Kevin Jarvis Stats | Baseball Prospectus

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
16	187	780.7	34	49	1	6.03	1.6

MLB Statistics

Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
cFIP and DRA are not available on a by-team basis and display as zeroes(0). See TOT line for season totals of these stats.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
1994	CIN	MLB	6	3	17.7	1	1	0	22	5	10	4	100	11.2	2.5	2.0	5.1	0%	.300	1.53	5.72	7.13	104	5.08	102.4	0.2
1995	CIN	MLB	19	11	79.0	3	4	0	91	32	33	13	106	10.4	3.6	1.5	3.8	0%	.286	1.56	5.70	5.70	111	5.60	114.7	0.2
1996	CIN	MLB	24	20	120.3	8	9	0	152	43	63	17	100	11.4	3.2	1.3	4.7	0%	.316	1.62	5.00	5.98	103	5.44	107.4	0.8
1997	CIN	0	9	0	13.3	0	1	1	21	7	12	4	109	14.2	4.7	2.7	8.1	0%	.370	2.10	6.97	10.13	115	5.90	122.8	-0.1
1997	DET	0	17	3	41.7	0	3	0	55	14	27	9	96	11.9	3.0	1.9	5.8	0%	.331	1.66	5.66	5.40	115	6.19	128.7	-0.3
1997	MIN	0	6	2	13.0	0	0	0	23	8	9	4	96	15.9	5.5	2.8	6.2	0%	.388	2.38	7.60	12.46	116	6.36	132.2	-0.1
1999	OAK	MLB	4	1	14.0	0	1	0	28	6	11	6	100	18.0	3.9	3.9	7.1	0%	.431	2.43	8.69	11.57	115	6.92	134.7	-0.2
2000	COL	MLB	24	19	115.0	3	4	0	138	33	60	26	136	10.8	2.6	2.0	4.7	0%	.293	1.49	5.91	5.95	120	7.52	144.6	-1.5
2001	SDN	MLB	32	32	193.3	12	11	0	189	49	133	37	101	8.8	2.3	1.7	6.2	0%	.260	1.23	4.95	4.79	107	4.77	99.0	2.2
2002	SDN	MLB	7	7	35.0	2	4	0	36	10	24	5	100	9.3	2.6	1.3	6.2	0%	.292	1.31	4.30	4.37	104	4.65	99.7	0.4
2003	SDN	MLB	16	16	92.0	4	8	0	113	32	49	15	96	11.1	3.1	1.5	4.8	0%	.311	1.58	5.13	5.87	108	5.24	109.8	0.5
2004	COL	0	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	6	4	0	1	126	27.0	18.0	4.5	0.0	0%	.500	5.00	15.44	27.00	144	11.52	237.7	-0.1
2004	SEA	0	8	0	13.0	1	0	0	20	5	7	4	103	13.8	3.5	2.8	4.8	0%	.340	1.92	7.23	8.31	114	6.42	132.4	-0.1
2005	SLN	MLB	4	0	3.3	0	1	0	3	3	2	1	103	8.1	8.1	2.7	5.4	0%	.222	1.80	10.18	13.50	105	5.72	123.2	0.0
2006	ARI	0	5	1	11.3	0	1	0	18	5	6	2	106	14.3	4.0	1.6	4.8	0%	.364	2.03	5.93	11.91	103	5.80	118.1	0.0
2006	BOS	0	4	3	16.7	0	1	0	22	6	7	1	107	11.9	3.2	0.5	3.8	0%	.339	1.68	4.38	4.86	110	7.02	143.0	-0.2
1997	TOT	MLB	32	5	68.0	0	4	1	99	29	48	17	99	13.1	3.8	2.3	6.4	0%	.000	1.88	6.29	7.68	115	6.16	128.3	-0.5
2004	TOT	MLB	10	0	15.0	1	0	0	26	9	7	5	106	15.6	5.4	3.0	4.2	0%	.000	2.33	8.32	10.80	120	7.10	146.4	-0.2
2006	TOT	MLB	9	4	28.0	0	2	0	40	11	13	3	107	12.9	3.5	1.0	4.2	0%	.000	1.82	5.01	7.71	107	6.53	132.9	-0.2
Career		MLB	187	118	780.7	34	49	1	937	262	453	149	106	10.8	3.0	1.7	5.2	50%	.303	1.54	5.46	6.03	110	5.69	115.4	1.6

