Jeff Tam

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Jeff Tam (b. August 19, 1970 in Fullerton, California) was a pitcher with a 6 year career from 1998 to 2003. He played for the New York Mets of the National League and the Cleveland Indians, Oakland A's and Toronto Blue Jays all of the American 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 an Oakland 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 of Toronto 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 college baseball for the Florida State University Seminoles under head coach Mike Martin. He was signed by the New York Mets in 1993 as an udrafted free agent.

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 the Major League Baseball Players Association.[1]

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 
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: 9 years 24 23 3.11 296 15 0 0 16 65 456.2 445 198 158 6 84 318 2 0 



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