What years did Yusmeiro Petit play?

Yusmeiro Petit played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2021.

Was Yusmeiro Petit a pitcher?

Yes. Yusmeiro Petit pitched in the major leagues, recording 50 wins and 767 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Yusmeiro Petit hit?

Yusmeiro Petit hit 0 career home runs with 6 hits.

What teams did Yusmeiro Petit play for?

Yusmeiro Petit played for 6 teams: the Florida Marlins (2006), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2007–2009), the San Francisco Giants (2012–2015), the Washington Nationals (2016), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2017), and the Oakland Athletics (2018–2021).

What were Yusmeiro Petit's career stats?

In 515 games, Yusmeiro Petit went 50-44 with a 3.93 ERA, 767 strikeouts, 904.0 innings pitched, and 8 saves.

What was Yusmeiro Petit's salary?

Yusmeiro Petit's last recorded salary was $2,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $2,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $394,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.

What position did Yusmeiro Petit play?

Yusmeiro Petit played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Yusmeiro Petit and how much did he weigh?

Yusmeiro Petit was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 252 pounds.

What was Yusmeiro Petit's career ERA?

Yusmeiro Petit finished with a 3.93 career ERA, going 50-44 with 767 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Yusmeiro Petit have?

Yusmeiro Petit recorded 767 career strikeouts.

Is Yusmeiro Petit in the Hall of Fame?

No. Yusmeiro Petit has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Yusmeiro Petit

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2006-2021)

Yusmeiro Petit was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2021 for 6 teams, including the Florida Marlins, a span of 16 seasons. Across 515 career appearances, he went 50-44 with a 3.93 ERA and 767 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2090.2.

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 15, 2026

W–L 50–44

ERA 3.93

WHIP 1.15

SO 767

Pitcher PIV 2090.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 252 lb
Born: 11/22/1984 in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela
MLB Debut: 2006-05-14
Last Game: 2021-10-01

Full name: Yusmeiro Alberto Petit

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Career Pitching Statistics

Yusmeiro Petit — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
50	44	515	59	2	1	8	904.0	833	395	137	205	767	3.93	2090.2

Career ERA 3.93 vs. league average 4.21 across their career seasons — 6.7% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Yusmeiro Petit Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2006	FLO	NL	1	1	15	1	0	0	0	26.1	46	28	9	20	9.57	4.53 (-111%)	-1041.4
2007	ARI	NL	3	4	14	10	0	0	0	57.0	58	29	18	40	4.58	4.47 (-2%)	-1492.3
2008	ARI	NL	3	5	19	8	0	0	0	56.1	45	27	14	42	4.31	4.32 (avg)	-1246.6
2009	ARI	NL	3	10	23	17	0	0	0	89.2	102	58	34	74	5.82	4.32 (-35%)	-2279.7
2012	SFN	NL	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	4.2	7	2	4	1	3.86	—	0.0
2013	SFN	NL	4	1	8	7	1	1	0	48.0	46	19	11	47	3.56	3.87 (+8%)	1218.1
2014	SFN	NL	5	5	39	12	1	0	0	117.0	97	48	22	133	3.69	3.74 (+1%)	2872.1
2015	SFN	NL	1	1	42	1	0	0	1	76.0	75	31	15	59	3.67	3.96 (+7%)	-252.0
2016	WAS	NL	3	5	36	1	0	0	1	62.0	67	31	15	49	4.50	4.19 (-7%)	-957.8
2017	LAA	AL	5	2	60	1	0	0	4	91.1	69	28	18	101	2.76	4.36 (+37%)	3505.5
2018	OAK	AL	7	3	74	0	0	0	0	93.0	76	31	18	76	3.00	4.15 (+28%)	532.6
2019	OAK	AL	5	3	80	0	0	0	0	83.0	57	25	10	71	2.71	4.51 (+40%)	1936.3
2020	OAK	AL	2	1	26	0	0	0	0	21.2	19	4	5	17	1.66	4.45 (+63%)	184.3
2021	OAK	AL	8	3	78	0	0	0	2	78.0	69	34	12	37	3.92	4.27 (+8%)	-888.8
Career · 14 seasons			50	44	515	59	2	1	8	904.0	833	395	205	767	3.93	—	2,090

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

Yusmeiro Petit — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
515	119	6	6	0	0	0	3	0	3	49	.050	.074	.050	.124	0

Career AVG .050 vs. league average .256 across their career seasons — 80.3% below league average.

Career OBP .074 vs. league average .324 across their career seasons — 77.2% below league average.

Career SLG .050 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 87.8% below league average.

Career OPS .124 vs. league average .738 across their career seasons — 83.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Yusmeiro Petit Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2006	FLO	NL	15	5	1	1	1	0	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	ARI	NL	14	16	2	1	0	0	8	.062	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	ARI	NL	19	13	0	0	0	0	7	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	ARI	NL	23	27	0	1	0	1	8	.037	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	SFN	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	SFN	NL	8	16	0	1	2	1	5	.062	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SFN	NL	39	25	2	1	0	1	13	.040	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SFN	NL	42	9	1	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	WAS	NL	36	6	0	1	0	0	2	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	LAA	AL	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	OAK	AL	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2019	OAK	AL	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2020	OAK	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2021	OAK	AL	78	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			515	119	6	6	3	3	49	.050	—	—	—	—	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

Yusmeiro Petit — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333

Playoff Batting by Year

Yusmeiro Petit — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	H	SO	AVG
2020	ALDS2	OAK	3	0	0	0	.000
2020	ALWC4	OAK	2	0	0	0	.000
2019	ALWC	OAK	1	0	0	0	.000
2014	NLCS	SFN	1	1	0	1	.000
2014	NLDS1	SFN	1	1	0	0	.000
2014	WS	SFN	2	1	1	0	1.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Yusmeiro Petit — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	0	10	0	0	19.2	17	9	5	19	4.12