Statistics for All Levels

'opp' stats - Quality of opponents faced - have been moved and are available only as OPP_QUAL in the Statistics reports now.
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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	SV	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
1991	PRI	Rk	APL	13	13	85.7	5	6	0	73	29	79	6		7.7	3.0	0.6	8.3	0%	.000	1.19	3.27	2.42	0	0.00	0.0
1992	CDR	A	MDW	1	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0%	.000	1.00	3.15	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
1992	CWV	A	SAL	28	18	133.0	6	8	0	123	37	131	3		8.3	2.5	0.2	8.9	0%	.000	1.20	2.10	3.11	0	0.00	0.0
1993	WNS	A+	CRL	21	20	145.0	8	7	0	133	48	101	13		8.3	3.0	0.8	6.3	0%	.000	1.25	3.91	3.41	0	0.00	0.0
1993	CHT	AA	SOU	7	3	37.3	3	1	0	26	11	18	0		6.3	2.7	0.0	4.3	0%	.000	0.99	3.09	1.69	0	0.00	0.0
1994	CIN	MLB	NL	6	3	17.7	1	1	0	22	5	10	4	100	11.2	2.5	2.0	5.1	0%	.300	1.53	5.72	7.13	104	5.08	102.4
1994	IND	AAA	AA	21	20	132.3	10	2	0	136	34	90	13		9.3	2.3	0.9	6.1	0%	.000	1.28	4.04	3.54	0	0.00	0.0
1995	CIN	MLB	NL	19	11	79.0	3	4	0	91	32	33	13	106	10.4	3.6	1.5	3.8	0%	.286	1.56	5.70	5.70	111	5.60	114.7
1995	IND	AAA	AA	10	10	60.7	4	2	0	62	18	37	2		9.2	2.7	0.3	5.5	0%	.000	1.32	3.27	4.45	0	0.00	0.0
1996	CIN	MLB	NL	24	20	120.3	8	9	0	152	43	63	17	100	11.4	3.2	1.3	4.7	0%	.316	1.62	5.00	5.98	103	5.44	107.4
1996	IND	AAA	AA	8	8	42.7	4	3	0	45	12	32	3		9.5	2.5	0.6	6.7	0%	.000	1.33	3.26	5.06	0	0.00	0.0
1997	CIN	MLB	NL	9	0	13.3	0	1	1	21	7	12	4	109	14.2	4.7	2.7	8.1	0%	.370	2.10	6.97	10.13	115	5.90	122.8
1997	DET	MLB	AL	17	3	41.7	0	3	0	55	14	27	9	96	11.9	3.0	1.9	5.8	0%	.331	1.66	5.66	5.40	115	6.19	128.7
1997	MIN	MLB	AL	6	2	13.0	0	0	0	23	8	9	4	96	15.9	5.5	2.8	6.2	0%	.388	2.38	7.60	12.46	116	6.36	132.2
1997	TOL	AAA	INT	2	2	8.0	0	1	0	7	4	5	0		7.9	4.5	0.0	5.6	0%	.269	1.38	3.85	6.75	0	0.00	0.0
1998	IND	AAA	INT	2	2	7.0	1	0	0	10	1	5	3		12.9	1.3	3.9	6.4	0%	-.778	1.57	7.85	9.00	0	0.00	0.0
1998	CHU	npb	JCL	4	3	16.3	1	2	0	18	5	7	0		9.9	2.8	0.0	3.9	0%	-1.500	1.41	-0.79	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
