Javier Vazquez

Full Name: Javier Carlos Vazquez	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/180	First Game: April 3, 1998
Birthdate: June 25, 1976	MLB Experience: 9 years
Birthplace: Ponce, Puerto Rico
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on June 25, 1976 in Ponce, Puerto Rico, Javier Vazquez (Javier Carlos Vazquez) played for the Montreal Expos, New York Yankees, Arizona Diamondbacks and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 9 year career. Vazquez broke into the bigs on April 3, 1998 with the Montreal Expos, and put up a 6.06 ERA in 172.1 innings pitched in 1998, his rookie year.

There is some disagreement on what was Javier Vazquez's most productive season. Some believe that it was 2001, when he posted a 3.42 ERA, won 16 games and struck out 208 batters. However, others believe that it was 2003, when he posted a 3.24 ERA, won 13 games and struck out 241 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1998	MON	N	33	32	5	15	6.06	139	121	116	0	0	172.1	196	31	68	2	2	11
1999	MON	N	26	26	9	8	5.00	113	98	86	3	1	154.2	154	20	52	4	2	4
2000	MON	N	33	33	11	9	4.05	196	104	98	2	1	217.2	247	24	61	10	3	5
2001	MON	N	32	32	16	11	3.42	208	92	85	5	3	223.2	197	24	44	4	3	3
2002	MON	N	34	34	10	13	3.91	179	111	100	2	0	230.1	243	28	49	6	3	4
2003	MON	N	34	34	13	12	3.24	241	93	83	4	1	230.2	198	28	57	5	11	4
2004	NY	A	32	32	14	10	4.91	150	114	108	0	0	198	195	33	60	3	12	11
2005	ARI	N	33	33	11	15	4.42	192	112	106	3	1	215.2	223	35	46	4	7	5
2006	CHI	A	33	32	11	12	4.84	184	116	109	1	0	202.2	206	23	56	2	7	15
2007	CHI	A	32	32	15	8	3.74	213	95	90	2	0	216.2	197	29	50	2	5	7
Total	NL		225	224	75	83	4.20	1268	731	674	19	7	1445	1458	190	377	35	31	36
Total	AL		97	96	50	30	4.48	547	325	307	3	0	617.1	598	85	166	7	24	33
Total			322	320	115	113	4.28	1815	1056	981	22	7	2062.1	2056	275	543	42	55	69

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1998	MON	N	P	33	32	172.1	12	24	0	3	1	9	9	2	1.000
1999	MON	N	P	26	26	154.2	9	33	0	1	3	11	5	3	1.000
2000	MON	N	P	33	33	217.2	10	32	2	2	0	12	6	0	.955
2001	MON	N	P	32	32	223.2	24	32	0	10	1	8	1	0	1.000
2002	MON	N	P	34	34	230.1	14	34	1	6	1	10	3	2	.980
2003	MON	N	P	34	34	230.2	10	34	2	3	2	3	2	1	.957
2004	NY	A	P	32	32	198	9	37	2	4	0	2	5	2	.958
2005	ARI	N	P	33	33	215.2	8	35	3	2	1	6	2	1	.935
2006	CHI	A	P	33	32	202.2	7	29	0	2	0	10	4	2	1.000
2007	CHI	A	P	32	32	216.2	10	28	2	4	2	6	4	0	.950
Total			P	322	320	2062.1	113	318	12	37	11	77	41	13	.973

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1998	MON	N	33	52	3	9	0	5	.173	.200	.250	2	1	2	7	0	6	1
1999	MON	N	26	42	4	12	0	5	.286	.333	.333	2	0	3	8	0	8	1
2000	MON	N	33	65	4	15	0	1	.231	.254	.262	2	0	2	15	0	13	0
2001	MON	N	32	62	5	16	0	1	.258	.288	.290	2	0	2	11	1	16	1
2002	MON	N	34	73	7	13	0	4	.178	.211	.178	0	0	3	9	0	10	2
2003	MON	N	34	65	5	10	0	6	.154	.179	.185	0	1	2	8	0	12	0
2004	NY	A	32	4	1	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
2005	ARI	N	33	63	2	15	1	2	.238	.273	.302	1	0	3	10	0	6	0
2006	CHI	A	33	1	1	1	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
2007	CHI	A	32	6	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	1	1
Total	NL		225	422	30	90	1	24	.213	.244	.251	9	2	17	68	1	71	5
Total	AL		97	11	2	2	0	0	.182	.182	.273	1	0	0	2	0	3	2
Total			322	433	32	92	1	24	.212	.243	.252	10	2	17	70	1	74	7

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Selected by Montreal Expos in the 5th round of the free-agent draft (June 2, 1994 - signed June 3, 1994).
Traded by Montreal Expos to New York Yankees in exchange for Nick Johnson, Juan Rivera and Randy Choate (December 16, 2003).
Traded by New York Yankees with Brad Halsey, Dioner Navarro and cash to Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for Randy Johnson (January 11, 2005).
Traded by Arizona Diamondbacks to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Orlando Hernandez, Luis Vizcaino and Chris Young (December 20, 2005).