What years did Jeff Reardon play?

Jeff Reardon played in Major League Baseball from 1979 to 1994.

Was Jeff Reardon a pitcher?

Yes. Jeff Reardon pitched in the major leagues, recording 73 wins and 877 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jeff Reardon hit?

Jeff Reardon hit 0 career home runs with 5 hits.

What teams did Jeff Reardon play for?

Jeff Reardon played for 7 teams: the New York Mets (1979–1981), the Montreal Expos (1981–1986), the Minnesota Twins (1987–1989), the Boston Red Sox (1990–1992), the Atlanta Braves (1992), the Cincinnati Reds (1993), and the New York Yankees (1994).

Did Jeff Reardon win a Cy Young Award?

No. Jeff Reardon did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Jeff Reardon win?

Jeff Reardon was selected to 4 All-Star Games.

What were Jeff Reardon's career stats?

In 880 games, Jeff Reardon went 73-77 with a 3.16 ERA, 877 strikeouts, 1,132.1 innings pitched, and 367 saves.

What was Jeff Reardon's salary?

Jeff Reardon's last recorded salary was $250,000, in 1994. His highest recorded salary was $2,633,334, in 1992, and his lowest was $250,000, in 1994. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1994.

What position did Jeff Reardon play?

Jeff Reardon played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jeff Reardon and how much did he weigh?

Jeff Reardon was listed at 6 feet and 190 pounds.

What was Jeff Reardon's career ERA?

Jeff Reardon finished with a 3.16 career ERA, going 73-77 with 877 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jeff Reardon have?

Jeff Reardon recorded 877 career strikeouts.

Is Jeff Reardon in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jeff Reardon has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jeff Reardon

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1979-1994)

Jeff Reardon was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1979 to 1994 for 7 teams, including the New York Mets, a span of 16 seasons. Across 880 career appearances, he went 73-77 with a 3.16 ERA, 877 strikeouts, and 367 saves. Jeff Reardon was a 4-time All-Star and a Reliever of the Year. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 11951.6.

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 73–77

ERA 3.16

WHIP 1.20

SO 877

Pitcher PIV 11951.6

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'0" / 190 lb
Born: 10/1/1955 in Pittsfield, MA, USA
MLB Debut: 1979-08-25
Last Game: 1994-05-04
Awards: 4× All-Star · Reliever of the Year

Full name: Jeffrey James Reardon

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jeff Reardon — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
73	77	880	0	0	0	367	1132.1	1,000	397	109	358	877	3.16	11951.6

Career ERA 3.16 vs. league average 3.92 across their career seasons — 19.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jeff Reardon Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1979	NYN	NL	1	2	18	2	20.2	12	4	9	10	1.74	4.00 (+56%)	-168.9
1980	NYN	NL	8	7	61	6	110.1	96	32	47	101	2.61	3.84 (+32%)	1309.1
1981	NYN	NL	1	0	18	2	28.2	27	11	12	28	3.45	3.58 (+4%)	482.5
1981	MON	NL	2	0	25	6	41.2	21	6	9	21	1.30	3.58 (+64%)	352.2
1982	MON	NL	7	4	75	26	109.0	87	25	36	86	2.06	3.86 (+47%)	2682.7
1983	MON	NL	7	9	66	21	92.0	87	31	44	78	3.03	3.87 (+22%)	835.4
1984	MON	NL	7	7	68	23	87.0	70	28	37	79	2.90	3.81 (+24%)	1621.6
1985	MON	NL	2	8	63	41	87.2	68	31	26	67	3.18	3.89 (+18%)	1730.7
1986	MON	NL	7	9	62	35	89.0	83	39	26	67	3.94	3.97 (+1%)	100.1
1987	MIN	AL	8	8	63	31	80.1	70	40	28	83	4.48	4.29 (-4%)	134.0
1988	MIN	AL	2	4	63	42	73.0	68	20	15	56	2.47	3.73 (+34%)	1355.5
1989	MIN	AL	5	4	65	31	73.0	68	33	12	46	4.07	3.71 (-10%)	308.7
1990	BOS	AL	5	3	47	21	51.1	39	18	19	33	3.16	3.86 (+18%)	-123.7
1991	BOS	AL	1	4	57	40	59.1	54	20	16	44	3.03	3.91 (+22%)	-434.3
1992	BOS	AL	2	2	46	27	42.1	53	20	7	32	4.25	3.75 (-14%)	69.0
1992	ATL	NL	3	0	14	3	15.2	14	2	2	7	1.15	3.75 (+69%)	503.5
1993	CIN	NL	4	6	58	8	61.2	66	28	10	35	4.09	4.19 (+2%)	1193.4
1994	NYA	AL	1	0	11	2	9.2	17	9	3	4	8.38	4.51 (-86%)	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			73	77	880	367	1,132.1	1,000	397	358	877	3.16	—	11,952

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

Jeff Reardon — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
880	57	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	38	.088	.103	.105	.209	0

Career AVG .088 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 66.2% below league average.