1999	OAK	MLB	AL	4	1	14.0	0	1	0	28	6	11	6	100	18.0	3.9	3.9	7.1	0%	.431	2.43	8.69	11.57	115	6.92	134.7
1999	MOD	A+	CLF	2	2	7.0	0	0	0	4	1	10	0		5.1	1.3	0.0	12.9	0%	-.364	0.71	1.48	1.29	0	0.00	0.0
1999	VAN	AAA	PCL	17	16	103.0	10	2	0	110	26	64	14		9.6	2.3	1.2	5.6	0%	-.923	1.32	4.90	3.41	0	0.00	0.0
2000	COL	MLB	NL	24	19	115.0	3	4	0	138	33	60	26	136	10.8	2.6	2.0	4.7	0%	.293	1.49	5.91	5.95	120	7.52	144.6
2000	CSP	AAA	PCL	7	7	39.0	3	2	0	18	13	18	1		4.2	3.0	0.2	4.2	0%	-.531	0.79	3.99	0.69	0	0.00	0.0
2001	SDN	MLB	NL	32	32	193.3	12	11	0	189	49	133	37	101	8.8	2.3	1.7	6.2	0%	.260	1.23	4.95	4.79	107	4.77	99.0
2002	SDN	MLB	NL	7	7	35.0	2	4	0	36	10	24	5	100	9.3	2.6	1.3	6.2	0%	.292	1.31	4.30	4.37	104	4.65	99.7
2002	LEL	A+	CLF	1	1	5.0	1	0	0	2	1	1	0		3.6	1.8	0.0	1.8	0%	.133	0.60	3.83	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2002	MOB	AA	SOU	1	1	3.0	0	0	0	2	0	3	0		6.0	0.0	0.0	9.0	0%	.250	0.67	1.01	0.00	0	0.00	0.0
2003	SDN	MLB	NL	16	16	92.0	4	8	0	113	32	49	15	96	11.1	3.1	1.5	4.8	0%	.311	1.58	5.13	5.87	108	5.24	109.8
2003	LEL	A+	CLF	3	3	22.0	2	1	0	18	4	19	1		7.4	1.6	0.4	7.8	0%	.279	1.00	3.13	4.09	0	0.00	0.0
2004	COL	MLB	NL	2	0	2.0	0	0	0	6	4	0	1	126	27.0	18.0	4.5	0.0	0%	.500	5.00	15.44	27.00	144	11.52	237.7
2004	SEA	MLB	AL	8	0	13.0	1	0	0	20	5	7	4	103	13.8	3.5	2.8	4.8	0%	.340	1.92	7.23	8.31	114	6.42	132.4
2004	CSP	AAA	PCL	6	6	37.3	0	4	0	44	10	25	12		10.6	2.4	2.9	6.0	0%	.276	1.45	7.23	5.79	0	0.00	0.0
2004	NAS	AAA	PCL	11	11	65.7	2	5	0	93	12	46	3		12.7	1.6	0.4	6.3	0%	.393	1.60	3.34	4.11	0	0.00	0.0
2005	SLN	MLB	NL	4	0	3.3	0	1	0	3	3	2	1	103	8.1	8.1	2.7	5.4	0%	.222	1.80	10.18	13.50	105	5.72	123.2
2005	MEM	AAA	PCL	26	25	157.0	11	6	0	164	39	112	19	19	9.4	2.2	1.1	6.4	0%	-.843	1.29	4.44	3.38	96	4.43	87.4
2006	ARI	MLB	NL	5	1	11.3	0	1	0	18	5	6	2	106	14.3	4.0	1.6	4.8	0%	.364	2.03	5.93	11.91	103	5.80	118.1
2006	BOS	MLB	AL	4	3	16.7	0	1	0	22	6	7	1	107	11.9	3.2	0.5	3.8	0%	.339	1.68	4.38	4.86	110	7.02	143.0
2006	TUC	AAA	PCL	15	13	83.2	3	6	0	76	22	58	7	104	8.2	2.4	0.8	6.3	0%	.268	1.18	3.93	3.46	99	3.22	67.6

