What years did Rudy Seanez play?

Rudy Seanez played in Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2008.

Was Rudy Seanez a pitcher?

Yes. Rudy Seanez pitched in the major leagues, recording 41 wins and 574 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Rudy Seanez hit?

Rudy Seanez hit 0 career home runs.

What teams did Rudy Seanez play for?

Rudy Seanez played for 9 teams: the Cleveland Indians (1989–1991), the San Diego Padres (1993, 2001, 2005–2006), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1994–1995, 2007), the Atlanta Braves (1998–2001), the Texas Rangers (2002), the Boston Red Sox (2003, 2006), the Kansas City Royals (2004), the Florida Marlins (2004), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2008).

What were Rudy Seanez's career stats?

In 544 games, Rudy Seanez went 41-30 with a 4.10 ERA, 574 strikeouts, 566.0 innings pitched, and 12 saves.

What was Rudy Seanez's salary?

Rudy Seanez's last recorded salary was $700,000, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $1,900,000, in 2006, and his lowest was $135,000, in 1992. The Salary History table lists each season from 1992 to 2007.

What position did Rudy Seanez play?

Rudy Seanez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Rudy Seanez and how much did he weigh?

Rudy Seanez was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 185 pounds.

What was Rudy Seanez's career ERA?

Rudy Seanez finished with a 4.10 career ERA, going 41-30 with 574 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Rudy Seanez have?

Rudy Seanez recorded 574 career strikeouts.

Is Rudy Seanez in the Hall of Fame?

No. Rudy Seanez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Rudy Seanez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1989-2008)

Rudy Seanez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2008 for 9 teams, including the Cleveland Guardians, a span of 20 seasons. Across 544 career appearances, he went 41-30 with a 4.10 ERA and 574 strikeouts. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 8032.4.

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 17, 2026

W–L 41–30

ERA 4.10

WHIP 1.41

SO 574

Pitcher PIV 8032.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 5'10" / 185 lb
Born: 10/20/1968 in Brawley, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 1989-09-07
Last Game: 2008-09-28

Full name: Rudy Caballero Seanez

📊 Compare This Player 📈 View Career Timeline

Career Pitching Statistics

Rudy Seanez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
41	30	544	0	0	0	12	566.0	515	258	58	285	574	4.10	8032.4

Career ERA 4.10 vs. league average 4.34 across their career seasons — 5.6% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

Click a stat to plot it across every season.

Rudy Seanez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1989	CLE	AL	0	0	5	0	5.0	1	2	4	7	3.60	—	0.0
1990	CLE	AL	2	1	24	0	27.1	22	17	25	24	5.60	3.86 (-45%)	-680.5
1991	CLE	AL	0	0	5	0	5.0	10	9	7	7	16.20	—	0.0
1993	SDN	NL	0	0	3	0	3.1	8	5	2	1	13.50	—	0.0
1994	LAN	NL	1	1	17	0	23.2	24	7	9	18	2.66	4.51 (+41%)	318.4
1995	LAN	NL	1	3	37	3	34.2	39	26	18	29	6.75	4.45 (-52%)	-431.9
1998	ATL	NL	4	1	34	2	36.0	25	11	16	50	2.75	4.43 (+38%)	1751.1
1999	ATL	NL	6	1	56	3	53.2	47	20	21	41	3.35	4.71 (+29%)	1554.4
2000	ATL	NL	2	4	23	2	21.0	15	10	9	20	4.29	4.77 (+10%)	134.2
2001	SDN	NL	0	2	26	1	24.0	15	7	15	24	2.62	4.42 (+41%)	-154.0
2001	ATL	NL	0	0	12	0	12.0	8	4	4	17	3.00	4.42 (+32%)	637.1
2002	TEX	AL	1	3	33	0	33.0	28	21	24	40	5.73	4.28 (-34%)	-339.3
2003	BOS	AL	0	1	9	0	8.2	11	6	6	9	6.23	—	0.0
2004	KCA	AL	0	1	16	0	23.0	21	10	11	21	3.91	4.46 (+12%)	1043.8
2004	FLO	NL	3	1	23	0	23.0	18	7	8	25	2.74	4.46 (+39%)	491.2
2005	SDN	NL	7	1	57	0	60.1	49	18	22	84	2.69	4.29 (+37%)	3054.4
2006	BOS	AL	2	1	41	0	46.2	51	25	26	48	4.82	4.53 (-7%)	35.4
2006	SDN	NL	1	2	8	0	6.1	7	4	6	6	5.68	—	0.0
2007	LAN	NL	6	3	73	1	76.0	78	32	27	73	3.79	4.47 (+15%)	425.2
2008	PHI	NL	5	4	42	0	43.1	38	17	25	30	3.53	4.32 (+18%)	192.8
Career · 20 seasons			41	30	544	12	566.0	515	258	285	574	4.10	—	8,032

