What years did Jeff Suppan play?

Jeff Suppan played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2012.

Was Jeff Suppan a pitcher?

Yes. Jeff Suppan pitched in the major leagues, recording 140 wins and 1390 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jeff Suppan hit?

Jeff Suppan hit 1 career home runs with 76 hits.

What was Jeff Suppan's career batting average?

Jeff Suppan batted .173 over his career, with 76 hits in 440 at bats.

How many RBI did Jeff Suppan have?

Jeff Suppan drove in 24 runs in his career.

What was Jeff Suppan's career ERA?

Jeff Suppan finished with a 4.70 career ERA, going 140-146 with 1,390 strikeouts.

Jeff Suppan

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2012)

Jeff Suppan was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2012 for 7 teams, including the Boston Red Sox, a span of 18 seasons. Across 448 career appearances, he went 140-146 with a 4.70 ERA and 1,390 strikeouts. He also batted .173 with 1 home runs. Jeff Suppan was an NLCS MVP.

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 12, 2026

W–L 140–146

ERA 4.70

WHIP 1.46

SO 1,390

Pitcher PIV -26984.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 225 lb
Born: 1/2/1975 in Oklahoma City, OK, USA
MLB Debut: 1995-07-17
Last Game: 2012-05-28
Awards: NLCS MVP

Full name: Jeffrey Scot Suppan

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jeff Suppan — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
140	146	448	417	16	5	0	2542.2	2,843	1,328	337	871	1,390	4.70	-26984.2

Career ERA 4.70 vs. league average 4.41 across their career seasons — 6.6% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Jeff Suppan Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1995	BOS	AL	1	2	8	3	0	0	22.2	29	15	5	19	5.96	4.45 (-34%)	38.9
1996	BOS	AL	1	1	8	4	0	0	22.2	29	19	13	13	7.54	4.61 (-64%)	-559.4
1997	BOS	AL	7	3	23	22	0	0	112.1	140	71	36	67	5.69	4.39 (-30%)	46.4
1998	ARI	NL	1	7	13	13	1	0	66.0	82	49	21	39	6.68	4.43 (-51%)	-1467.4
1998	KCA	AL	0	0	4	1	0	0	12.2	9	1	1	12	0.71	4.43 (+84%)	610.9
1999	KCA	AL	10	12	32	32	4	1	208.2	222	105	62	103	4.53	4.71 (+4%)	-611.4
2000	KCA	AL	10	9	35	33	3	1	217.0	240	119	84	128	4.94	4.77 (-3%)	-3253.1
2001	KCA	AL	10	14	34	34	1	0	218.1	227	106	74	120	4.37	4.42 (+1%)	-1430.9
2002	KCA	AL	9	16	33	33	3	1	208.0	229	123	68	109	5.32	4.28 (-24%)	-3731.8
2003	PIT	NL	10	7	21	21	3	2	141.0	147	56	31	78	3.57	4.40 (+19%)	2441.7
2003	BOS	AL	3	4	11	10	0	0	63.0	70	39	20	32	5.57	4.40 (-27%)	-1795.1
2004	SLN	NL	16	9	31	31	0	0	188.0	192	87	65	110	4.16	4.46 (+7%)	-1447.6
2005	SLN	NL	16	10	32	32	0	0	194.1	206	77	63	114	3.57	4.29 (+17%)	-1175.4
2006	SLN	NL	12	7	32	32	0	0	190.0	207	87	69	104	4.12	4.53 (+9%)	-844.6
2007	MIL	NL	12	12	34	34	1	0	206.2	243	106	68	114	4.62	4.47 (-3%)	310.7
2008	MIL	NL	10	10	31	31	0	0	177.2	207	98	67	90	4.96	4.32 (-15%)	-5281.5
2009	MIL	NL	7	12	30	30	0	0	161.2	200	95	74	80	5.29	4.32 (-22%)	-5550.3
2010	MIL	NL	0	2	15	2	0	0	31.0	50	27	12	18	7.84	4.08 (-92%)	-599.4
2010	SLN	NL	3	6	15	13	0	0	70.1	80	30	25	33	3.84	4.08 (+6%)	-1465.3
2012	SDN	NL	2	3	6	6	0	0	30.2	34	18	13	7	5.28	4.01 (-32%)	-1219.7
Career · 20 seasons			140	146	448	417	16	5	2,542.2	2,843	1,328	871	1,390	4.70	—	-26,984

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 Suppan — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
453	440	27	76	7	0	1	24	1	24	101	.173	.221	.195	.416	-2,327

Career AVG .173 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 34.8% below league average.