Career OBP .103 vs. league average .325 across their career seasons — 68.2% below league average.

Career SLG .105 vs. league average .390 across their career seasons — 73.0% below league average.

Career OPS .209 vs. league average .716 across their career seasons — 70.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jeff Reardon Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1979	NYN	NL	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1980	NYN	NL	61	8	0	0	0	1	6	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	NYN	NL	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1981	MON	NL	25	4	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1982	MON	NL	75	10	1	1	1	0	8	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
1983	MON	NL	66	8	1	0	0	0	3	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1984	MON	NL	68	9	0	0	0	0	7	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1985	MON	NL	63	7	2	0	1	0	4	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
1986	MON	NL	62	8	1	0	0	0	6	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
1987	MIN	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1988	MIN	AL	63	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1989	MIN	AL	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	BOS	AL	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	BOS	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	BOS	AL	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1992	ATL	NL	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	CIN	NL	58	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	NYA	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			880	57	5	1	2	1	38	.088	—	—	—	—	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

Jeff Reardon — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jeff Reardon — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
1992	NLCS	ATL	3	0	0	.000
1992	WS	ATL	2	0	0	.000
1990	ALCS	BOS	1	0	0	.000
1987	ALCS	MIN	4	0	0	.000
1987	WS	MIN	4	0	0	.000
1981	NEDIV	MON	3	1	1	.000
1981	NLCS	MON	1	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jeff Reardon — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	3	18	0	6	21.2	21	11	8	14	4.57

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jeff Reardon — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1992	NLCS	ATL	1	0	3	1	3.0	0	0	2	3	0.00
1992	WS	ATL	0	1	2	0	1.1	2	2	1	1	13.50
1990	ALCS	BOS	0	0	1	0	2.0	3	2	1	0	9.00
1987	ALCS	MIN	1	1	4	2	5.1	7	3	3	5	5.06
1987	WS	MIN	0	0	4	1	4.2	5	0	0	3	0.00
1981	NEDIV	MON	0	1	3	2	4.1	1	1	1	2	2.08
1981	NLCS	MON	0	0	1	0	1.0	3	3	0	0	27.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Jeff Reardon — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	467	28	0	2	0	1	.071
Away	413	29	0	3	0	1	.103

Pitching — Home / Away

Jeff Reardon — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	467	596.2	517	200	199	459	3.02
Away	413	535.2	483	197	159	418	3.31

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jeff Reardon — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1994-05-04	NYY	LAA	—	0.1	4	3	3	0	0	0
1994-04-30	NYY	OAK	—	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1
1994-04-26	NYY	LAA	—	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0
1994-04-24	NYY	OAK	—	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	1
1994-04-20	NYY	SEA	W	1.0	2	0	0	1	1	0
1994-04-17	NYY	DET	SV	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994-04-15	NYY	DET	SV	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994-04-13	NYY	CHW	—	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994-04-12	NYY	CHW	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	1	1
1994-04-10	NYY	DET	—	1.1	4	1	1	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jeff Reardon — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	880	0	44	75	11	4

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jeff Reardon — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1979	NYN	P	18	1	1	0	1
1980	NYN	P	61	1	7	4	0
1981	NYN	P	18	0	2	0	0
1981	MON	P	25	1	2	0	0
1982	MON	P	75	6	9	1	0
1983	MON	P	66	3	4	2	0
1984	MON	P	68	2	5	1	0
1985	MON	P	63	9	8	0	0
1986	MON	P	62	8	10	0	1
1987	MIN	P	63	2	6	0	1
1988	MIN	P	63	1	2	0	0
1989	MIN	P	65	1	3	0	0
1990	BOS	P	47	1	4	1	0
1991	BOS	P	57	2	1	0	0
1992	BOS	P	46	2	3	0	1
1992	ATL	P	14	0	1	0	0
1993	CIN	P	58	4	6	2	0
1994	NYA	P	11	0	1	0	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jeff Reardon Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	880

Awards & Honors

Jeff Reardon — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1988	Player of the Week	Week of 1988-05-27
1987	TSN Fireman of the Year
1986	Pitcher of the Month	May
1985	Player of the Week	Week of 1985-05-24
1985	Reliever of the Year Award
1985	TSN Fireman of the Year

Salary History

Jeff Reardon's recorded salaries total $11,500,000 over 9 seasons, 1985 to 1994. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Reardon's career ran from 1979 to 1994. His seasons before 1985 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 1987.

