- Jeff Tam
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name = Jeff Tam
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birth_date =August 19 ,1970
birth_place =Fullerton, California
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alma_mater =Florida State University
occupation = Professional baseball player
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nationality = AmericanJeff Tam (b.
August 19 ,1970 inFullerton, California ) Bats Right, Throws Right Height 6' 1", Weight 202 lbPitcher with a 6 year career from 1998 to 2003. He played for the
New York Mets of theNational League and theCleveland Indians ,Oakland A's andToronto Blue Jays all of theAmerican League . He posted a 7-14 record with an ERA of 3.91 while saving 7 games. His best season was 2000 when he appeared in 72 games and had an ERA of 2.63. He was the top set-up man on anOakland A's team that went to the playoffs.He attended
Eau Gallie High School in Melbourne, Florida where he played second base and was a teammate ofToronto Blue Jays draft pick Mark Fuller. He also led the Florida Space Coast Baseball League (Stan Musial Division) in hits and RBIs in 1991 while playing for the Melbourne Bombers. Tam played collegebaseball for theFlorida State University Seminoles under head coach Mike Martin. He was signed by theNew York Mets in 1993 as an udrafted free agent.Tam is currently playing for the
Bridgeport Bluefish of the independentAtlantic League .Tam was a replacement player during the
1994 Major League Baseball strike , when he played with the replacements in early 1995 and was barred from membership in theMajor League Baseball Players Association . [http://espn.go.com/magazine/kurkjian_20020829.html]Pitching Statistics Year Team Name League Age Org. Level W L ERA G GS CG SHO GF SV IP H R ER HR BB SO WP BK 1993 Pittsfield NYPL 23 NYM A 3 3 3.35 21 1 0 0 0 40.1 50 21 15 7 31 1994 Columbia SAL 24 NYM A 1 1 1.29 26 0 0 0 18 28.0 23 14 4 6 22 1994 St. Lucie FSL 24 NYM A 0 0 0.00 24 0 0 0 16 26.2 13 0 0 6 15 1994 Binghamton East 24 NYM AA 0 0 8.10 4 0 0 0 0 6.2 9 6 6 5 7 1995 GCL Mets GCL 25 NYM Rk 0 0 3.00 2 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 1 1 1 2 1995 Binghamton East 25 NYM AA 0 2 4.50 14 0 0 0 3 18.0 20 11 9 4 9 1996 Binghamton East 26 NYM AA 6 2 2.44 49 0 0 0 2 62.2 51 19 17 16 48 1997 Norfolk IL 27 NYM AAA 7 5 4.67 40 11 0 6 111.2 137 72 58 14 67 1998 Norfolk IL 28 NYM AAA 3 3 1.83 45 2 0 11 64.0 42 14 13 6 54 1998 New York Mets MLB 28 NYM MLB 1 1 6.28 15 0 0 0 5 0 14.1 13 10 10 2 4 8 0 0 1999 St. Lucie FSL 29 NYM A 0 0 3.37 2 0 0 0 2.2 4 1 1 0 3 1999 Norfolk IL 29 NYM AAA 0 1 3.10 16 0 0 0 3 20.1 24 7 7 1 3 10 0 1999 Buffalo IL 29 CLE AAA 2 2 2.08 16 0 0 0 0 26.0 23 9 6 2 8 13 0 1999 New York Mets MLB 29 NYM MLB 0 0 3.18 9 0 0 0 3 0 11.1 6 4 4 3 3 8 0 0 1999 Cleveland Indians MLB 29 CLE MLB 0 0 81.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 2000 Oakland Athletics MLB 30 OAK MLB 3 3 2.63 72 0 0 0 23 3 85.2 86 30 25 3 23 46 3 0 2001 Oakland Athletics MLB 31 OAK MLB 2 4 3.01 70 0 0 0 15 3 74.2 68 27 25 3 29 44 0 0 2002 Sacramento PCL 32 OAK AAA 1 3 5.59 20 0 0 0 6 2 29.0 31 20 18 2 5 26 1 0 2002 Oakland Athletics MLB 32 OAK MLB 1 2 5.13 40 0 0 0 14 0 40.1 56 26 23 2 13 14 3 0 2003 Syracuse IL 33 TOR AAA 1 1 1.53 17 0 0 0 10 4 17.2 16 3 3 1 3 11 1 2003 Toronto Blue Jays MLB 33 TOR MLB 0 4 5.64 44 0 0 0 9 1 44.2 58 30 28 5 25 26 2 0 2007 Road Warriors IND 37 IND ATL 0 1 7.07 13 1 0 0 0 0 14.0 23 12 11 2 1 12 1 0 2008 Bridgeport IND 38 IND ATL 3 4 3.58 37 0 0 0 0 0 36.2 40 18 15 4 6 24 2 0 MLB Totals: 6 years 7 14 3.91 251 0 0 0 69 7 271.1 289 130 118 18 98 146 8 0 Minor League Totals: 11 years 27 28 3.26 309 16 0 0 16 65 507.1 508 228 184 31 91 354 18 8 External links
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