Career OBP .221 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 34.0% below league average.

Career SLG .195 vs. league average .421 across their career seasons — 53.6% below league average.

Career OPS .416 vs. league average .756 across their career seasons — 45.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Jeff Suppan Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1995	BOS	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	BOS	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	BOS	AL	23	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	ARI	NL	13	22	1	6	0	0	1	1	0	6	.273	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	KCA	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	KCA	AL	32	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	KCA	AL	35	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	KCA	AL	34	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	KCA	AL	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	PIT	NL	21	41	3	12	1	0	2	0	2	11	.293	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	BOS	AL	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	SLN	NL	31	57	3	4	0	0	0	0	1	11	.070	.266 (-74%)	.335 (-74%)	.427 (-84%)	.762 (-80%)	-753.1
2005	SLN	NL	32	58	5	12	2	1	5	0	3	9	.207	.264 (-22%)	.330 (-26%)	.418 (-30%)	.749 (-28%)	-268.7
2006	SLN	NL	32	55	4	12	1	0	6	0	5	11	.218	.269 (-19%)	.336 (-12%)	.431 (-45%)	.768 (-31%)	-265.0
2007	MIL	NL	35	61	4	8	0	0	2	0	3	16	.131	.268 (-51%)	.335 (-49%)	.422 (-69%)	.758 (-60%)	-602.3
2008	MIL	NL	33	50	2	7	1	0	1	0	3	13	.140	.263 (-47%)	.333 (-43%)	.416 (-62%)	.749 (-53%)	-437.4
2009	MIL	NL	30	42	4	6	1	0	5	0	4	12	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	MIL	NL	15	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	SLN	NL	15	21	1	4	1	0	1	0	1	5	.190	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	SDN	NL	8	10	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.100	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 20 seasons			453	440	27	76	7	1	24	1	24	101	.173	—	—	—	—	-2,327

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 Suppan — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	14	1	4	0	0	1	2	0	4	.286

Playoff Batting by Year

Jeff Suppan — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	AVG
2008	NLDS2	MIL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
2006	NLCS	SLN	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	.333
2006	NLDS2	SLN	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2006	WS	SLN	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2005	NLCS	SLN	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000
2004	NLCS	SLN	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	.000
2004	NLDS1	SLN	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	.667
2004	WS	SLN	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jeff Suppan — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
3	4	10	10	0	57.0	46	23	24	36	3.63

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jeff Suppan — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2008	NLDS2	MIL	0	1	1	1	3.0	6	5	2	3	15.00
2006	NLCS	SLN	1	0	2	2	15.0	5	1	6	6	0.60
2006	NLDS2	SLN	0	1	1	1	4.1	6	3	3	3	6.23
2006	WS	SLN	0	0	1	1	6.0	8	3	2	4	4.50
2005	NLCS	SLN	0	0	1	1	5.0	3	1	3	5	1.80
2004	NLCS	SLN	1	1	2	2	12.0	8	4	4	9	3.00
2004	NLDS1	SLN	1	0	1	1	7.0	2	2	3	2	2.57
2004	WS	SLN	0	1	1	1	4.2	8	4	1	4	7.71

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Jeff Suppan — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	221	214	14	43	1	12	.201
Away	232	226	13	33	0	12	.146

Pitching — Home / Away

Jeff Suppan — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	219	1275.1	1433	626	419	720	4.42
Away	229	1267.1	1410	702	452	670	4.99

