What years did John Wasdin play?

John Wasdin played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2007.

Was John Wasdin a pitcher?

Yes. John Wasdin pitched in the major leagues, recording 39 wins and 527 strikeouts.

How many home runs did John Wasdin hit?

John Wasdin hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.

What was John Wasdin's career batting average?

John Wasdin batted .158 over his career, with 3 hits in 19 at bats.

How many RBI did John Wasdin have?

John Wasdin drove in 1 runs in his career.

What was John Wasdin's career ERA?

John Wasdin finished with a 5.28 career ERA, going 39-39 with 527 strikeouts.

John Wasdin

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1995-2007)

John Wasdin was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2007 for 7 teams, including the Athletics, a span of 13 seasons. Across 328 career appearances, he went 39-39 with a 5.28 ERA and 527 strikeouts.

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 39–39

ERA 5.28

WHIP 1.42

SO 527

Pitcher PIV -10393.5

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 190 lb
Born: 8/5/1972 in Fort Belvoir, VA, USA
MLB Debut: 1995-08-24
Last Game: 2007-07-07

Full name: John Truman Wasdin

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Career Pitching Statistics

John Wasdin — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
39	39	328	65	2	0	7	793.1	874	465	135	252	527	5.28	-10393.5

Career ERA 5.28 vs. league average 4.50 across their career seasons — 17.4% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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John Wasdin Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
1995	OAK	AL	1	1	5	2	0	0	17.1	14	9	3	6	4.67	4.45 (-5%)	-716.0
1996	OAK	AL	8	7	25	21	1	0	131.1	145	87	50	75	5.96	4.61 (-29%)	-3374.1
1997	BOS	AL	4	6	53	7	0	0	124.2	121	61	38	84	4.40	4.39 (avg)	-734.9
1998	BOS	AL	6	4	47	8	0	0	96.0	111	56	27	59	5.25	4.43 (-18%)	-673.0
1999	BOS	AL	8	3	45	0	0	2	74.1	66	34	18	57	4.12	4.71 (+13%)	-124.1
2000	BOS	AL	1	3	25	1	0	1	44.2	48	25	15	36	5.04	4.77 (-6%)	-248.8
2000	COL	NL	0	3	14	3	1	0	35.2	42	23	9	35	5.80	4.77 (-22%)	360.8
2001	COL	NL	2	1	18	0	0	0	24.1	32	19	8	17	7.03	4.42 (-59%)	-1267.6
2001	BAL	AL	1	1	26	0	0	0	49.2	54	23	16	47	4.17	4.42 (+6%)	1186.1
2003	TOR	AL	0	1	3	2	0	0	5.0	16	13	4	5	23.40	—	0.0
2004	TEX	AL	2	4	15	10	0	0	65.0	83	49	23	36	6.78	4.46 (-52%)	-3700.0
2005	TEX	AL	3	2	31	6	0	4	75.2	77	36	20	44	4.28	4.29 (avg)	105.8
2006	TEX	AL	2	2	9	5	0	0	30.0	33	17	13	16	5.10	4.53 (-13%)	-1389.9
2007	PIT	NL	1	1	12	0	0	0	19.2	32	13	8	10	5.95	4.47 (-33%)	182.2
Career · 14 seasons			39	39	328	65	2	7	793.1	874	465	252	527	5.28	—	-10,393

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

John Wasdin — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
328	19	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	6	.158	.200	.211	.411	0

Career AVG .158 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 40.9% below league average.

Career OBP .200 vs. league average .337 across their career seasons — 40.6% below league average.

Career SLG .211 vs. league average .426 across their career seasons — 50.5% below league average.

Career OPS .411 vs. league average .762 across their career seasons — 46.2% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

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John Wasdin 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
1995	OAK	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1996	OAK	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1997	BOS	AL	53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1998	BOS	AL	47	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
1999	BOS	AL	45	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	BOS	AL	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2000	COL	NL	14	8	0	2	0	0	0	2	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	COL	NL	18	3	1	1	1	1	0	0	.333	—	—	—	—	0.0
2001	BAL	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	TOR	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	TEX	AL	15	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2005	TEX	AL	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	TEX	AL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	PIT	NL	12	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 14 seasons			328	19	2	3	1	1	1	6	.158	—	—	—	—	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

John Wasdin — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

John Wasdin — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
1999	ALDS1	BOS	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1998	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

John Wasdin — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
0	0	3	0	0	3.1	4	7	5	3	18.90

Playoff Pitching by Year

John Wasdin — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1999	ALDS1	BOS	0	0	2	0	0	1.2	2	5	4	1	27.00
1998	ALDS1	BOS	0	0	1	0	0	1.2	2	2	1	2	10.80

