Joseph Raymond Eischen was originally drafted in the fifth round of the 1988 amateur draft by the Chicago White Sox but Joey Eischen did not sign. In 1989, he was drafted in the fourth round of the 1989 amateur draft by the Texas Rangers. In 1991, Eischen (with Jonathan Hurst & Travis Buckley) was traded by the Rangers to the Montreal Expos for Oil Can Boyd. Eischen pitched one major league game in 1994 as an Expo, and then in 1995 he was traded (with Roberto Kelly) to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Henry Rodriguez & Jeff Treadway. Eischen was again traded the next year (1996), this time with John Cummings to the Detroit Tigers for Chad Curtis. That same year (1996), barely, he was traded with a minor leaguer (Cam Smith) to the San Diego Padres for Willie Blair and Brian Johnson. Before Eischen could play a game for the Padres, he was traded in 1997 to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later (Ray Brown). That year Eischen became a free agent and he signed with the New York Yankees. Before playing a game for the Yankees, Eischen was released slightly more than a month later (Yankee = Feb. 3, 1998-March 11, 1998). Three days later, Eischen signed with the Cincinnati Reds, rejoining the team he had played with in the previous season (1997). One year later (without playing for the major league club), Eischen was released by the Reds. He quickly signed with the Arizona Diamondbacks, who then released him roughly four months later. In December 1999, he signed with the Cleveland Indians, but was released by them four months later (April 2000). Three months later, Eischen was back with the Montreal Expos, who then released him and later re-signed him in 2001.
Most people believe that Joey Eischen's best season was 2002, when he posted a 1.34 ERA and struck out 51 batters.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
1994
MON
N
1
0
0
0
54.00
1
4
4
0
0
0
0.2
4
0
0
0
0
1
1995
LA
N
17
0
0
0
3.10
15
9
7
0
0
0
20.1
19
1
11
1
1
2
1996
LA
N
28
0
0
1
4.78
36
25
23
0
0
0
43.1
48
4
20
4
1
4
1996
DET
A
24
0
1
1
3.24
15
11
9
0
0
0
25
27
3
14
3
3
0
1996
Total
52
0
1
2
4.21
51
36
32
0
0
0
68.1
75
7
34
7
4
4
1997
CIN
N
1
0
0
0
6.75
2
2
1
0
0
0
1.1
2
0
1
0
1
0
2001
MON
N
24
0
0
1
4.85
19
17
16
0
0
0
29.2
29
4
16
1
1
1
2002
MON
N
59
0
6
1
1.34
51
11
8
0
0
2
53.2
43
1
18
5
6
2
2003
MON
N
70
0
2
2
3.06
40
27
18
0
0
1
53
57
7
13
1
3
3
2004
MON
N
21
0
0
1
3.93
17
10
8
0
0
0
18.1
16
2
8
2
0
1
2005
WAS
N
57
0
2
1
3.22
30
14
13
0
0
0
36.1
34
1
19
7
5
6
2006
WAS
N
22
0
0
1
8.59
18
18
14
0
0
0
14.2
18
2
19
5
1
1
Total
NL
300
0
10
8
3.71
229
137
112
0
0
3
271.1
270
22
125
26
19
21
Total
AL
24
0
1
1
3.24
15
11
9
0
0
0
25
27
3
14
3
3
0
Total
324
0
11
9
3.67
244
148
121
0
0
3
296.1
297
25
139
29
22
21
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
1994
MON
N
P
1
0
0.2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
.000
1995
LA
N
P
17
0
20.1
3
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
1.000
1996
LA
N
P
28
0
43.1
0
4
0
1
0
0
6
0
0
1.000
1996
DET
A
P
24
0
25
0
7
0
1
0
0
1
2
2
1.000
1996
Total
P
52
0
68.1
0
11
0
2
0
0
7
2
2
1.000
1997
CIN
N
P
1
0
1.1
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
.000
2001
MON
N
P
24
0
29.2
3
4
0
0
0
0
3
0
0
1.000
2002
MON
N
P
59
0
53.2
3
8
1
0
0
0
2
3
0
.917
2003
MON
N
P
70
0
53
1
13
2
1
0
0
1
4
2
.875
2004
MON
N
P
21
0
18.1
0
1
1
0
0
1
1
2
0
.500
2005
WAS
N
P
57
0
36.1
2
6
1
0
0
1
2
0
0
.889
2006
WAS
N
P
22
0
14.2
1
1
0
0
0
1
3
0
0
1.000
Total
P
324
0
296.1
13
45
5
3
0
5
22
11
4
.921
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
1994
MON
N
1
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1995
LA
N
17
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
1996
LA
N
28
6
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1996
DET
A
24
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1996
Total
52
6
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
1997
CIN
N
1
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2001
MON
N
24
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2002
MON
N
59
8
1
1
0
0
.125
.222
.250
1
0
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
2003
MON
N
71
4
1
1
0
0
.250
.250
.250
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2004
MON
N
22
3
2
2
0
0
.667
.667
.667
0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
2005
WAS
N
58
3
0
1
0
0
.333
.333
.333
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
2006
WAS
N
22
2
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
1
0
0
0
Total
NL
303
28
4
5
0
0
.179
.207
.214
1
0
1
12
0
3
0
0
0
Total
AL
24
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
Total
327
28
4
5
0
0
.179
.207
.214
1
0
1
12
0
3
0
0
0
Transactions[]
Selected by Chicago White Sox in the 5th round of the free-agent draft - did not sign (June 1, 1988).
Selected by Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 5, 1989 - signed June 7, 1989).
Traded by Texas Rangers with Jonathan Hurst and a player to be named later to Montreal Expos in exchange for Oil Can Boyd (July 21, 1991); Montreal Expos received Travis Buckley (September 1, 1991).
Traded by Montreal Expos with Roberto Kelly to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Henry Rodriguez and Jeff Treadway (May 23, 1995).
Traded by Los Angeles Dodgers with John Cummings to Detroit Tigers in exchange for Chad Curtis (July 31, 1996).
Traded by Detroit Tigers with Cam Smith to San Diego Padres in exchange for Willie Blair and Brian Johnson (December 16, 1996).
Traded by San Diego Padres to Cincinnati Reds in exchange for a player to be named later (March 15, 1997); San Diego Padres received Ray Brown (March 19, 1997).
Granted free agency (December 20, 1997).
Signed by New York Yankees (February 3, 1998).
Released by New York Yankees (March 11, 1998).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (March 14, 1998).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (March 11, 1999).
Signed by Arizona Diamondbacks (March 18, 1999).
Released by Arizona Diamondbacks (July 1, 1999).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (December 23, 1999).
Released by Cleveland Indians (April 29, 2000).
Signed by Montreal Expos (July 12, 2000).
Granted free agency (October 12, 2001).
Signed by Montreal Expos (October 22, 2001).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2005).
Signed by Washington Nationals (December 13, 2005).