Last 10 Games — Batting

Jeff Suppan — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	H	BB	SO
2012-05-28	SDP	CHC	L	1	0	1	0
2012-05-24	SDP	NYN	W	1	0	0	1
2012-05-23	SDP	STL	L	2	0	0	0
2012-05-18	SDP	LAA	L	1	0	0	0
2012-05-14	SDP	WAS	L	0	0	0	0
2012-05-13	SDP	PHI	L	2	0	0	0
2012-05-08	SDP	COL	W	1	0	0	0
2012-05-02	SDP	MIL	W	2	1	0	0
2010-10-03	STL	COL	W	2	0	0	1
2010-09-28	STL	PIT	L	2	0	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jeff Suppan — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2012-05-28	SDP	CHC	—	5.0	6	6	6	0	2	2
2012-05-23	SDP	STL	L	4.2	8	5	5	4	1	1
2012-05-18	SDP	LAA	L	5.0	6	4	4	5	0	0
2012-05-13	SDP	PHI	L	6.0	6	3	2	0	1	1
2012-05-08	SDP	COL	W	5.0	4	1	1	2	1	0
2012-05-02	SDP	MIL	W	5.0	4	0	0	2	2	0
2010-10-03	STL	COL	W	6.0	5	0	0	1	5	0
2010-09-28	STL	PIT	L	5.1	5	4	3	1	3	1
2010-09-23	STL	PIT	W	5.0	4	1	1	2	2	0
2010-09-18	STL	SDP	—	5.0	5	1	1	1	3	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jeff Suppan — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	448	417	177	358	18	24

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jeff Suppan — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1995	BOS	P	8	3	2	2	0	0
1996	BOS	P	8	4	0	2	0	0
1997	BOS	P	23	22	6	8	3	2
1998	ARI	P	13	13	6	15	0	1
1998	KCA	P	4	1	1	3	0	1
1999	KCA	P	32	32	16	27	1	0
2000	KCA	P	35	33	14	20	2	0
2001	KCA	P	34	34	18	33	1	1
2002	KCA	P	33	33	23	31	3	0
2003	PIT	P	21	21	15	19	1	1
2003	BOS	P	11	10	3	11	0	0
2004	SLN	P	31	31	10	30	1	0
2005	SLN	P	32	32	12	28	1	3
2006	SLN	P	32	32	8	25	0	2
2007	MIL	P	34	34	17	32	1	7
2008	MIL	P	31	31	10	30	1	2
2009	MIL	P	30	30	6	25	1	2
2010	MIL	P	15	2	2	5	0	1
2010	SLN	P	15	13	3	5	2	0
2012	SDN	P	6	6	5	7	0	1

Career Games by Position

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Jeff Suppan Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	448

Awards & Honors

Jeff Suppan — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2006	NLCS MVP

Salary History

Jeff Suppan — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2010	MIL	NL	$12,750,000
2009	MIL	NL	$12,750,000
2008	MIL	NL	$8,250,000
2007	MIL	NL	$6,250,000
2006	SLN	NL	$4,000,000
2005	SLN	NL	$4,000,000
2004	SLN	NL	$1,000,000
2003	PIT	NL	$500,000
2002	KCA	AL	$4,150,000
2001	KCA	AL	$2,350,000
2000	KCA	AL	$1,450,000
1999	KCA	AL	$235,000
1998	ARI	NL	$214,000
1996	BOS	AL	$117,000
1995	BOS	AL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$58,125,000

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Jeff Suppan: the record in brief

Jeff Suppan's major league career runs from a debut on July 17, 1995 to a final game on May 28, 2012. Club by club, the record runs the Boston Red Sox (1995 through 2003), the Arizona Diamondbacks (1998), the Kansas City Royals (1998 through 2002), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2003), the St. Louis Cardinals (2004 to 2010), the Milwaukee Brewers (2007 through 2010), and the San Diego Padres (2012). Suppan played primarily as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on January 2, 1975, in Oklahoma City, OK, USA and a listed size of 6'2" and 225 pounds. The given name on file is Jeffrey Scot Suppan.

Suppan pitched in 448 games, starting 417, and finished with a 140-146 record and 4.70 ERA. Also on Suppan's record: 1,390 strikeouts, 16 complete games, and 5 shutouts. The league ERA over Suppan's seasons was 4.41, so the 4.70 figure ran 6.6% worse than average. 2004 brought Suppan a season-high 16 wins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jeff Suppan

What years did Jeff Suppan play?: Jeff Suppan played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2012.
Was Jeff Suppan a pitcher?: Yes. Jeff Suppan pitched in the major leagues, recording 140 wins and 1390 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jeff Suppan hit?: Jeff Suppan hit 1 career home runs with 76 hits.
What was Jeff Suppan's career batting average?: Jeff Suppan batted .173 over his career, with 76 hits in 440 at bats.
How many RBI did Jeff Suppan have?: Jeff Suppan drove in 24 runs in his career.
What was Jeff Suppan's career ERA?: Jeff Suppan finished with a 4.70 career ERA, going 140-146 with 1,390 strikeouts.