What years did Tim Wakefield play?

Tim Wakefield played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2011.

Was Tim Wakefield a pitcher?

Yes. Tim Wakefield pitched in the major leagues, recording 200 wins and 2156 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Tim Wakefield hit?

Tim Wakefield hit 1 career home runs with 13 hits.

What was Tim Wakefield's career batting average?

Tim Wakefield batted .117 over his career, with 13 hits in 111 at bats.

How many RBI did Tim Wakefield have?

Tim Wakefield drove in 4 runs in his career.

What was Tim Wakefield's career ERA?

Tim Wakefield finished with a 4.41 career ERA, going 200-180 with 2,156 strikeouts.

Tim Wakefield

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1992-2011)

Tim Wakefield was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2011 for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Boston Red Sox, a span of 20 seasons. Across 627 career appearances, he went 200-180 with a 4.41 ERA, 2,156 strikeouts, and 22 saves. Tim Wakefield was an All-Star and a Roberto Clemente Award.

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 200–180

ERA 4.41

WHIP 1.35

SO 2,156

Pitcher PIV -27445.2

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 210 lb
Born: 8/2/1966 in Melbourne, FL, USA
Died: 10/1/2023 in Hingham, MA, USA
MLB Debut: 1992-07-31
Last Game: 2011-09-25
Awards: All-Star · Roberto Clemente Award

Full name: Timothy Stephen Wakefield

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Career Pitching Statistics

Tim Wakefield — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
200	180	627	463	33	6	22	3226.1	3,152	1,582	418	1,205	2,156	4.41	-27445.2

Career ERA 4.41 vs. league average 4.36 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Tim Wakefield Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1992	PIT	NL	8	1	13	13	4	1	0	92.0	76	22	35	51	2.15	3.75 (+43%)	1108.9
1993	PIT	NL	6	11	24	20	3	2	0	128.1	145	80	75	59	5.61	4.19 (-34%)	-4042.7
1995	BOS	AL	16	8	27	27	6	1	0	195.1	163	64	68	119	2.95	4.45 (+34%)	-393.2
1996	BOS	AL	14	13	32	32	6	0	0	211.2	238	121	90	140	5.14	4.61 (-12%)	-5383.4
1997	BOS	AL	12	15	35	29	4	2	0	201.1	193	95	87	151	4.25	4.39 (+3%)	-1531.1
1998	BOS	AL	17	8	36	33	2	0	0	216.0	211	110	79	146	4.58	4.43 (-3%)	-2445.5
1999	BOS	AL	6	11	49	17	0	0	15	140.0	146	79	72	104	5.08	4.71 (-8%)	-1239.3
2000	BOS	AL	6	10	51	17	0	0	0	159.1	170	97	65	102	5.48	4.77 (-15%)	-3635.7
2001	BOS	AL	9	12	45	17	0	0	3	168.2	156	73	73	148	3.90	4.42 (+12%)	2193.6
2002	BOS	AL	11	5	45	15	0	0	3	163.1	121	51	51	134	2.81	4.28 (+34%)	2789.4
2003	BOS	AL	11	7	35	33	0	0	1	202.1	193	92	71	169	4.09	4.40 (+7%)	1740.3
2004	BOS	AL	12	10	32	30	0	0	0	188.1	197	102	63	116	4.87	4.46 (-9%)	-2885.8
2005	BOS	AL	16	12	33	33	3	0	0	225.1	210	104	68	151	4.15	4.29 (+3%)	-2590.5
2006	BOS	AL	7	11	23	23	1	0	0	140.0	135	72	51	90	4.63	4.53 (-2%)	-1419.7
2007	BOS	AL	17	12	31	31	0	0	0	189.0	191	100	64	110	4.76	4.47 (-6%)	-921.8
2008	BOS	AL	10	11	30	30	1	0	0	181.0	154	83	60	117	4.13	4.32 (+5%)	-2357.2
2009	BOS	AL	11	5	21	21	2	0	0	129.2	137	66	50	72	4.58	4.32 (-6%)	-830.0
2010	BOS	AL	4	10	32	19	0	0	0	140.0	153	83	36	84	5.34	4.08 (-31%)	-1547.4
2011	BOS	AL	7	8	33	23	1	0	0	154.2	163	88	47	93	5.12	3.94 (-30%)	-4054.1
Career · 19 seasons			200	180	627	463	33	6	22	3,226.1	3,152	1,582	1,205	2,156	4.41	—	-27,445

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

Tim Wakefield — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
630	111	4	13	2	0	1	4	0	3	47	.117	.148	.162	.310	0

Career AVG .117 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 55.8% below league average.