Playoff Pitching by Year

Yusmeiro Petit — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2020	ALDS2	OAK	0	3	2.0	4	4	1	2	18.00
2020	ALWC4	OAK	0	2	2.1	4	2	0	2	7.71
2019	ALWC	OAK	0	1	2.2	2	1	0	2	3.38
2014	NLCS	SFN	1	1	3.0	1	0	1	4	0.00
2014	NLDS1	SFN	1	1	6.0	1	0	3	7	0.00
2014	WS	SFN	1	2	3.2	5	2	0	2	4.91

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Yusmeiro Petit — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	256	48	5	2	0	0	.042
Away	259	71	1	4	0	3	.056

Pitching — Home / Away

Yusmeiro Petit — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	256	438.2	381	187	86	397	3.84
Away	259	465.1	452	208	119	370	4.02

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Yusmeiro Petit — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	SO	HR
2021-10-01	OAK	HOU	—	1.0	3	3	3	0	0
2021-09-28	OAK	SEA	L	0.2	2	1	1	0	0
2021-09-26	OAK	HOU	—	1.1	0	0	0	1	0
2021-09-24	OAK	HOU	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0
2021-09-22	OAK	SEA	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0
2021-09-21	OAK	SEA	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
2021-09-18	OAK	LAA	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0
2021-09-14	OAK	KCR	L	0.1	4	4	4	1	1
2021-09-11	OAK	TEX	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	1
2021-09-10	OAK	TEX	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Yusmeiro Petit — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	515	59	51	71	5	3

Season-by-Season Fielding

Yusmeiro Petit — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2006	FLO	P	15	1	2	0	0	0
2007	ARI	P	14	10	0	5	0	0
2008	ARI	P	19	8	0	7	0	0
2009	ARI	P	23	17	5	8	1	0
2012	SFN	P	1	1	0	2	0	0
2013	SFN	P	8	7	1	5	0	1
2014	SFN	P	39	12	7	5	2	0
2015	SFN	P	42	1	5	9	0	0
2016	WAS	P	36	1	1	4	1	0
2017	LAA	P	60	1	6	4	1	0
2018	OAK	P	74	0	5	11	0	1
2019	OAK	P	80	0	13	4	0	1
2020	OAK	P	26	0	3	1	0	0
2021	OAK	P	78	0	3	6	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Yusmeiro Petit Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	515

Salary History

Yusmeiro Petit's recorded salaries total $6,250,500 over 5 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Petit's career ran from 2006 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2006, 2007, 2012, and 2013.

Yusmeiro Petit — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	WAS	NL	$2,500,000
2015	SFN	NL	$2,100,000
2014	SFN	NL	$845,000
2009	ARI	NL	$411,500
2008	ARI	NL	$394,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$6,250,500

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Yusmeiro Petit: the record in brief

Between the debut on May 14, 2006 and the final game on October 1, 2021, Yusmeiro Petit built the record summarized on this page. The season rows list, in order, the Florida Marlins (2006), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2007 to 2009), the San Francisco Giants (2012 through 2015), the Washington Nationals (2016), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2017), and the Oakland Athletics (2018 through 2021). Petit, born on November 22, 1984, in Maracaibo, Zulia, Venezuela, is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 6'1" and 252 pounds. Petit's full given name, per the bio, is Yusmeiro Alberto Petit.

The pitching table credits Petit with a 50-44 record and a 3.93 ERA in 515 games. The totals include 767 strikeouts. Against a 4.21 league ERA for the same years, Petit was 6.7% better. 2021 brought Petit a season-high 8 wins. Petit struck out 133 batters in 2014, a career high. 2019 was Petit's sharpest full season, a 2.71 ERA against the league's 4.51.

Frequently Asked Questions about Yusmeiro Petit

What years did Yusmeiro Petit play?: Yusmeiro Petit played in Major League Baseball from 2006 to 2021.
Was Yusmeiro Petit a pitcher?: Yes. Yusmeiro Petit pitched in the major leagues, recording 50 wins and 767 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Yusmeiro Petit hit?: Yusmeiro Petit hit 0 career home runs with 6 hits.
What teams did Yusmeiro Petit play for?: Yusmeiro Petit played for 6 teams: the Florida Marlins (2006), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2007–2009), the San Francisco Giants (2012–2015), the Washington Nationals (2016), the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2017), and the Oakland Athletics (2018–2021).
What were Yusmeiro Petit's career stats?: In 515 games, Yusmeiro Petit went 50-44 with a 3.93 ERA, 767 strikeouts, 904.0 innings pitched, and 8 saves.
How much did Yusmeiro Petit earn in his career?: Yusmeiro Petit's recorded salaries total $6,250,500 over 5 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Petit's career ran from 2006 to 2021. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2006, 2007, 2012, and 2013.
What was Yusmeiro Petit's salary?: Yusmeiro Petit's last recorded salary was $2,500,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $2,500,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $394,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.
What position did Yusmeiro Petit play?: Yusmeiro Petit played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Yusmeiro Petit and how much did he weigh?: Yusmeiro Petit was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 252 pounds.
What was Yusmeiro Petit's career ERA?: Yusmeiro Petit finished with a 3.93 career ERA, going 50-44 with 767 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Yusmeiro Petit have?: Yusmeiro Petit recorded 767 career strikeouts.
Is Yusmeiro Petit in the Hall of Fame?: No. Yusmeiro Petit has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.