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

Rudy Seanez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
544	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.167	.000	.167	0

Career AVG .000 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OBP .167 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 50.0% below league average.

Career SLG .000 vs. league average .416 across their career seasons — 100.0% below league average.

Career OPS .167 vs. league average .750 across their career seasons — 77.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

Click a stat to plot it across every season.

Rudy Seanez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1989	CLE	AL	5	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1990	CLE	AL	24	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1991	CLE	AL	5	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	SDN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	LAN	NL	17	1	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	LAN	NL	37	1	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	ATL	NL	34	1	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	ATL	NL	56	1	1	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	ATL	NL	23	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	SDN	NL	26	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	ATL	NL	12	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	TEX	AL	33	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	BOS	AL	9	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	KCA	AL	16	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	FLO	NL	23	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	SDN	NL	57	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	BOS	AL	41	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	SDN	NL	8	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	LAN	NL	73	1	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	PHI	NL	42	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			544	5	1	1	5	.000	—	—	—	—	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

Rudy Seanez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Rudy Seanez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2006	NLDS2	SDN	1	.000
2005	NLDS1	SDN	2	.000
2001	NLCS	ATL	2	.000
2001	NLDS1	ATL	1	.000
1998	NLCS	ATL	4	.000
1998	NLDS1	ATL	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Rudy Seanez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	0	11	0	0	11.2	6	4	6	13	3.09

Playoff Pitching by Year

Rudy Seanez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2006	NLDS2	SDN	0	1	1.2	0	0	0	2	0.00
2005	NLDS1	SDN	0	2	3.0	3	2	1	4	6.00
2001	NLCS	ATL	0	2	2.0	1	0	3	3	0.00
2001	NLDS1	ATL	1	1	1.0	0	0	1	0	0.00
1998	NLCS	ATL	0	4	3.0	2	2	1	4	6.00
1998	NLDS1	ATL	0	1	1.0	0	0	0	0	0.00

Game Log & Splits

View full game log (1088 games) →

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

Batting — Home / Away

Rudy Seanez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	259	2	0	0	0	0	.000
Away	285	3	1	0	0	0	.000

Pitching — Home / Away

Rudy Seanez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	259	277.2	248	123	128	279	3.99
Away	285	288.1	267	135	157	295	4.21

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Rudy Seanez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2008-09-28	PHI	WAS	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008-09-24	PHI	ATL	—	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2008-09-22	PHI	ATL	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	0
2008-09-19	PHI	MIA	—	1.0	1	1	1	0	0	1
2008-09-09	PHI	MIA	—	0.2	0	0	0	1	2	0
2008-09-07	PHI	NYN	—	2.0	1	1	1	0	2	0
2008-09-01	PHI	WAS	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2008-08-29	PHI	CHC	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2008-08-27	PHI	NYN	L	0.2	2	2	2	0	1	1
2008-08-26	PHI	NYN	W	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Rudy Seanez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	544	0	42	44	4	1

Season-by-Season Fielding

Rudy Seanez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	PO	A	E	DP
1989	CLE	P	5	0	0	0	0
1990	CLE	P	24	1	1	0	0
1991	CLE	P	5	0	0	0	0
1993	SDN	P	3	0	1	0	0
1994	LAN	P	17	0	4	0	0
1995	LAN	P	37	3	3	1	0
1998	ATL	P	34	3	1	0	0
1999	ATL	P	56	4	5	0	0
2000	ATL	P	23	1	1	0	0
2001	SDN	P	26	4	2	0	0
2001	ATL	P	12	0	1	0	0
2002	TEX	P	33	5	2	0	0
2003	BOS	P	9	1	1	0	0
2004	KCA	P	16	5	2	0	0
2004	FLO	P	23	1	2	1	0
2005	SDN	P	57	4	5	0	0
2006	BOS	P	41	4	2	0	0
2006	SDN	P	8	0	2	0	0
2007	LAN	P	73	2	6	0	0
2008	PHI	P	42	4	3	2	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Rudy Seanez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	544

