Jay Witasick

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (1996-2007)

W–L 32–41
ERA 4.64
WHIP 1.56
SO 645
Pitcher PIV -2620.4
Position
Pitcher
Bats / Throws
R / R
Height / Weight
6'4" / 205 lb
Born
8/28/1972 in Baltimore, MD, USA
MLB Debut
1996-07-07
Last Game
2007-09-26

Full name: Gerald Alphonse Witasick

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Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
32 41 405 56 3 1 5 731.3 775 377 97 364 645 4.64 -2620.4

Career ERA 4.64 vs. league average 4.48 across their career seasons — near 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
1996 OAK AL 1 1 12 0 0 0 0 13.0 12 9 5 12 6.23 4.61 (-35%) -932.2
1997 OAK AL 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 11.0 14 7 6 8 5.73 4.39 (-30%) -347.9
1998 OAK AL 1 3 7 3 0 0 0 27.0 36 19 15 29 6.33 4.43 (-43%) -1727.6
1999 KCA AL 9 12 32 28 1 1 0 158.3 191 98 83 102 5.57 4.71 (-18%) -2967.6
2000 KCA AL 3 8 22 14 2 0 0 89.3 109 59 38 67 5.94 4.77 (-25%) -1022.6
2000 SDN NL 3 2 11 11 0 0 0 60.7 69 38 35 54 5.64 4.77 (-18%) -594.7
2001 SDN NL 5 2 31 0 0 0 1 38.7 31 8 15 53 1.86 4.42 (+58%) 1585.3
2001 NYA AL 3 0 32 0 0 0 0 40.3 47 21 18 53 4.69 4.42 (-6%) 912.3
2002 SFN NL 1 0 44 0 0 0 0 68.3 58 18 21 54 2.37 4.28 (+45%) 2127.7
2003 SDN NL 3 7 46 0 0 0 2 45.7 42 23 25 42 4.53 4.40 (-3%) -238.0
2004 SDN NL 0 1 44 0 0 0 1 61.7 57 22 26 57 3.21 4.46 (+28%) 412.2
2005 COL NL 0 4 32 0 0 0 0 35.7 27 10 12 40 2.52 4.29 (+41%) 1368.2
2005 OAK AL 1 1 28 0 0 0 1 27.7 26 10 17 33 3.25 4.29 (+24%) 381.2
2006 OAK AL 1 0 20 0 0 0 0 22.7 25 17 21 23 6.75 4.53 (-49%) -693.0
2007 OAK AL 1 0 16 0 0 0 0 15.0 14 6 9 10 3.60 4.47 (+20%) -112.4
2007 TBA AL 0 0 20 0 0 0 0 16.3 17 12 18 8 6.61 4.47 (-48%) -771.3
Career · 16 seasons 32 41 405 56 3 1 5 731.1 775 377 364 645 4.64 — -2,620

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
405 42 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 22 .071 .093 .071 .164 0

Career AVG .071 vs. league average .267 across their career seasons — 73.2% below league average.

Career OBP .093 vs. league average .336 across their career seasons — 72.3% below league average.

Career SLG .071 vs. league average .425 across their career seasons — 83.2% below league average.

Career OPS .164 vs. league average .762 across their career seasons — 78.4% 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
1996 OAK AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 OAK AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1998 OAK AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1999 KCA AL 32 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 — — — — 0.0
2000 KCA AL 22 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 — — — — 0.0
2000 SDN NL 11 22 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 10 .136 — — — — 0.0
2001 SDN NL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2001 NYA AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 SFN NL 44 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 — — — — 0.0
2003 SDN NL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 SDN NL 44 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 COL NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2005 OAK AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 OAK AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 OAK AL 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2007 TBA AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
Career · 16 seasons 405 42 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 22 .071 — — — — 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

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
8 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
2002 NLCS SFN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 NLDS1 SFN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2002 WS SFN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 ALCS NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 ALDS2 NYA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 WS NYA 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 1 8 0 0 8.7 21 15 3 8 15.58

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2002 NLCS SFN 0 1 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 9.00
2002 NLDS1 SFN 0 0 2 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 1 0.00
2002 WS SFN 0 0 2 0 0 0.3 3 2 2 1 54.00
2001 ALCS NYA 0 0 1 0 0 3.0 6 3 0 2 9.00
2001 ALDS2 NYA 0 0 1 0 0 0.7 1 1 1 0 13.50
2001 WS NYA 0 0 1 0 0 1.3 10 8 0 4 54.00

Game Log & Splits

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

Batting — Home / Away

SplitGABRHHRRBIAVG
Home213160302.188
Away192260001.000

Pitching — Home / Away

SplitGIPHERBBSOERA
Home213380.04221841793344.36
Away192351.13531931853114.94

Last 10 Games — Pitching

DateTmOppDecIPHRERBBSOHR
2007-09-26 TBRNYY — 1.0300000
2007-09-17 TBRLAA — 1.0000210
2007-09-11 TBRBOS — 1.0000010
2007-09-07 TBRTOR — 1.0000010
2007-09-04 TBRBAL — 1.0100000
2007-07-21 TBRNYY — 1.0554101
2007-07-17 TBRLAA — 1.0100000
2007-07-13 TBRNYY — 0.0111000
2007-07-07 TBRKCR — 0.0033300
2007-07-06 TBRKCR — 0.1000010

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 405 56 26 65 9 6

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1996 OAK P 12 0 0 0 0 0
1997 OAK P 8 0 0 0 0 0
1998 OAK P 7 3 1 2 0 1
1999 KCA P 32 28 4 12 2 0
2000 KCA P 22 14 5 6 1 0
2000 SDN P 11 11 5 10 0 1
2001 SDN P 31 0 1 5 2 1
2001 NYA P 32 0 0 3 2 0
2002 SFN P 44 0 2 5 0 0
2003 SDN P 46 0 0 7 1 0
2004 SDN P 44 0 2 7 0 0
2005 COL P 32 0 1 4 0 1
2005 OAK P 28 0 1 1 0 1
2006 OAK P 20 0 2 1 0 1
2007 OAK P 16 0 0 1 0 0
2007 TBA P 20 0 2 1 1 0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Position Games
Pitcher 405

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2007 OAK AL $1,500,000
2006 OAK AL $1,000,000
2004 SDN NL $1,750,000
2003 SDN NL $750,000
2002 SFN NL $1,250,000
2001 SDN NL $800,000
2000 KCA AL $250,000
1999 KCA AL $210,000
Total Career Earnings $7,510,000

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Brevard Community College Cocoa FL 1991
University of Maryland - Baltimore County Baltimore MD 1992, 1993

Most Similar Players

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

Career Spans

Jay Witasick (highlighted) compared to peers across the same era.

  1. 98
    Manny Parra
    29-41, 4.90 ERA
  2. 86
    Chad Gaudin
    45-44, 4.44 ERA
  3. 79
    Todd Wellemeyer
    32-34, 4.83 ERA
  4. 78
    Brian Boehringer
    26-32, 4.36 ERA
  5. 76
    Scott Eyre
    28-30, 4.23 ERA
  6. 75
    Jason Grimsley
    42-58, 4.77 ERA

Frequently Asked Questions about Jay Witasick

What years did Jay Witasick play?
Jay Witasick played in Major League Baseball from 1996 to 2007.
Was Jay Witasick a pitcher?
Yes. Jay Witasick pitched in the major leagues, recording 32 wins and 645 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jay Witasick hit?
Jay Witasick hit 0 career home runs with 3 hits.