Brett Tomko

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1997-2011)

W–L 100–103
ERA 4.65
WHIP 1.37
SO 1,209
Pitcher PIV -7696.9
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'4" / 220 lb
Born
4/7/1973 in Cleveland, OH, USA
MLB Debut
1997-05-27
Last Game
2011-05-24

Full name: Brett Daniel Tomko

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
100 103 397 266 13 2 2 1816.0 1,898 939 255 582 1,209 4.65 -7696.9

Career ERA 4.65 vs. league average 4.41 across their career seasons — 5.5% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1997 CIN NL 11 7 22 19 0 0 0 126.0 106 48 47 95 3.43 4.39 (+22%) 418.3
1998 CIN NL 13 12 34 34 1 0 0 210.7 198 104 64 162 4.44 4.43 (avg) 2537.6
1999 CIN NL 5 7 33 26 1 0 0 172.0 175 94 60 132 4.92 4.71 (-4%) -1504.7
2000 SEA AL 7 5 32 8 0 0 1 92.3 92 48 40 59 4.68 4.77 (+2%) -400.0
2001 SEA AL 3 1 11 4 0 0 0 34.7 42 20 15 22 5.19 4.42 (-18%) -1764.1
2002 SDN NL 10 10 32 32 3 0 0 204.3 212 102 60 126 4.49 4.28 (-5%) -1702.4
2003 SLN NL 13 9 33 32 2 0 0 202.7 252 119 57 114 5.28 4.40 (-20%) -3392.8
2004 SFN NL 11 7 32 31 2 1 0 194.0 196 87 64 108 4.04 4.46 (+10%) 1341.2
2005 SFN NL 8 15 33 30 3 0 1 190.7 205 95 57 114 4.48 4.29 (-5%) 476.0
2006 LAN NL 8 7 44 15 0 0 0 112.3 123 59 29 76 4.73 4.53 (-4%) -174.2
2007 LAN NL 2 11 33 15 0 0 0 104.0 124 67 42 79 5.80 4.47 (-30%) -367.9
2007 SDN NL 2 1 7 4 0 0 0 27.3 25 14 6 26 4.61 4.47 (-3%) 68.3
2008 KCA AL 2 7 16 10 0 0 0 60.7 80 47 13 40 6.97 4.32 (-61%) -742.5
2008 SDN NL 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 9.3 3 2 5 9 1.93 4.32 (+55%) 0.0
2009 NYA AL 1 2 15 0 0 0 0 20.7 19 12 7 11 5.23 4.32 (-21%) -967.2
2009 OAK AL 4 1 6 6 1 1 0 36.7 31 12 6 22 2.95 4.32 (+32%) -577.4
2011 TEX AL 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 17.7 15 9 10 14 4.58 3.94 (-16%) -945.0
Career · 17 seasons 100 103 397 266 13 2 2 1,816.0 1,898 939 582 1,209 4.65 — -7,697

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
406 456 23 71 9 0 0 29 0 19 180 .156 .189 .175 .365 -2,723

Career AVG .156 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 41.3% below league average.

Career OBP .189 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 43.5% below league average.

Career SLG .175 vs. league average .422 across their career seasons — 58.4% below league average.

Career OPS .365 vs. league average .757 across their career seasons — 51.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1997 CIN NL 24 36 2 5 1 0 0 3 0 1 14 .139 — — — — 0.0
1998 CIN NL 36 65 4 7 1 0 0 3 0 4 29 .108 .266 (-60%) .335 (-53%) .420 (-71%) .755 (-63%) -689.4
1999 CIN NL 33 47 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 3 17 .213 — — — — -268.4
2000 SEA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2001 SEA AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 SDN NL 32 66 2 12 2 0 0 6 0 1 20 .182 .261 (-30%) .331 (-41%) .416 (-49%) .747 (-46%) -494.9
2003 SLN NL 35 63 4 18 1 0 0 9 0 4 15 .286 .264 (+8%) .332 (-1%) .422 (-29%) .754 (-17%) -154.1
2004 SFN NL 33 62 3 7 1 0 0 0 0 2 27 .113 .266 (-58%) .335 (-58%) .427 (-70%) .762 (-65%) -668.3
2005 SFN NL 33 55 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 2 22 .164 .264 (-38%) .330 (-42%) .418 (-57%) .749 (-50%) -447.9
2006 LAN NL 45 25 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .120 — — — — 0.0
2007 LAN NL 34 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 16 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 SDN NL 7 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 KCA AL 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 SDN NL 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 NYA AL 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 OAK AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 TEX AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 17 seasons 406 456 23 71 9 0 0 29 0 19 180 .156 — — — — -2,723

