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.

What was Brett Tomko's career batting average?

Brett Tomko batted .156 over his career, with 71 hits in 456 at bats.

How many RBI did Brett Tomko have?

Brett Tomko drove in 29 runs in his career.

What was Brett Tomko's career ERA?

Brett Tomko finished with a 4.65 career ERA, going 100-103 with 1,209 strikeouts.

Brett Tomko

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

Brett Tomko was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1997 to 2011 for 10 teams, including the Cincinnati Reds, a span of 15 seasons. Across 397 career appearances, he went 100-103 with a 4.65 ERA and 1,209 strikeouts. He also batted .156 with 0 home runs.

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 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

Brett Tomko — 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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Brett Tomko Stats, Bio & Career Records
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	210.2	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	92.1	92	48	40	59	4.68	4.77 (+2%)	-400.0
2001	SEA	AL	3	1	11	4	0	0	0	34.2	42	20	15	22	5.19	4.42 (-18%)	-1764.1
2002	SDN	NL	10	10	32	32	3	0	0	204.1	212	102	60	126	4.49	4.28 (-5%)	-1702.4
2003	SLN	NL	13	9	33	32	2	0	0	202.2	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	190.2	205	95	57	114	4.48	4.29 (-5%)	476.0
2006	LAN	NL	8	7	44	15	0	0	0	112.1	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	27.1	25	14	6	26	4.61	4.47 (-3%)	68.3
2008	KCA	AL	2	7	16	10	0	0	0	60.2	80	47	13	40	6.97	4.32 (-61%)	-742.5
2008	SDN	NL	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	9.1	3	2	5	9	1.93	4.32 (+55%)	0.0
2009	NYA	AL	1	2	15	0	0	0	0	20.2	19	12	7	11	5.23	4.32 (-21%)	-967.2
2009	OAK	AL	4	1	6	6	1	1	0	36.2	31	12	6	22	2.95	4.32 (+32%)	-577.4
2011	TEX	AL	0	1	8	0	0	0	0	17.2	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

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

Brett Tomko — 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

Brett Tomko — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AVG
2006	NLDS1	LAN	2	.000
2000	ALCS	SEA	2	.000
2000	ALDS2	SEA	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Brett Tomko — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	5	0	0	8.2	8	5	7	4	5.19

Playoff Pitching by Year

Brett Tomko — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2006	NLDS1	LAN	2	1.0	4	1	2	0	9.00
2000	ALCS	SEA	2	5.0	3	4	4	4	7.20
2000	ALDS2	SEA	1	2.2	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

Brett Tomko — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	198	216	11	32	0	15	.148
Away	208	240	12	39	0	14	.163

Pitching — Home / Away

Brett Tomko — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	192	894.2	865	399	274	621	4.01
Away	205	921.1	1033	540	308	588	5.27

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Brett Tomko — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2011-05-24	TEX	CHW	L	2.0	3	2	2	2	2	1
2011-05-21	TEX	PHI	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2011-05-15	TEX	LAA	—	2.2	2	0	0	2	3	0
2011-05-09	TEX	OAK	—	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0
2011-05-07	TEX	NYY	—	2.1	1	1	1	1	0	1
2011-04-30	TEX	OAK	—	1.0	1	0	0	2	1	0
2011-04-26	TEX	TOR	—	5.0	3	3	3	2	5	1
2011-04-24	TEX	KCR	—	1.2	4	3	3	0	3	1
2009-09-14	OAK	TEX	W	9.0	5	0	0	0	3	0
2009-09-08	OAK	CHW	W	5.1	6	3	3	1	3	2

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Brett Tomko — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	397	266	116	210	11	15

Season-by-Season Fielding

Brett Tomko — 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

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Brett Tomko Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	397

Salary History

Brett Tomko — 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

Brett Tomko — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Florida Southern College	Lakeland	FL	1995

Award Voting History

Brett Tomko — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1997	Rookie of the Year	NL	7th	4.0	140	0

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Brett Tomko: the record in brief

Between the debut on May 27, 1997 and the final game on May 24, 2011, Brett Tomko built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the Cincinnati Reds (1997 through 1999), the Seattle Mariners (2000 to 2001), the San Diego Padres (2002 through 2008), the St. Louis Cardinals (2003), the San Francisco Giants (2004 to 2005), the Los Angeles Dodgers (2006 through 2007), the Kansas City Royals (2008), and the New York Yankees (2009), with further stops in the season rows. Born on April 7, 1973, in Cleveland, OH, USA, Tomko is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. The bio gives 6 feet, 4 inches and 220 pounds. On the record, Brett Tomko was born Brett Daniel Tomko.

Tomko went 100-103 with a 4.65 ERA in 397 games, 266 of them starts. Also on Tomko's record: 1,209 strikeouts and 13 complete games. The league ERA over Tomko's seasons was 4.41, so the 4.65 figure ran 5.5% worse than average.

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.
What was Brett Tomko's career batting average?: Brett Tomko batted .156 over his career, with 71 hits in 456 at bats.
How many RBI did Brett Tomko have?: Brett Tomko drove in 29 runs in his career.
What was Brett Tomko's career ERA?: Brett Tomko finished with a 4.65 career ERA, going 100-103 with 1,209 strikeouts.