Kevin Jarvis

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Kevin Jarvis
Free Agent — No. --
Starting pitcher
Bats: Left Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
April 6, 1994 for the Cincinnati Reds
Selected MLB statistics
(through June 8, 2006)
Wins     34
Strikeouts     442
Earned run average     5.96
Former teams

For Kevin Jarvis the Kent bowler refer to Kevin Jarvis (cricketer)


Kevin Thomas Jarvis (born August 1, 1969, in Lexington, KY) is an American baseball pitcher.

Jarvis made his major league debut in the strike-affected 1994 season, posting a 1-1 record in 6 games from 17⅔ innings pitched, playing for the Cincinnati Reds. He played with the Reds until 1997, posting an overall record of 12-15, before being claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers on May 2nd, but amazingly was claimed again by the Minnesota Twins just one week later. He played in 6 games for the Twins with no decisions in every game and a 12.46 ERA, before the Tigers claimed again off the waivers on June 17. At the end of that crazy season, Jarvis ended up with 0-4 from 27 games pitched.

In 1998, Jarvis moved to the Chunichi Dragons franchise in Japan, but only played in 4 games before signing a minor league contract with the Reds. 1999 saw Jarvis at the Oakland Athletics, but only amassed 4 games for them. But he did help the Triple-A affiliate of the A's, the Vancouver Canadians to the Triple-A World Championship posting an excellent record of 10-2, before winning game 2 of the World Series.

2000 saw the 5th different franchise of Jarvis' career - the Colorado Rockies. He played mainly as a starter, starting 19 of his 24 games played, posting a 3-4 record, from 115 innings pitched. 2001 saw the first of three seasons with the San Diego Padres, and was given the role of starting pitcher in every season. 2001 by far and away was his best season to date. 12-11 from 193 innings pitched, 4.79 ERA, 133 strikeouts and hit the only home run of his career (off Kent Bottenfield). But then these numbers have since fallen away, with the Padres (2002-03), the Rockies (2004), the Seattle Mariners (2004) and the St. Louis Cardinals (2005).

Jarvis is married to Elizabeth, and have two children (Bryce December 26, 1997, and Kennedy July 10, 2000).

[edit] MLB career

Season Team Record (Saves) Innings Pitched ERA Strikeouts
1994 Cincinnati Reds 1-1 17⅔ 7.13 10
1995 Cincinnati Reds 3-4 79 5.70 33
1996 Cincinnati Reds 8-9 120⅓ 5.98 63
1997 Cincinnati, Detroit & Minnesota 0-4 (1) 68 7.68 47
1999 Oakland Athletics 0-1 14 11.57 11
2000 Cincinnati Reds 3-4 115 5.95 60
2001 San Diego Padres 12-11 193⅓ 4.79 133
2002 San Diego Padres 2-4 35 4.37 24
2003 San Diego Padres 4-8 92 5.87 49
2004 Colorado & Seattle 1-0 15 10.80 7
2005 St. Louis Cardinals 0-1 3⅓ 13.50 2
2006 Arizona and Boston 0-2 28 7.71 13
Career Totals 34-49 (1) 780.7 6.03 453

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