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

John Wasdin — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	168	10	1	2	0	1	.200
Away	160	9	1	1	0	0	.111

Pitching — Home / Away

John Wasdin — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	168	415.0	453	222	124	275	4.81
Away	160	378.1	421	243	128	252	5.78

Last 10 Games — Batting

John Wasdin — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB	SO
2007-07-07	PIT	CHC	L	1	0
2007-07-02	PIT	MIL	L	0	0
2007-06-27	PIT	MIA	W	1	1
2007-05-01	PIT	CHC	L	0	0
2007-04-28	PIT	CIN	L	0	0
2007-04-25	PIT	HOU	W	1	0
2007-04-20	PIT	LAD	L	1	0
2007-04-18	PIT	MIL	L	0	0
2007-04-10	PIT	STL	L	0	0
2007-04-09	PIT	STL	L	0	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

John Wasdin — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2007-07-07	PIT	CHC	—	2.1	5	2	2	0	1	0
2007-07-02	PIT	MIL	—	2.1	4	0	0	0	1	0
2007-06-27	PIT	MIA	—	2.0	2	1	1	1	3	0
2007-05-01	PIT	CHC	—	2.0	4	2	2	1	0	0
2007-04-28	PIT	CIN	—	2.0	3	1	1	1	1	0
2007-04-25	PIT	HOU	W	2.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2007-04-20	PIT	LAD	—	3.1	5	2	2	2	1	1
2007-04-18	PIT	MIL	—	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	0
2007-04-10	PIT	STL	L	1.0	2	1	1	1	1	0
2007-04-09	PIT	STL	—	0.2	1	2	2	1	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

John Wasdin — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	328	65	37	69	5	3

Season-by-Season Fielding

John Wasdin — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
1995	OAK	P	5	2	1	0	0	0
1996	OAK	P	25	21	9	12	1	1
1997	BOS	P	53	7	5	11	2	0
1998	BOS	P	47	8	5	15	1	1
1999	BOS	P	45	0	3	5	1	0
2000	BOS	P	25	1	2	2	0	0
2000	COL	P	14	3	3	3	0	1
2001	COL	P	18	0	1	2	0	0
2001	BAL	P	26	0	4	4	0	0
2003	TOR	P	3	2	0	0	0	0
2004	TEX	P	15	10	3	6	0	0
2005	TEX	P	31	6	0	5	0	0
2006	TEX	P	9	5	1	1	0	0
2007	PIT	P	12	0	0	3	0	0

Career Games by Position

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John Wasdin Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	328

Salary History

John Wasdin — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2007	PIT	NL	$600,000
2001	COL	NL	$975,000
2000	BOS	AL	$625,000
1999	BOS	AL	$500,000
1998	BOS	AL	$227,500
1997	BOS	AL	$185,000
1996	OAK	AL	$111,000
1995	OAK	AL	$109,000
Total Career Earnings			$3,332,500

College History

John Wasdin — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Florida State University	Tallahassee	FL	1991, 1992, 1993

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John Wasdin: the record in brief

The profile opens with John Wasdin's first major league game on August 24, 1995; the last one listed came on July 7, 2007. Club by club, the record runs the Oakland Athletics (1995 through 1996), the Boston Red Sox (1997 to 2000), the Colorado Rockies (2000 through 2001), the Baltimore Orioles (2001), the Toronto Blue Jays (2003), the Texas Rangers (2004 to 2006), and the Pittsburgh Pirates (2007). The bio lists Wasdin as a pitcher who batted and threw right-handed. The recorded size is 190 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame. The birth record reads August 5, 1972, in Fort Belvoir, VA, USA. On the record, John Wasdin was born John Truman Wasdin.

Wasdin's career pitching line is 39 wins, 39 losses and a 5.28 ERA over 328 appearances. Wasdin had 527 strikeouts. The league ERA over Wasdin's seasons was 4.50, so the 5.28 figure ran 17.4% worse than average. Wasdin won 8 games in 1996, the most of any season listed. 1997 produced Wasdin's most strikeouts, 84. 1997 was Wasdin's sharpest full season, a 4.40 ERA against the league's 4.39.

Frequently Asked Questions about John Wasdin

What years did John Wasdin play?: John Wasdin played in Major League Baseball from 1995 to 2007.
Was John Wasdin a pitcher?: Yes. John Wasdin pitched in the major leagues, recording 39 wins and 527 strikeouts.
How many home runs did John Wasdin hit?: John Wasdin hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.
What was John Wasdin's career batting average?: John Wasdin batted .158 over his career, with 3 hits in 19 at bats.
How many RBI did John Wasdin have?: John Wasdin drove in 1 runs in his career.
What was John Wasdin's career ERA?: John Wasdin finished with a 5.28 career ERA, going 39-39 with 527 strikeouts.