What years did Julian Tavarez play?

Julian Tavarez played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2009.

Was Julian Tavarez a pitcher?

Yes. Julian Tavarez pitched in the major leagues, recording 88 wins and 842 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Julian Tavarez hit?

Julian Tavarez hit 0 career home runs with 16 hits.

What were Julian Tavarez's career stats?

In 828 games, Julian Tavarez went 88-82 with a 4.46 ERA, 842 strikeouts, 1,404.1 innings pitched, and 23 saves.

What was Julian Tavarez's salary?

Julian Tavarez's last recorded salary was $500,000, in 2009. His highest recorded salary was $3,850,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 2009.

What position did Julian Tavarez play?

Julian Tavarez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Julian Tavarez and how much did he weigh?

Julian Tavarez was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 165 pounds.

What was Julian Tavarez's career ERA?

Julian Tavarez finished with a 4.46 career ERA, going 88-82 with 842 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Julian Tavarez have?

Julian Tavarez recorded 842 career strikeouts.

Is Julian Tavarez in the Hall of Fame?

No. Julian Tavarez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Julian Tavarez

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1993-2009)

Julian Tavarez was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2009 for 11 teams, including the Cleveland Guardians, a span of 17 seasons. Across 828 career appearances, he went 88-82 with a 4.46 ERA, 842 strikeouts, and 23 saves. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 3737.3.

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 88–82

ERA 4.46

WHIP 1.50

SO 842

Pitcher PIV 3737.3

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: L / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 165 lb
Born: 5/22/1973 in Santiago, Santiago, D.R.
MLB Debut: 1993-08-07
Last Game: 2009-07-19

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Career Pitching Statistics

Julian Tavarez — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
88	82	828	108	2	0	23	1404.1	1,540	696	113	563	842	4.46	3737.3

Career ERA 4.46 vs. league average 4.44 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Julian Tavarez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1993	CLE	AL	2	2	8	7	0	0	37.0	53	27	13	19	6.57	4.19 (-57%)	-1337.9
1994	CLE	AL	0	1	1	1	0	0	1.2	6	4	1	0	21.60	—	0.0
1995	CLE	AL	10	2	57	0	0	0	85.0	76	23	21	68	2.44	4.45 (+45%)	2227.4
1996	CLE	AL	4	7	51	4	0	0	80.2	101	48	22	46	5.36	4.61 (-16%)	561.9
1997	SFN	NL	6	4	89	0	0	0	88.1	91	38	34	38	3.87	4.39 (+12%)	-72.8
1998	SFN	NL	5	3	60	0	0	1	85.1	96	36	36	52	3.80	4.43 (+14%)	439.9
1999	SFN	NL	2	0	47	0	0	0	54.2	65	36	25	33	5.93	4.71 (-26%)	-948.2
2000	COL	NL	11	5	51	12	1	1	120.0	124	59	53	62	4.42	4.77 (+7%)	-68.8
2001	CHN	NL	10	9	34	28	0	0	161.1	172	81	69	107	4.52	4.42 (-2%)	665.6
2002	FLO	NL	10	12	29	27	0	0	153.2	188	92	74	67	5.39	4.28 (-26%)	-1194.4
2003	PIT	NL	3	3	64	0	0	11	83.2	75	34	27	39	3.66	4.40 (+17%)	2122.7
2004	SLN	NL	7	4	77	0	0	4	64.1	57	17	19	48	2.38	4.46 (+47%)	2509.2
2005	SLN	NL	2	3	74	0	0	4	65.2	68	25	19	47	3.43	4.29 (+20%)	467.7
2006	BOS	AL	5	4	58	6	1	1	98.2	110	49	44	56	4.47	4.53 (+1%)	-795.8
2007	BOS	AL	7	11	34	23	0	0	134.2	151	77	51	77	5.15	4.47 (-15%)	-897.3
2008	BOS	AL	0	1	9	0	0	0	12.2	18	9	9	6	6.39	4.32 (-48%)	-72.6
2008	MIL	NL	0	1	7	0	0	0	7.1	13	7	5	10	8.59	—	0.0
2008	ATL	NL	1	3	36	0	0	0	34.2	42	15	14	35	3.89	4.32 (+10%)	-42.1
2009	WAS	NL	3	7	42	0	0	1	35.0	34	19	27	32	4.89	4.32 (-13%)	172.8
Career · 19 seasons			88	82	828	108	2	23	1,404.1	1,540	696	563	842	4.46	—	3,737

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

Julian Tavarez — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
828	140	8	16	0	0	0	9	0	7	60	.114	.156	.114	.271	0

Career AVG .114 vs. league average .266 across their career seasons — 57.1% below league average.

