Aaron Small
[edit] Biography
Born on November 23, 1971 in Oxnard, California, Aaron Small (Aaron James Small) played for the Toronto Blue Jays, Florida Marlins, Oakland Athletics, Arizona Diamondbacks, Atlanta Braves and New York Yankees over the course of his 9 year career. Small broke into the bigs on June 11, 1994 with the Toronto Blue Jays, and put up a 4.28 ERA in 96.2 innings pitched in 1997, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Aaron Small's best season was 1997, when he posted a 4.28 ERA and struck out 57 batters.
[edit] Scouting Report
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1994
| TOR
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 9.00
| 0
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 5
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| FLA
| N
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1.42
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.1
| 7
| 1
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| OAK
| A
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 3
| 8.16
| 17
| 28
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 28.2
| 37
| 3
| 22
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
| 1997
| OAK
| A
| 71
| 0
| 9
| 5
| 4.28
| 57
| 50
| 46
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 96.2
| 109
| 6
| 40
| 6
| 4
| 3
|
| 1998
| OAK
| A
| 24
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 7.25
| 19
| 34
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 36
| 51
| 3
| 14
| 3
| 4
| 3
|
| 1998
| ARI
| N
| 23
| 0
| 3
| 1
| 3.69
| 14
| 14
| 13
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 31.2
| 32
| 5
| 8
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1998
| Total
|
| 47
| 0
| 4
| 2
| 5.59
| 33
| 48
| 42
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 67.2
| 83
| 8
| 22
| 4
| 4
| 4
|
| 2002
| ATL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27.00
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0.1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 2004
| FLA
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8.27
| 8
| 15
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 16.1
| 24
| 5
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| 2005
| NY
| A
| 15
| 9
| 10
| 0
| 3.20
| 37
| 27
| 27
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 76
| 71
| 4
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 5
|
| 2006
| NY
| A
| 11
| 3
| 0
| 3
| 8.46
| 12
| 29
| 26
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27.2
| 42
| 9
| 12
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 38
| 0
| 4
| 1
| 4.94
| 28
| 32
| 30
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 54.2
| 65
| 11
| 23
| 1
| 2
| 1
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 134
| 15
| 21
| 12
| 5.26
| 142
| 170
| 156
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 267
| 315
| 26
| 114
| 11
| 10
| 13
|
| Total
|
|
| 172
| 15
| 25
| 13
| 5.20
| 170
| 202
| 186
| 1
| 1
| 4
| 321.2
| 380
| 37
| 137
| 12
| 12
| 14
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1994
| TOR
| A
| P
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1995
| FLA
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 6.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1996
| OAK
| A
| P
| 12
| 3
| 28.2
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1997
| OAK
| A
| P
| 71
| 0
| 96.2
| 5
| 15
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 9
| 3
| 0
| .952
|
| 1998
| OAK
| A
| P
| 24
| 0
| 36
| 2
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| ARI
| N
| P
| 23
| 0
| 31.2
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1998
| Total
|
| P
| 47
| 0
| 67.2
| 3
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 1.000
|
| 2002
| ATL
| N
| P
| 1
| 0
| 0.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
|
| 2004
| FLA
| N
| P
| 7
| 0
| 16.1
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2005
| NY
| A
| P
| 15
| 9
| 76
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 2006
| NY
| A
| P
| 11
| 3
| 27.2
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 172
| 15
| 321.2
| 13
| 38
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 3
| 19
| 8
| 1
| .981
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1994
| TOR
| A
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1995
| FLA
| N
| 7
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1996
| OAK
| A
| 12
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1997
| OAK
| A
| 71
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| OAK
| A
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| ARI
| N
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1998
| Total
|
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2002
| ATL
| N
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2004
| FLA
| N
| 7
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2005
| NY
| A
| 15
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 2006
| NY
| A
| 11
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 38
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 134
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 172
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Selected by Toronto Blue Jays in the 22nd round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1989 - signed June 8, 1989).
- Traded by Toronto Blue Jays to Florida Marlins in exchange for a player to be named later (April 26, 1995); Toronto Blue Jays received Ernie Delgado (September 19, 1995).
- Claimed on waivers by Seattle Mariners from Florida Marlins (January 23, 1996).
- Claimed on waivers by Oakland Athletics from Seattle Mariners (January 29, 1996).
- Claimed on waivers by Arizona Diamondbacks from Oakland Athletics (June 26, 1998).
- Released by Arizona Diamondbacks (March 30, 1999).
- Signed by Milwaukee Brewers (April 12, 1999).
- Released by Milwaukee Brewers (May 23, 1999).
- Signed by Tampa Bay Devil Rays (May 27, 1999).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 1999).
- Signed by Colorado Rockies (November 23, 1999).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2000).
- Signed by Anaheim Angels (December 21, 2000).
- Released by Anaheim Angels (May 4, 2001).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (May 10, 2001).
- Granted free agency (October 15, 2001).
- Signed by Atlanta Braves (October 26, 2001).
- Released by Atlanta Braves (September 30, 2002).
- Signed by Chicago Cubs (January 13, 2003).
- Released by Chicago Cubs (March 29, 2003).
- Signed by Florida Marlins (April 30, 2003).
- Granted free agency (October 4, 2004).
- Signed by New York Yankees (January 21, 2005).
- Granted free agency (October 2, 2006).
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