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2003-03-30	2003-06-13	60-DL	75	67	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery and Flexor Tendon	2002-07-09
2002-07-03	2002-09-30	60-DL	89	78	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery and Flexor Tendon	2002-07-09
2002-05-10	2002-06-27	15-DL	48	44	Right	Elbow	Strain	Flexor Pronator Mass	-
2002-04-18	2002-05-04	15-DL	16	14	Right	Elbow	Strain	Flexor Pronator Mass	-
2000-07-28	2000-09-01	15-DL	35	33	-	Low Back	Spasms		-	-
1999-04-19	1999-06-04	15-DL	46	40	Left	Fingers	Circulatory Issue	Blood Clot Middle Finger	-	-
1997-06-25	1997-07-14	15-DL	19	17	-	Low Back	Strain		-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2004	SEA	$4,250,000
2003	SDN	$3,000,000
2002	SDN	$1,250,000
2001	SDN	$550,000

Years	Description	Salary
4 yr	Previous	$9,050,000
4 yr	Total	$9,050,000

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
8 y 5 d

Details

contract purchased 9/06 assigned Triple-A 8/06
acquired in trade from AZ 8/06
contract purchased 5/06 signed as a free agent from STL 12/05 (minor-league contract) sent outright to Triple-A 5/05 contract purchased 4/05 signed as a free agent from PIT 2/05 (minor-league contract) designated for assignment 6/04 assigned Triple-A 5/04 signed as a free agent from SEA 5/04 (minor-league contract) released 5/04 designated for assignment 4/04 acquired in trade from SD 1/04
3 year/$9M (02-04)+05 opt
02:$1.25M, 03:$3M, 04:$4.25M, 05: $5.25M option $0.5M buyout
01:1 year/$550K

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

Comparable Players (Similarity Index )

Rank	Score	Name	Year	Run Average	Trend

BP Annual Player Comments

Year		Comment
2007		On August 31, Theo Epstein raised the white flag over Fenway Park by trading David Wells to the Padres and acquiring 37-year-old journeyman Kevin Jarvis, who`d spent parts of twelve seasons with nine different teams, accumulating an ERA above 6.00. We have to assume it was done for the sake of amusement. The alternative is nightmarish: if Jarvis is your final answer, you haven`t just asked the wrong question, you`ve shown up naked for the test.
2006		It might seem like a cruel joke to give him a full-length comment, but he did just put up a solid season as the unnecessary veteran starter a phone call away from patching a hole in the major league rotation. Jarvis showed that he`s healthy again, earned a Triple-A All-Star berth, and got himself a minor league contract and spring training invite with Arizona. Wonders never cease.
2004		One of the worst contracts in recent memory goes on and on, as Jarvis is still due $4.25 million in 2004 and a $500,000 buyout in 2005. At the time of the deal, Jarvis had a career ERA of 5.91 and was coming off a career year in which he'd had a 4.80 ERA and given up 2,000 home runs. Since then, he's been alternately injured and ineffective. The financial commitment to him not only ties up funds better used on Mike Cameron or Greg Maddux or a Rockwell's Greatest Hit CD, it also means that he may have to be in the rotation, hurting the Pads' chances of being a surprise team in '04. Swapped to the Mariners for Jeff Cirillo in a deal designed to make familiar problems go away in exchange for new ones.
2003		Elbow surgery ended Jarvis’s season early. He’s under contract through 2004, and has been rumored in every potential trade out of San Diego, including one to the Royals. He should remain a crafty right-hander without great stuff, but someone who can hopefully eat some innings and give his team a chance to win. That said, signing him long-term was not Kevin Towers’s most shining moment.
2002		Despite being a long shot to make the team, Jarvis got the chance to start with the Padres and ended up leading the staff in wins. At his best, he's an innings-munching #4 starter with a taterrific streak. The three-year contract the Padres gave him was one of the stranger deals of the winter; he's not a good bet to repeat even the mild success of 2001.
2001		I don’t have an explanation, but the Rockies were 13-6 when Kevin Jarvis started and 9-3 when Julian Tavarez started. Both work quickly and both are ground-ball pitchers. Jarvis can throw just about any pitch for a strike, although none of them move especially well. He’ll have to fight past Masato Yoshii and Brian Rose to make the rotation.
1998		Make a quick histogram of those translated ERAs. Consistent pitcher, but so is Rany Jazayerli. Scouts can’t understand why this guy can’t get people out, but hitters do.
1997		Very possibly the next Jeff Bittiger. Not likely to ever really be effective, and his mechanics scare the hell out of me.
1996		When he pitched the first complete game in the majors last year, he was greeted with huzzahs by most of the media. I looked at it somewhat differently: how important a player could Kevin Jarvis be if the Davey Johnson was so willing to let him finish a game, despite having a strong bullpen. As it turns out, Jarvis went on to get hammered and eventually ended up back in Indianapolis. No prospect.