What years did Jon Rauch play?

Jon Rauch played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2013.

Was Jon Rauch a pitcher?

Yes. Jon Rauch pitched in the major leagues, recording 43 wins and 475 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jon Rauch hit?

Jon Rauch hit 1 career home run with 2 hits.

What teams did Jon Rauch play for?

Jon Rauch played for 7 teams: the Chicago White Sox (2002, 2004), the Washington Nationals (2004–2008), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2008–2009), the Minnesota Twins (2009–2010), the Toronto Blue Jays (2011), the New York Mets (2012), and the Miami Marlins (2013).

What were Jon Rauch's career stats?

In 556 games, Jon Rauch went 43-40 with a 3.90 ERA, 475 strikeouts, 595.0 innings pitched, and 62 saves.

What was Jon Rauch's salary?

Jon Rauch's last recorded salary was $1,000,000, in 2013. His highest recorded salary was $3,500,000, in 2011, and his lowest was $200,000, in 2002. The Salary History table lists each season from 2002 to 2013.

What position did Jon Rauch play?

Jon Rauch played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jon Rauch and how much did he weigh?

Jon Rauch was listed at 6 feet 11 inches and 290 pounds.

What was Jon Rauch's career ERA?

Jon Rauch finished with a 3.90 career ERA, going 43-40 with 475 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jon Rauch have?

Jon Rauch recorded 475 career strikeouts.

Is Jon Rauch in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jon Rauch has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jon Rauch

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2002-2013)

Jon Rauch was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2013 for 8 teams, including the Chicago White Sox, a span of 12 seasons. Across 556 career appearances, he went 43-40 with a 3.90 ERA, 475 strikeouts, and 62 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 4095.2.

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 43–40

ERA 3.90

WHIP 1.24

SO 475

Pitcher PIV 4095.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'11" / 290 lb
Born: 9/27/1978 in Louisville, KY, USA
MLB Debut: 2002-04-02
Last Game: 2013-05-17

Full name: Jon Erich Rauch

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jon Rauch — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
43	40	556	11	0	0	62	595.0	559	258	70	179	475	3.90	4095.2

Career ERA 3.90 vs. league average 4.23 across their career seasons — 7.8% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Jon Rauch Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2002	CHA	AL	2	1	8	6	0	28.2	28	21	14	19	6.59	4.28 (-54%)	-1581.9
2004	CHA	AL	1	1	2	2	0	8.2	16	6	4	4	6.23	—	0.0
2004	MON	NL	3	0	9	2	0	23.1	14	4	7	18	1.54	4.46 (+65%)	879.9
2005	WAS	NL	2	4	15	1	0	30.0	24	12	11	23	3.60	4.29 (+16%)	229.6
2006	WAS	NL	4	5	85	0	2	91.1	78	34	36	86	3.35	4.53 (+26%)	383.3
2007	WAS	NL	8	4	88	0	4	87.1	75	35	21	71	3.61	4.47 (+19%)	2436.1
2008	WAS	NL	4	2	48	0	17	48.1	42	16	7	44	2.98	4.32 (+31%)	1504.9
2008	ARI	NL	0	6	26	0	1	23.1	27	17	9	22	6.56	4.32 (-52%)	-829.8
2009	ARI	NL	2	2	58	0	2	54.1	57	25	17	35	4.14	4.32 (+4%)	443.4
2009	MIN	AL	5	1	17	0	0	15.2	13	3	6	14	1.72	4.32 (+60%)	330.7
2010	MIN	AL	3	1	59	0	21	57.2	61	20	14	46	3.12	4.08 (+23%)	1662.2
2011	TOR	AL	5	4	53	0	11	52.0	56	28	14	36	4.85	3.94 (-23%)	-1707.9
2012	NYN	NL	3	7	73	0	4	57.2	45	23	12	42	3.59	4.01 (+11%)	178.3
2013	MIA	NL	1	2	15	0	0	16.2	23	14	7	15	7.56	3.87 (-96%)	166.2
Career · 14 seasons			43	40	556	11	62	595.0	559	258	179	475	3.90	—	4,095

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

Jon Rauch — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
556	21	2	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	15	.095	.095	.238	.333	0

Career AVG .095 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 63.6% below league average.

Career OBP .095 vs. league average .329 across their career seasons — 71.0% below league average.

Career SLG .238 vs. league average .414 across their career seasons — 42.5% below league average.

Career OPS .333 vs. league average .743 across their career seasons — 55.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jon Rauch Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2002	CHA	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	CHA	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	MON	NL	9	6	1	1	1	2	4	.167	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	WAS	NL	15	7	1	1	0	1	5	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	WAS	NL	85	4	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	WAS	NL	88	3	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	WAS	NL	48	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	ARI	NL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	ARI	NL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	MIN	AL	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	MIN	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	TOR	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	NYN	NL	73	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	MIA	NL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			556	21	2	2	1	3	15	.095	—	—	—	—	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

Jon Rauch — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jon Rauch — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
2010	ALDS2	MIN	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2009	ALDS1	MIN	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jon Rauch — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	5	0	0	3.0	1	1	2	1	3.00