Jeff Reardon — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
1994	NYA	AL	$250,000
1993	CIN	NL	$500,000
1992	BOS	AL	$2,633,334
1991	BOS	AL	$2,533,333
1990	BOS	AL	$1,633,333
1989	MON	NL	$1,400,000
1988	MIN	AL	$850,000
1986	MON	NL	$850,000
1985	MON	NL	$850,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$11,500,000

College History

Jeff Reardon — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
University of Massachusetts Amherst	Amherst	MA	1974, 1975, 1976, 1977

Award Voting History

Jeff Reardon — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max
1988	Most Valuable Player	AL	15th	11.0	392
1987	Cy Young Award	AL	8th	4.0	140
1987	Most Valuable Player	AL	11th	37.0	392
1985	Cy Young Award	NL	7th	1.0	120
1985	Most Valuable Player	NL	20th	4.0	336
1980	Rookie of the Year	NL	6th	2.0	120

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Jeff Reardon: the record in brief

Jeff Reardon played a first major league game on August 25, 1979 and a last one on May 4, 1994. The season rows list, in order, the New York Mets (1979 to 1981), the Montreal Expos (1981 to 1986), the Minnesota Twins (1987 to 1989), the Boston Red Sox (1990 through 1992), the Atlanta Braves (1992), the Cincinnati Reds (1993), and the New York Yankees (1994). At 6'0" and 190 pounds, Reardon is listed as a pitcher. Reardon batted and threw right-handed, per the bio block. Reardon was born on October 1, 1955, in Pittsfield, MA, USA. The given name on file is Jeffrey James Reardon.

Reardon pitched in 880 games, starting 0, and finished with a 73-77 record and 3.16 ERA. Also on Reardon's record: 877 strikeouts and 367 saves. That 3.16 ERA compares with a 3.92 league average across the same seasons, 19.6% better. Reardon won 8 games in 1980, the most of any season listed. Reardon saved 42 games in 1988, the season high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jeff Reardon

What years did Jeff Reardon play?: Jeff Reardon played in Major League Baseball from 1979 to 1994.
Was Jeff Reardon a pitcher?: Yes. Jeff Reardon pitched in the major leagues, recording 73 wins and 877 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jeff Reardon hit?: Jeff Reardon hit 0 career home runs with 5 hits.
What teams did Jeff Reardon play for?: Jeff Reardon played for 7 teams: the New York Mets (1979–1981), the Montreal Expos (1981–1986), the Minnesota Twins (1987–1989), the Boston Red Sox (1990–1992), the Atlanta Braves (1992), the Cincinnati Reds (1993), and the New York Yankees (1994).
Did Jeff Reardon win a Cy Young Award?: No. Jeff Reardon did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Jeff Reardon win?: Jeff Reardon was selected to 4 All-Star Games.
What were Jeff Reardon's career stats?: In 880 games, Jeff Reardon went 73-77 with a 3.16 ERA, 877 strikeouts, 1,132.1 innings pitched, and 367 saves.
How much did Jeff Reardon earn in his career?: Jeff Reardon's recorded salaries total $11,500,000 over 9 seasons, 1985 to 1994. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Reardon's career ran from 1979 to 1994. His seasons before 1985 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 1987.
What was Jeff Reardon's salary?: Jeff Reardon's last recorded salary was $250,000, in 1994. His highest recorded salary was $2,633,334, in 1992, and his lowest was $250,000, in 1994. The Salary History table lists each season from 1985 to 1994.
What position did Jeff Reardon play?: Jeff Reardon played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jeff Reardon and how much did he weigh?: Jeff Reardon was listed at 6 feet and 190 pounds.
What was Jeff Reardon's career ERA?: Jeff Reardon finished with a 3.16 career ERA, going 73-77 with 877 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jeff Reardon have?: Jeff Reardon recorded 877 career strikeouts.
Is Jeff Reardon in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jeff Reardon has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.