2017.

All-Star selections appear in Neshek's bio as 2× All-Star.

Frequently Asked Questions about Pat Neshek

What years did Pat Neshek play?: Pat Neshek played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2019.
Was Pat Neshek a pitcher?: Yes. Pat Neshek pitched in the major leagues, recording 36 wins and 471 strikeouts.
What teams did Pat Neshek play for?: Pat Neshek played for 7 teams: the Minnesota Twins (2006–2008, 2010), the San Diego Padres (2011), the Oakland Athletics (2012–2013), the St. Louis Cardinals (2014), the Houston Astros (2015–2016), the Philadelphia Phillies (2017–2019), and the Colorado Rockies (2017).
Did Pat Neshek win a Cy Young Award?: No. Pat Neshek did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Pat Neshek win?: Pat Neshek was selected to 2 All-Star Games.
What were Pat Neshek's career stats?: In 544 games, Pat Neshek went 36-25 with a 2.82 ERA, 471 strikeouts, 488.0 innings pitched, and 16 saves.
How much did Pat Neshek earn in his career?: Pat Neshek's recorded salaries total $16,495,000 over 9 seasons, 2007 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Neshek's career ran from 2006 to 2019. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2006 and 2012.
What was Pat Neshek's salary?: Pat Neshek's last recorded salary was $6,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $6,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $395,000, in 2007. The Salary History table lists each season from 2007 to 2016.
What position did Pat Neshek play?: Pat Neshek played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Pat Neshek and how much did he weigh?: Pat Neshek was listed at 6 feet 3 inches and 220 pounds.
What was Pat Neshek's career ERA?: Pat Neshek finished with a 2.82 career ERA, going 36-25 with 471 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Pat Neshek have?: Pat Neshek recorded 471 career strikeouts.
Is Pat Neshek in the Hall of Fame?: No. Pat Neshek has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
How many All-Star Games did Pat Neshek make?: Pat Neshek was selected to 2 All-Star Games.