Career OBP .156 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 53.4% below league average.

Career SLG .114 vs. league average .423 across their career seasons — 73.0% below league average.

Career OPS .271 vs. league average .758 across their career seasons — 64.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Julian Tavarez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1993	CLE	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1994	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	CLE	AL	57	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	CLE	AL	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	SFN	NL	89	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	SFN	NL	60	9	0	1	0	0	4	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	SFN	NL	47	5	0	1	0	0	2	.200	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	COL	NL	51	35	1	3	0	0	14	.086	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	CHN	NL	34	41	4	5	4	3	17	.122	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	FLO	NL	29	40	3	5	5	2	17	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	PIT	NL	64	4	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	SLN	NL	77	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	SLN	NL	74	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	BOS	AL	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	BOS	AL	34	4	0	1	0	1	3	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	BOS	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	MIL	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	ATL	NL	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	WAS	NL	42	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 19 seasons			828	140	8	16	9	7	60	.114	—	—	—	—	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

Julian Tavarez — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Julian Tavarez — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2005	NLCS	SLN	3	.000
2005	NLDS1	SLN	2	.000
2004	NLCS	SLN	5	.000
2004	NLDS1	SLN	2	.000
2004	WS	SLN	2	.000
1997	NLDS1	SFN	3	.000
1996	ALDS1	CLE	2	.000
1995	ALCS	CLE	4	.000
1995	ALDS1	CLE	3	.000
1995	WS	CLE	5	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Julian Tavarez — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	4	31	0	0	30.2	31	12	10	16	3.52

Playoff Pitching by Year

Julian Tavarez — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2005	NLCS	SLN	0	0	3	3.1	5	2	0	2	5.40
2005	NLDS1	SLN	0	0	2	1.1	4	2	1	0	13.50
2004	NLCS	SLN	2	1	5	6.0	3	2	2	3	3.00
2004	NLDS1	SLN	0	0	2	2.1	2	0	0	3	0.00
2004	WS	SLN	0	1	2	2.0	1	1	0	1	4.50
1997	NLDS1	SFN	0	1	3	4.0	4	2	2	0	4.50
1996	ALDS1	CLE	0	0	2	1.1	1	0	2	1	0.00
1995	ALCS	CLE	0	1	4	3.1	3	1	1	2	2.70
1995	ALDS1	CLE	0	0	3	2.2	5	2	0	3	6.75
1995	WS	CLE	0	0	5	4.1	3	0	2	1	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Julian Tavarez — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	416	79	4	12	0	7	.152
Away	412	61	4	4	0	2	.066

Pitching — Home / Away

Julian Tavarez — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	416	735.2	781	331	260	441	4.05
Away	412	668.2	759	365	303	401	4.91

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Julian Tavarez — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
2009-07-19	WAS	CHC	—	0.2	3	1	1	0	0
2009-07-16	WAS	CHC	—	0.0	2	3	1	1	0
2009-07-08	WAS	COL	—	2.0	4	2	2	1	2
2009-07-07	WAS	COL	L	0.1	0	1	0	2	1
2009-07-03	WAS	ATL	—	0.2	0	0	0	1	0
2009-07-01	WAS	MIA	L	0.0	2	2	2	0	0
2009-06-29	WAS	MIA	—	0.1	1	1	1	3	0
2009-06-27	WAS	BAL	—	1.1	1	0	0	0	1
2009-06-24	WAS	BOS	—	1.0	0	0	0	1	1
2009-06-23	WAS	BOS	L	0.1	1	1	0	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Julian Tavarez — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	828	108	115	205	18	24

Season-by-Season Fielding

Julian Tavarez — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1993	CLE	P	8	7	2	3	0	2
1994	CLE	P	1	1	0	0	0	0
1995	CLE	P	57	0	7	11	2	1
1996	CLE	P	51	4	6	8	0	0
1997	SFN	P	89	0	5	13	2	2
1998	SFN	P	60	0	4	10	1	1
1999	SFN	P	47	0	7	6	1	1
2000	COL	P	51	12	14	23	1	1
2001	CHN	P	34	28	14	31	3	6
2002	FLO	P	29	27	15	30	4	2
2003	PIT	P	64	0	6	20	0	3
2004	SLN	P	77	0	7	9	0	0
2005	SLN	P	74	0	3	7	0	0
2006	BOS	P	58	6	7	16	2	2
2007	BOS	P	34	23	11	9	1	2
2008	BOS	P	9	0	1	2	0	1
2008	MIL	P	7	0	1	2	1	0
2008	ATL	P	36	0	3	3	0	0
2009	WAS	P	42	0	2	2	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Julian Tavarez Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	828

Awards & Honors

Julian Tavarez — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
1995	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Julian Tavarez's recorded salaries total $26,252,333 over 17 seasons, 1993 to 2009. Tavarez's career, 1993 to 2009, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.