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jon Rauch — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2010	ALDS2	MIN	0	0	2	0	0	1.2	0	0	0	1	0.00
2009	ALDS1	MIN	0	0	3	0	0	1.1	1	1	2	0	6.75

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Jon Rauch — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	293	3	1	1	1	2	.333
Away	262	18	1	1	0	1	.056

Pitching — Home / Away

Jon Rauch — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	293	311.2	298	139	94	249	4.01
Away	262	282.2	261	119	85	226	3.79

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jon Rauch — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2013-05-17	MIA	AZ	—	1.0	4	2	2	1	1
2013-05-14	MIA	CIN	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	0
2013-05-12	MIA	LAD	—	0.0	2	2	2	0	0
2013-05-11	MIA	LAD	—	1.1	1	0	0	0	0
2013-05-05	MIA	PHI	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0
2013-05-02	MIA	PHI	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
2013-04-29	MIA	NYN	W	3.0	3	1	1	1	5
2013-04-21	MIA	CIN	—	0.2	4	5	5	1	0
2013-04-18	MIA	CIN	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	2
2013-04-15	MIA	WAS	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jon Rauch — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	556	11	27	52	1	3

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jon Rauch — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2002	CHA	P	8	6	0	3	1	0
2004	CHA	P	2	2	0	0	0	0
2004	MON	P	9	2	2	3	0	0
2005	WAS	P	15	1	4	1	0	0
2006	WAS	P	85	0	1	6	0	1
2007	WAS	P	88	0	5	5	0	0
2008	WAS	P	48	0	2	5	0	0
2008	ARI	P	26	0	0	2	0	0
2009	ARI	P	58	0	4	6	0	0
2009	MIN	P	17	0	0	2	0	0
2010	MIN	P	59	0	3	2	0	1
2011	TOR	P	53	0	3	6	0	1
2012	NYN	P	73	0	2	7	0	0
2013	MIA	P	15	0	1	4	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jon Rauch Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	556

Salary History

Jon Rauch's recorded salaries total $15,615,000 over 9 seasons, 2002 to 2013. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Rauch's career ran from 2002 to 2013. No salary is recorded for 2004 and 2005.

Jon Rauch — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2013	MIA	NL	$1,000,000
2012	NYN	NL	$3,500,000
2011	TOR	AL	$3,500,000
2010	MIN	AL	$2,900,000
2009	ARI	NL	$2,525,000
2008	WAS	NL	$1,200,000
2007	WAS	NL	$455,000
2006	WAS	NL	$335,000
2002	CHA	AL	$200,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$15,615,000

College History

Jon Rauch — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Morehead State University	Morehead	KY	1997, 1998, 1999

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Jon Rauch: the record in brief

Between the debut on April 2, 2002 and the final game on May 17, 2013, Jon Rauch built the record summarized on this page. Club by club, the record runs the Chicago White Sox (2002 to 2004), the Montreal Expos (2004), the Washington Nationals (2005 to 2008), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2008 through 2009), the Minnesota Twins (2009 through 2010), the Toronto Blue Jays (2011), the New York Mets (2012), and the Miami Marlins (2013). Rauch played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. Born on September 27, 1978, in Louisville, KY, USA, Rauch was listed at 6'11" and 290 pounds. Rauch's full given name, per the bio, is Jon Erich Rauch.

Rauch pitched in 556 games, starting 11, and finished with a 43-40 record and 3.90 ERA. The same table counts 475 strikeouts and 62 saves. That 3.90 ERA compares with a 4.23 league average across the same seasons, 7.8% better. Rauch won 8 games in 2007, the most of any season listed.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jon Rauch

What years did Jon Rauch play?: Jon Rauch played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2013.
Was Jon Rauch a pitcher?: Yes. Jon Rauch pitched in the major leagues, recording 43 wins and 475 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jon Rauch hit?: Jon Rauch hit 1 career home run with 2 hits.
What teams did Jon Rauch play for?: Jon Rauch played for 7 teams: the Chicago White Sox (2002, 2004), the Washington Nationals (2004–2008), the Arizona Diamondbacks (2008–2009), the Minnesota Twins (2009–2010), the Toronto Blue Jays (2011), the New York Mets (2012), and the Miami Marlins (2013).
What were Jon Rauch's career stats?: In 556 games, Jon Rauch went 43-40 with a 3.90 ERA, 475 strikeouts, 595.0 innings pitched, and 62 saves.
How much did Jon Rauch earn in his career?: Jon Rauch's recorded salaries total $15,615,000 over 9 seasons, 2002 to 2013. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Rauch's career ran from 2002 to 2013. No salary is recorded for 2004 and 2005.
What was Jon Rauch's salary?: Jon Rauch's last recorded salary was $1,000,000, in 2013. His highest recorded salary was $3,500,000, in 2011, and his lowest was $200,000, in 2002. The Salary History table lists each season from 2002 to 2013.
What position did Jon Rauch play?: Jon Rauch played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jon Rauch and how much did he weigh?: Jon Rauch was listed at 6 feet 11 inches and 290 pounds.
What was Jon Rauch's career ERA?: Jon Rauch finished with a 3.90 career ERA, going 43-40 with 475 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jon Rauch have?: Jon Rauch recorded 475 career strikeouts.
Is Jon Rauch in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jon Rauch has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.