Jason Simontacchi
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| Washington Nationals — No. 50 | |
| Starting pitcher | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| May 4, 2002 for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2006) |
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| Record | 20-10 |
| ERA | 4.77 |
| Strikeouts | 149 |
| Former teams | |
Jason William Simontacchi (born November 13, 1973 in Mountain View, CA) is a starting pitcher in Major League Baseball, currently with the Washington Nationals. He has played three years in the major leagues, in 2002-2004, with a record of 20-10. He pitched in the minors from 1996-1999 and from 2001-2004, in the minor league organizations of the Kansas City Royals (1996-'97), the Pittsburgh Pirates (1999), the Minnesota Twins (2001), and the St. Louis Cardinals (2002-'04), where he made his debut.
He was pitcher of the year in 1998 for the independent Frontier League champions, the Springfield Capitals, going 10-2 with an ERA of 2.95. He also played in the Italian League in 2000, where he played well enough to make the roster for Italy at the 2000 Sydney Olympics.
He had an ERA of 2.34 and a record of 5-1 in 2002 for the Memphis Redbirds, a year in which he was mostly up with the 2002 St. Louis Cardinals as a 28-year-old rookie. Through his first 13 starts with the Cardinals, he went 7-1 with a 2.82 ERA. Simontacchi suffered right shoulder problems from a torn labrum in 2004, and was released by the Cardinals at the end of the year and he missed the 2005 season.
Simontacchi considered playing for Italy at the 2006 World Baseball Classic but didn't. He signed a minor-league deal with the Chicago Cubs for the 2006 season but his contract was voided. However, he pitched 10 games in the independent Atlantic League for the Bridgeport Bluefish with an ERA of 0.84.
In 2007, he was a non-roster invitee to the Washington Nationals in spring training and will start the season on the disabled list with a groin injury, but will likely become the third starter in the Nationals' starting rotation.
Major League Stats
| Year | Age | Team | W-L | G | GS | GF | Sv | IP | H | R | E | HR | BB | SO | HBP | ERA | WHIP |
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| 2002 | 28 | STL | 11-5 | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 143.3 | 134 | 68 | 64 | 18 | 54 | 72 | 6 | 4.02 | 1.312 |
| 2003 | 29 | STL | 9-5 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 126.3 | 153 | 82 | 78 | 21 | 41 | 74 | 5 | 5.56 | 1.536 |
| 2004 | 30 | STL | 0-0 | 13 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 15.3 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 5.28 | 1.565 |
