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**Jeff Weaver**
Born: August 22 1976 (1976-08-22) (age 31)
Free agent — No.
Starting pitcher
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
April 14, 1999 for the Detroit Tigers
Selected MLB statistics (through September 2, 2007)
Win-Loss	92-112
Earned Run Average	4.67
Strikeouts	1,111
Teams
Detroit Tigers (1999-2002) New York Yankees (2002-2003) Los Angeles Dodgers 2004-2005) Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2006) St. Louis Cardinals (2006) Seattle Mariners (2007)

Men’s Baseball
Olympic medal record
Bronze	1996 Atlanta	Team competition

Jeffrey Charles Weaver (born August 22, 1976 in Northridge, Los Angeles, California) is a right-handed Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched most recently for the Seattle Mariners. He is currently a free agent. He has also pitched for the Detroit Tigers (1999-2002), New York Yankees, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, and St. Louis Cardinals. Weaver was drafted by Detroit in the first round of the 1998 amateur draft and made his Major League debut a year later. He was their Opening Day starter in 2001 and 2002. In the 2002 season, he was traded before the deadline, in a deal that also involved the Oakland A's, to the New York Yankees for Yankees prospects John-Ford Griffin, Jason Arnold, and Ted Lilly. Weaver's time with the Yankees was very turbulent, bouncing in and out of the starting rotation. In Game 4 of the 2003 World Series, he was brought in and allowed a 12th inning walk off home run to Alex Gonzalez. He was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers in the offseason for Kevin Brown (who also had a turbulent tenure with the Yankees). In 2005, the Dodgers built their rotation around the durable Weaver. He went 14-11, with a 4.22 ERA, a 1.17 WHIP, 3 complete games and a career-high 157 strikeouts in 224 innings. Following the 2005 season, Weaver filed for free agency. The Dodgers offered him salary arbitration but the two sides were unable to reach an agreement. On February 15, 2006, Weaver signed a 1-year deal with the Angels for $8.5 million. After posting a 3-10 record with a 6.29 ERA in Anaheim, he was designated for assignment on June 30. His younger brother, Jered Weaver, interestingly, was recalled and replaced Jeff in the starting rotation.

1 St. Louis
2 Seattle
3 Weaver Watch
4 Trivia
5 See also
6 References
7 External links

St. Louis

On July 5 2006, the St. Louis Cardinals acquired Weaver from the Angels in exchange for minor leaguer Terry Evans and cash considerations. He debuted with the team not as a pitcher, but as a pinch hitter in a 14-inning game between the Cardinals and Dodgers on July 13, 2006 at Busch Stadium. Both Weavers appeared in a July 2006 issue of Sports Illustrated and how the trade impacted Jeff and Jered both in baseball's standpoint and in life away from the game. The younger Weaver was disappointed that his brother left without being around to see him set history of winning his first 10 decisions in his career. The younger Weaver knew it was just a business and he knew that the Angels weren't going anywhere with Jeff playing for the Angels for the remainder of the 2006 season. Jered did attend every game Jeff pitched during the playoffs after the Angels were eliminated from postseason contention in 2006. Jered also wore a Cardinals hat throughout the playoffs despite playing for Los Angeles in 2006. After yielding six runs in four innings in his first start, Weaver played a key role in their eventual World Series win. He won important games for the Cardinals in the final weeks of the season, helping them win the National League Central Division, and he started and won Game 2 of the 2006 National League Division Series. Weaver started and was the losing pitcher for Game 1 of the National League Championship Series against the New York Mets on October 12, 2006. He pitched five scoreless innings before giving up a two-run home run to Mets center fielder Carlos Beltran; those two runs were the only scored by either team in the game. In Game 5 of the National League Championship Series on October 17, 2006, Weaver pitched 6 effective innings and allowing only 2 runs on 6 hits, winning his second game of the 2006 postseason. After losing Game 2 of the 2006 World Series to the Detroit Tigers, Weaver came back on October 27 , 2006 in Game 5 to pitch 8 innings, giving up 4 hits and 1 earned run. He was credited with the win as the St. Louis Cardinals clinched the series 4-1.

Seattle

On January 26, 2007, the Seattle Mariners acquired Jeff Weaver off of free agency for a one year deal worth $8-9 million. Since then he has struggled. As of May 11, 2007 Weaver has a 14.32 ERA with only 22 innings pitched in 6 starts and was placed on the 15-day Disabled List with “right shoulder tendinitis”. It has been contended that this is a strategic move made by the team that will allow Weaver to take some time off and then make a series of “Rehab” starts with a minor league affiliate. The hope is the he will be able to work out his problems without negatively affecting the Major League ball club. On June 20th versus the Pittsburgh Pirates, Weaver posted a 4-hit, complete game, 7-0 shutout, which was his first win with Seattle. Although he pitched well in July and August, he finished with a 7-13 record and 6.20 ERA and is currently a free agent.

Weaver Watch

Between 2003 and 2006, MLB on Five followed the career of Jeff Weaver with this feature which would feature periodically on their broadcasts.

Trivia

Allowed five home runs in a game on two separate occasions, tying a club record each time: With the Tigers, July 24, 1999, tying the club record set by Don Mossi in 1961; and July 21, 2002, tying the Yankees record shared by five others (Joe Ostrowski, John Cumberland, Ron Guidry, David Wells, Randy Johnson). Coincidentally, in each game, Weaver was facing the Boston Red Sox.
Attended Simi Valley High School in Simi Valley, California.
Once appeared on the Jerry Springer Show as guest security personnel.
In August, 2003, ebay member "freerangeveal" attempted to sell Weaver on eBay. The auction appeared the day after Weaver gave up 11 runs against the Kansas City Royals. The auction lasted for one day, and the bidding reached the ebay limit and record of $99,999,999.00 before it was removed as against eBay policy.^[1]
In 2001, Weaver had a clash with Kansas City Royals' first baseman Mike Sweeney. Weaver, who was currently a member of the Tigers at the time, was pitching to Sweeney. In between pitches, Weaver put his glove over his mouth and appeared to say something to Sweeney. Sweeney must have been offended, as he rushed out to the pitcher's mound, launched his batting helmet at Weaver, and eventually tackled Weaver and sent a barrage of punches at Weaver's face.