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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2006 NLDS1 LAN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 ALCS SEA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2000 ALDS2 SEA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
0 0 5 0 0 8.7 8 5 7 4 5.19

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2006 NLDS1 LAN 0 0 2 0 0 1.0 4 1 2 0 9.00
2000 ALCS SEA 0 0 2 0 0 5.0 3 4 4 4 7.20
2000 ALDS2 SEA 0 0 1 0 0 2.7 1 0 1 0 0.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home1982161132015.148
Away2082401239014.163

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home192894.28653992746214.01
Away205921.110335403085885.27

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2011-05-24 TEXCHW L 2.0322221
2011-05-21 TEXPHI — 1.0100000
2011-05-15 TEXLAA — 2.2200230
2011-05-09 TEXOAK — 2.0000100
2011-05-07 TEXNYY — 2.1111101
2011-04-30 TEXOAK — 1.0100210
2011-04-26 TEXTOR — 5.0333251
2011-04-24 TEXKCR — 1.2433031
2009-09-14 OAKTEX W 9.0500030
2009-09-08 OAKCHW W 5.1633132

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 397 266 116 210 11 15

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1997 CIN P 22 19 6 9 2 1
1998 CIN P 34 34 14 26 1 1
1999 CIN P 33 26 10 20 2 2
2000 SEA P 32 8 6 6 0 1
2001 SEA P 11 4 2 3 0 1
2002 SDN P 32 32 19 26 1 1
2003 SLN P 33 32 18 30 0 0
2004 SFN P 32 31 13 25 2 2
2005 SFN P 33 30 13 19 1 3
2006 LAN P 44 15 3 15 0 0
2007 LAN P 33 15 5 11 2 1
2007 SDN P 7 4 2 4 0 1
2008 KCA P 16 10 2 11 0 0
2008 SDN P 6 0 1 1 0 0
2009 NYA P 15 0 2 1 0 0
2009 OAK P 6 6 0 2 0 1
2011 TEX P 8 0 0 1 0 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 397

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2008 KCA AL $3,000,000
2007 LAN NL $4,100,000
2006 LAN NL $3,600,000
2005 SFN NL $2,650,000
2004 SFN NL $1,200,000
2003 SLN NL $3,300,000
2002 SDN NL $1,100,000
2001 SEA AL $1,100,000
1999 CIN NL $400,000
1998 CIN NL $230,000
1997 CIN NL $150,000
Total Career Earnings $20,830,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Florida Southern College Lakeland FL 1995

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
1997 Rookie of the Year NL 7th 4.0 140 0

Most Similar Players

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

Career Spans

Brett Tomko (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Jeff Weaver
    104-119, 4.71 ERA
  2. 96
    Mark Gardner
    99-93, 4.56 ERA
  3. 90
    Frank Castillo
    82-104, 4.56 ERA
  4. 86
    Jason Hammel
    96-114, 4.62 ERA
  5. 80
    Bruce Chen
    82-81, 4.62 ERA
  6. 80
    Joel Pineiro
    104-93, 4.41 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Brett Tomko

What years did Brett Tomko play?
Brett Tomko played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2011.
Was Brett Tomko a pitcher?
Yes. Brett Tomko pitched in the major leagues, recording 100 wins and 1209 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Brett Tomko hit?
Brett Tomko hit 0 career home runs with 71 hits.