Salary History

Rudy Seanez's recorded salaries total $7,420,000 over 10 seasons, 1992 to 2007. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Seanez's career ran from 1989 to 2008. No salary is recorded for 8 of his seasons between 1985 and 2016.

Rudy Seanez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2007	LAN	NL	$700,000
2006	BOS	AL	$1,900,000
2005	SDN	NL	$550,000
2002	TEX	AL	$1,000,000
2000	ATL	NL	$1,650,000
1999	ATL	NL	$775,000
1998	ATL	NL	$225,000
1995	LAN	NL	$350,000
1993	COL	NL	$135,000
1992	LAN	NL	$135,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$7,420,000

Most Similar Players

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

Career Spans

Rudy Seanez (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

Rudy Seanez: the record in brief

The profile opens with Rudy Seanez's first major league game on September 7, 1989; the last one listed came on September 28, 2008. Club by club, the record runs the Cleveland Indians (1989 through 1991), the San Diego Padres (1993 through 2006), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1994 to 2007), the Atlanta Braves (1998 to 2001), the Texas Rangers (2002), the Boston Red Sox (2003 to 2006), the Kansas City Royals (2004), and the Florida Marlins (2004), among other clubs in the table. Listed as a pitcher, Seanez both batted and threw right-handed. Seanez is listed at 5'10" and 185 pounds. The birth record reads October 20, 1968, in Brawley, CA, USA. Seanez's full given name, per the bio, is Rudy Caballero Seanez.

Seanez pitched in 544 games, starting 0, and finished with a 41-30 record and 4.10 ERA. Also on Seanez's record: 574 strikeouts and 12 saves. Against a 4.34 league ERA for the same years, Seanez was 5.6% better. No season topped the 7 wins of 2005.

Frequently Asked Questions about Rudy Seanez

What years did Rudy Seanez play?: Rudy Seanez played in Major League Baseball from 1989 to 2008.
Was Rudy Seanez a pitcher?: Yes. Rudy Seanez pitched in the major leagues, recording 41 wins and 574 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Rudy Seanez hit?: Rudy Seanez hit 0 career home runs.
What teams did Rudy Seanez play for?: Rudy Seanez played for 9 teams: the Cleveland Indians (1989–1991), the San Diego Padres (1993, 2001, 2005–2006), the Los Angeles Dodgers (1994–1995, 2007), the Atlanta Braves (1998–2001), the Texas Rangers (2002), the Boston Red Sox (2003, 2006), the Kansas City Royals (2004), the Florida Marlins (2004), and the Philadelphia Phillies (2008).
What were Rudy Seanez's career stats?: In 544 games, Rudy Seanez went 41-30 with a 4.10 ERA, 574 strikeouts, 566.0 innings pitched, and 12 saves.
How much did Rudy Seanez earn in his career?: Rudy Seanez's recorded salaries total $7,420,000 over 10 seasons, 1992 to 2007. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Seanez's career ran from 1989 to 2008. No salary is recorded for 8 of his seasons between 1985 and 2016.
What was Rudy Seanez's salary?: Rudy Seanez's last recorded salary was $700,000, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $1,900,000, in 2006, and his lowest was $135,000, in 1992. The Salary History table lists each season from 1992 to 2007.
What position did Rudy Seanez play?: Rudy Seanez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Rudy Seanez and how much did he weigh?: Rudy Seanez was listed at 5 feet 10 inches and 185 pounds.
What was Rudy Seanez's career ERA?: Rudy Seanez finished with a 4.10 career ERA, going 41-30 with 574 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Rudy Seanez have?: Rudy Seanez recorded 574 career strikeouts.
Is Rudy Seanez in the Hall of Fame?: No. Rudy Seanez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.