Career OBP .148 vs. league average .334 across their career seasons — 55.7% below league average.

Career SLG .162 vs. league average .418 across their career seasons — 61.2% below league average.

Career OPS .310 vs. league average .752 across their career seasons — 58.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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Tim Wakefield Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
1992	PIT	NL	14	28	0	2	0	0	0	1	9	.071	—	—	—	—	0.0
1993	PIT	NL	24	43	3	7	2	1	3	0	11	.163	—	—	—	—	0.0
1995	BOS	AL	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	BOS	AL	32	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	BOS	AL	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	BOS	AL	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	BOS	AL	49	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	BOS	AL	52	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	BOS	AL	45	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2002	BOS	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	BOS	AL	35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	BOS	AL	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	BOS	AL	33	8	1	2	0	0	1	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	BOS	AL	23	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	BOS	AL	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	BOS	AL	30	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	BOS	AL	21	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	BOS	AL	32	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	BOS	AL	33	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 19 seasons			630	111	4	13	2	1	4	3	47	.117	—	—	—	—	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

Tim Wakefield — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
18	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Tim Wakefield — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	AVG
2008	ALCS	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2007	ALCS	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2005	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2004	ALCS	BOS	3	0	0	.000
2004	WS	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2003	ALCS	BOS	3	0	0	.000
2003	ALDS2	BOS	2	0	0	.000
1999	ALDS1	BOS	2	0	0	.000
1998	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	.000
1995	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	.000
1992	NLCS	PIT	2	6	1	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Tim Wakefield — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
5	7	18	11	0	72.0	68	54	38	54	6.75

Playoff Pitching by Year

Tim Wakefield — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2008	ALCS	BOS	0	1	1	1	2.2	6	5	2	2	16.88
2007	ALCS	BOS	0	1	1	1	4.2	5	5	2	7	9.64
2005	ALDS1	BOS	0	1	1	1	5.1	6	4	1	4	6.75
2004	ALCS	BOS	1	0	3	0	7.1	9	7	3	6	8.59
2004	WS	BOS	0	0	1	1	3.2	3	5	5	2	12.27
2003	ALCS	BOS	2	1	3	2	14.0	8	4	6	10	2.57
2003	ALDS2	BOS	0	1	2	1	7.2	6	3	3	7	3.52
1999	ALDS1	BOS	0	0	2	0	2.0	3	3	4	4	13.50
1998	ALDS1	BOS	0	1	1	1	1.1	3	5	2	1	33.75
1995	ALDS1	BOS	0	1	1	1	5.1	5	7	5	4	11.81
1992	NLCS	PIT	2	0	2	2	18.0	14	6	5	7	3.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

Tim Wakefield — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	322	39	0	5	0	1	.128
Away	308	72	4	8	1	3	.111

Pitching — Home / Away

Tim Wakefield — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	321	1670.1	1675	801	540	1082	4.32
Away	306	1556.0	1477	781	665	1074	4.52

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Tim Wakefield — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2011-09-25	BOS	NYY	L	4.0	5	5	3	5	4	1
2011-09-18	BOS	TBR	L	5.0	6	6	2	1	5	0
2011-09-13	BOS	TOR	W	6.0	6	5	5	2	6	2
2011-09-07	BOS	TOR	—	5.0	3	5	4	3	3	1
2011-09-02	BOS	TEX	—	4.0	3	0	0	0	3	0
2011-08-26	BOS	OAK	L	4.0	8	8	4	2	3	2
2011-08-20	BOS	KCR	—	5.1	9	4	4	0	3	0
2011-08-14	BOS	SEA	L	8.0	9	5	4	2	4	1
2011-08-08	BOS	MIN	—	7.0	8	5	3	0	4	1
2011-08-03	BOS	CLE	—	6.2	5	3	3	2	6	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Tim Wakefield — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	627	463	227	329	30	29