Julian Tavarez — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2009	WAS	NL	$500,000
2008	BOS	AL	$3,850,000
2007	BOS	AL	$3,350,000
2006	BOS	AL	$3,350,000
2005	SLN	NL	$2,600,000
2004	SLN	NL	$1,600,000
2003	PIT	NL	$750,000
2002	FLO	NL	$3,100,000
2001	CHN	NL	$2,275,000
2000	COL	NL	$1,200,000
1999	SFN	NL	$1,150,000
1998	SFN	NL	$1,108,334
1997	SFN	NL	$683,333
1996	CLE	AL	$391,666
1995	CLE	AL	$120,000
1994	CLE	AL	$115,000
1993	CLE	AL	$109,000
Total recorded salary			$26,252,333

Award Voting History

Julian Tavarez — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1995	Rookie of the Year	AL	6th	3.0	140	0

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Julian Tavarez: the record in brief

According to the bio, Julian Tavarez debuted on August 7, 1993 and played a final game on July 19, 2009. By club, Tavarez's seasons break down as the Cleveland Indians (1993 to 1996), the San Francisco Giants (1997 to 1999), the Colorado Rockies (2000), the Chicago Cubs (2001), the Florida Marlins (2002), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2003), the St. Louis Cardinals (2004 to 2005), and the Boston Red Sox (2006 to 2008), among other clubs in the table. Born on May 22, 1973, in Santiago, Santiago, D.R., Tavarez is listed as a pitcher and batted left-handed and threw right-handed. The bio gives 6 feet, 2 inches and 165 pounds.

Tavarez's career pitching line is 88 wins, 82 losses and a 4.46 ERA over 828 appearances. The totals include 842 strikeouts and 23 saves. Tavarez's 4.46 ERA was close to the 4.44 league figure for those seasons. No season topped the 11 wins of 2000. 2001 produced Tavarez's most strikeouts, 107. Tavarez saved 11 games in 2003, the season high.

Frequently Asked Questions about Julian Tavarez

What years did Julian Tavarez play?: Julian Tavarez played in Major League Baseball from 1993 to 2009.
Was Julian Tavarez a pitcher?: Yes. Julian Tavarez pitched in the major leagues, recording 88 wins and 842 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Julian Tavarez hit?: Julian Tavarez hit 0 career home runs with 16 hits.
What teams did Julian Tavarez play for?: Julian Tavarez played for 11 teams: the Cleveland Indians (1993–1996), the San Francisco Giants (1997–1999), the Colorado Rockies (2000), the Chicago Cubs (2001), the Florida Marlins (2002), the Pittsburgh Pirates (2003), the St. Louis Cardinals (2004–2005), the Boston Red Sox (2006–2008), the Milwaukee Brewers (2008), the Atlanta Braves (2008), and the Washington Nationals (2009).
What were Julian Tavarez's career stats?: In 828 games, Julian Tavarez went 88-82 with a 4.46 ERA, 842 strikeouts, 1,404.1 innings pitched, and 23 saves.
How much did Julian Tavarez earn in his career?: Julian Tavarez's recorded salaries total $26,252,333 over 17 seasons, 1993 to 2009. Tavarez's career, 1993 to 2009, falls within 1985 to 2016, the years the salary data covers.
What was Julian Tavarez's salary?: Julian Tavarez's last recorded salary was $500,000, in 2009. His highest recorded salary was $3,850,000, in 2008, and his lowest was $109,000, in 1993. The Salary History table lists each season from 1993 to 2009.
What position did Julian Tavarez play?: Julian Tavarez played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Julian Tavarez and how much did he weigh?: Julian Tavarez was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 165 pounds.
What was Julian Tavarez's career ERA?: Julian Tavarez finished with a 4.46 career ERA, going 88-82 with 842 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Julian Tavarez have?: Julian Tavarez recorded 842 career strikeouts.
Is Julian Tavarez in the Hall of Fame?: No. Julian Tavarez has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.