What years did Jae Weong Seo play?

Jae Weong Seo played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2007.

Was Jae Weong Seo a pitcher?

Yes. Jae Weong Seo pitched in the major leagues, recording 28 wins and 340 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jae Weong Seo hit?

Jae Weong Seo hit 0 career home runs with 15 hits.

What teams did Jae Weong Seo play for?

Jae Weong Seo played for 3 teams: the New York Mets (2002–2005), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2006), and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2006–2007).

What were Jae Weong Seo's career stats?

In 118 games, Jae Weong Seo went 28-40 with a 4.60 ERA, 340 strikeouts, and 606.1 innings pitched.

What was Jae Weong Seo's salary?

Jae Weong Seo's last recorded salary was $1,200,000, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $1,200,000, in 2007, and his lowest was $300,000, in 2003. The Salary History table lists each season from 2003 to 2007.

What position did Jae Weong Seo play?

Jae Weong Seo played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jae Weong Seo and how much did he weigh?

Jae Weong Seo was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 215 pounds.

What was Jae Weong Seo's career ERA?

Jae Weong Seo finished with a 4.60 career ERA, going 28-40 with 340 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jae Weong Seo have?

Jae Weong Seo recorded 340 career strikeouts.

Is Jae Weong Seo in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jae Weong Seo has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jae Weong Seo

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2002-2007)

Jae Weong Seo was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2007 for the New York Mets, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Tampa Bay Rays, a span of 6 seasons. Across 118 career appearances, he went 28-40 with a 4.60 ERA and 340 strikeouts.

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 28–40

ERA 4.60

WHIP 1.44

SO 340

Pitcher PIV -5463.8

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 215 lb
Born: 5/24/1977 in Gwangju, Gwangju, South Korea
MLB Debut: 2002-07-21
Last Game: 2007-05-29

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jae Weong Seo — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
28	40	118	102	1	0	0	606.1	691	310	86	184	340	4.60	-5463.8

Career ERA 4.60 vs. league average 4.41 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jae Weong Seo — Season-by-Season Pitching
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2002	NYN	NL	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0.00	—	0.0
2003	NYN	NL	9	12	32	31	0	188.1	193	80	46	110	3.82	4.40 (+13%)	2276.8
2004	NYN	NL	5	10	24	21	0	117.2	133	64	50	54	4.90	4.46 (-10%)	-2561.4
2005	NYN	NL	8	2	14	14	1	90.1	84	26	16	59	2.59	4.29 (+40%)	1650.3
2006	LAN	NL	2	4	19	10	0	67.0	75	43	25	49	5.78	4.53 (-28%)	-1738.3
2006	TBA	AL	1	8	17	16	0	90.0	122	50	31	39	5.00	4.53 (-10%)	-3019.8
2007	TBA	AL	3	4	11	10	0	52.0	84	47	16	28	8.13	4.47 (-82%)	-2071.5
Career · 7 seasons			28	40	118	102	1	606.1	691	310	184	340	4.60	—	-5,464

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

Jae Weong Seo — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
123	131	7	15	3	0	0	5	1	9	45	.115	.177	.137	.315	-547

Career AVG .115 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 56.9% below league average.

Career OBP .177 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 46.9% below league average.

Career SLG .137 vs. league average .423 across their career seasons — 67.5% below league average.

Career OPS .315 vs. league average .757 across their career seasons — 58.4% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jae Weong Seo — Season-by-Season Batting
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2002	NYN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	NYN	NL	35	51	3	5	1	0	0	3	19	.098	.264 (-63%)	.332 (-55%)	.422 (-72%)	.754 (-65%)	-546.7
2004	NYN	NL	26	32	2	5	1	1	1	2	9	.156	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	NYN	NL	14	29	2	3	1	4	0	3	11	.103	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	LAN	NL	19	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	6	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	TBA	AL	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	TBA	AL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 7 seasons			123	131	7	15	3	5	1	9	45	.115	—	—	—	—	-547

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.