Season-by-Season Fielding

Tim Wakefield — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1992	PIT	P	13	13	6	19	0	1
1993	PIT	P	24	20	8	15	4	2
1995	BOS	P	27	27	15	18	2	4
1996	BOS	P	32	32	14	18	2	4
1997	BOS	P	35	29	9	22	3	1
1998	BOS	P	36	33	16	23	3	1
1999	BOS	P	49	17	7	12	1	1
2000	BOS	P	51	17	11	11	2	2
2001	BOS	P	45	17	14	22	2	0
2002	BOS	P	45	15	9	9	1	4
2003	BOS	P	35	33	16	19	1	0
2004	BOS	P	32	30	12	27	4	1
2005	BOS	P	33	33	30	20	2	2
2006	BOS	P	23	23	13	12	0	1
2007	BOS	P	31	31	14	22	0	3
2008	BOS	P	30	30	7	15	1	1
2009	BOS	P	21	21	10	11	0	1
2010	BOS	P	32	19	9	15	2	0
2011	BOS	P	33	23	7	19	0	0

Career Games by Position

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Tim Wakefield Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	627

Awards & Honors

Tim Wakefield — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2010	Roberto Clemente Award
1996	Player of the Week	Week of 1996-08-10
1995	Pitcher of the Month	July
1995	Player of the Week	Week of 1995-06-03
1995	TSN Comeback Player of the Year
1992	TSN Rookie Pitcher of the Year

Salary History

Tim Wakefield — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2011	BOS	AL	$2,000,000
2010	BOS	AL	$3,500,000
2009	BOS	AL	$4,000,000
2008	BOS	AL	$4,000,000
2007	BOS	AL	$4,000,000
2006	BOS	AL	$4,000,000
2005	BOS	AL	$4,670,000
2004	BOS	AL	$4,350,000
2003	BOS	AL	$4,000,000
2002	BOS	AL	$3,200,000
2001	BOS	AL	$3,000,000
2000	BOS	AL	$4,500,000
1999	BOS	AL	$4,000,000
1998	BOS	AL	$3,500,000
1997	BOS	AL	$2,500,000
1996	BOS	AL	$450,000
1995	BOS	AL	$175,000
1993	PIT	NL	$150,000
Total Career Earnings			$55,995,000

College History

Tim Wakefield — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Florida Institute of Technology	Melbourne	FL	1986, 1987, 1988

Award Voting History

Tim Wakefield — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
1995	Cy Young Award	AL	3rd	29.0	140	0
1995	Most Valuable Player	AL	13th	20.0	392	0
1992	Rookie of the Year	NL	3rd	29.0	120	2

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Tim Wakefield: the record in brief

The profile opens with Tim Wakefield's first major league game on July 31, 1992; the last one listed came on September 25, 2011. Club by club, the record runs the Pittsburgh Pirates (1992 through 1993) and the Boston Red Sox (1995 to 2011). Wakefield, born on August 2, 1966, in Melbourne, FL, USA, is listed as a pitcher and batted and threw right-handed. The bio gives 6-foot-2 and 210 pounds. Wakefield's death is recorded on October 1, 2023, in Hingham, MA, USA. Wakefield's full given name, per the bio, is Timothy Stephen Wakefield.

Wakefield pitched in 627 games, starting 463, and finished with a 200-180 record and 4.41 ERA. The same table counts 2,156 strikeouts, 33 complete games, 6 shutouts, and 22 saves. Wakefield's 4.41 ERA was close to the 4.36 league figure for those seasons. 1998 brought Wakefield a season-high 17 wins. 2003 produced Wakefield's most strikeouts, 169. The most saves in one season was 15, in 1999.

Frequently Asked Questions about Tim Wakefield

What years did Tim Wakefield play?: Tim Wakefield played in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 2011.
Was Tim Wakefield a pitcher?: Yes. Tim Wakefield pitched in the major leagues, recording 200 wins and 2156 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Tim Wakefield hit?: Tim Wakefield hit 1 career home runs with 13 hits.
What was Tim Wakefield's career batting average?: Tim Wakefield batted .117 over his career, with 13 hits in 111 at bats.
How many RBI did Tim Wakefield have?: Tim Wakefield drove in 4 runs in his career.
What was Tim Wakefield's career ERA?: Tim Wakefield finished with a 4.41 career ERA, going 200-180 with 2,156 strikeouts.