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Jae Weong Seo — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	66	66	6	9	0	3	.136
Away	57	65	1	6	0	2	.092

Pitching — Home / Away

Jae Weong Seo — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	63	323.0	391	170	94	188	4.74
Away	55	283.1	300	140	90	152	4.45

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jae Weong Seo — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2007-05-29	TBR	DET	—	2.0	5	2	2	0	2	1
2007-05-24	TBR	SEA	W	5.0	13	7	6	1	1	0
2007-05-19	TBR	MIA	L	5.1	8	7	7	3	2	3
2007-05-13	TBR	TOR	W	7.0	2	0	0	2	7	0
2007-05-08	TBR	BAL	L	3.0	6	5	5	1	1	1
2007-05-02	TBR	MIN	—	6.0	7	2	2	1	3	1
2007-04-26	TBR	LAA	L	1.1	7	6	6	2	1	1
2007-04-21	TBR	CLE	W	6.0	8	5	5	2	2	1
2007-04-15	TBR	MIN	—	7.0	9	4	4	0	4	0
2007-04-10	TBR	TEX	L	3.0	8	10	5	3	3	3

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jae Weong Seo — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	118	102	35	85	1	7

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jae Weong Seo — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2002	NYN	P	1	0	0	0	0	0
2003	NYN	P	32	31	11	35	1	0
2004	NYN	P	24	21	12	17	0	3
2005	NYN	P	14	14	5	11	0	1
2006	LAN	P	19	10	2	8	0	0
2006	TBA	P	17	16	2	12	0	2
2007	TBA	P	11	10	3	2	0	1

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Jae Weong Seo — Career Games by Position
Position	Games
Pitcher	118

Salary History

Jae Weong Seo's recorded salaries total $1,850,000 over 3 seasons, 2003 to 2007. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Seo's career ran from 2002 to 2007. No salary is recorded for 2002, 2004, and 2005.

Jae Weong Seo — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2007	TBA	AL	$1,200,000
2006	LAN	NL	$350,000
2003	NYN	NL	$300,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$1,850,000

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Career Spans

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Jae Weong Seo: the record in brief

July 21, 2002 and May 29, 2007 bracket Jae Weong Seo's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. The season rows list, in order, the New York Mets (2002 through 2005), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2006), and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2006 through 2007). Born on May 24, 1977, in Gwangju, Gwangju, South Korea, Seo is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Size on record: 6 feet, 1 inch and 215 pounds.

Across 118 games (102 starts), Seo recorded 28 wins against 40 losses with a 4.60 ERA. The same table counts 340 strikeouts. Seo's 4.60 ERA was close to the 4.41 league figure for those seasons. The best win total was 9, in 2003. 2003 was Seo's sharpest full season, a 3.82 ERA against the league's 4.40.

Seo appears at one position only: pitcher, in 118 games. Fielding on the mound produced 35 putouts and 85 assists against 1 errors.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jae Weong Seo

What years did Jae Weong Seo play?: Jae Weong Seo played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2007.
Was Jae Weong Seo a pitcher?: Yes. Jae Weong Seo pitched in the major leagues, recording 28 wins and 340 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jae Weong Seo hit?: Jae Weong Seo hit 0 career home runs with 15 hits.
What teams did Jae Weong Seo play for?: Jae Weong Seo played for 3 teams: the New York Mets (2002–2005), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2006), and the Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2006–2007).
What were Jae Weong Seo's career stats?: In 118 games, Jae Weong Seo went 28-40 with a 4.60 ERA, 340 strikeouts, and 606.1 innings pitched.
How much did Jae Weong Seo earn in his career?: Jae Weong Seo's recorded salaries total $1,850,000 over 3 seasons, 2003 to 2007. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Seo's career ran from 2002 to 2007. No salary is recorded for 2002, 2004, and 2005.
What was Jae Weong Seo's salary?: Jae Weong Seo's last recorded salary was $1,200,000, in 2007. His highest recorded salary was $1,200,000, in 2007, and his lowest was $300,000, in 2003. The Salary History table lists each season from 2003 to 2007.
What position did Jae Weong Seo play?: Jae Weong Seo played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jae Weong Seo and how much did he weigh?: Jae Weong Seo was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 215 pounds.
What was Jae Weong Seo's career ERA?: Jae Weong Seo finished with a 4.60 career ERA, going 28-40 with 340 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jae Weong Seo have?: Jae Weong Seo recorded 340 career strikeouts.
Is Jae Weong Seo in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jae Weong Seo has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.