David Weathers, baseball player, 1991-2009

David Weathers

Born: 9/25/1969 in Lawrenceburg, TN, USA

MLB Debut: 1991-08-02 | Final Game: 2009-10-03

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 6'3" | Weight: 205 lbs

Full name: John David Weathers

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Biography

David Weathers, born in 1969, was a professional baseball pitcher whose career spanned from 1991 until 2009. Known for his durability on the mound, Weathers played a significant role in various Major League Baseball teams over his 18-season career. With a record of 73-88 and an earned run average (ERA) of 4.25, he was a reliable presence in the bullpen, contributing to his teams' successes with his ability to handle pressure situations. Over his career, he recorded 976 strikeouts and notched 75 saves, showcasing his effectiveness as both a starter and a reliever. Weathers was a product of an era characterized by offensive power and high-scoring games, yet he managed to carve out a niche as a dependable pitcher who could adapt to the demands of different roles within a pitching staff. His tenure included stints with several franchises, including the Cincinnati Reds and the New York Mets, where he was often called upon to close out games or provide crucial innings in relief. Weathers' contributions to the teams he played for were marked by a combination of experience and a fierce competitive spirit, leaving a lasting impact on the teams and players he encountered throughout his career.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
73 88 964 69 0 0 75 1376.3 1432 650 133 604 976 4.25 0

Career ERA 4.25 vs. league average 4.38 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1991 TOR AL 1 0 15 0 0 0 0 14.7 15 8 17 13 4.91 3.91 (-26%) -715.1
1992 TOR AL 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3.3 5 3 2 3 8.10 — 0.0
1993 MIA NL 2 3 14 6 0 0 0 45.7 57 26 13 34 5.12 4.19 (-22%) -
1994 MIA NL 8 12 24 24 0 0 0 135.0 166 79 59 72 5.27 4.51 (-17%) -
1995 MIA NL 4 5 28 15 0 0 0 90.3 104 60 52 60 5.98 4.45 (-34%) -
1996 MIA NL 2 2 31 8 0 0 0 71.3 85 36 28 40 4.54 4.61 (+1%) -
1996 NYY AL 0 2 11 4 0 0 0 17.3 23 18 14 13 9.35 4.61 (-103%) -
1997 NYY AL 0 1 10 0 0 0 0 9.0 15 10 7 4 10.00 4.39 (-128%) -
1997 CLE AL 1 2 9 1 0 0 0 16.7 23 14 8 14 7.56 4.39 (-72%) -91.9
1998 CIN NL 2 4 16 9 0 0 0 62.3 86 43 27 51 6.21 4.43 (-40%) 1508.2
1998 MIL NL 4 1 28 0 0 0 0 47.7 44 17 14 43 3.21 4.43 (+28%) 1530.1
1999 MIL NL 7 4 63 0 0 0 2 93.0 102 48 38 74 4.65 4.71 (+1%) -192.9
2000 MIL NL 3 5 69 0 0 0 1 76.3 73 26 32 50 3.07 4.77 (+36%) 808.4
2001 MIL NL 3 4 52 0 0 0 4 57.7 37 13 25 46 2.03 4.42 (+54%) 1287.9
2001 CHC NL 1 1 28 0 0 0 0 28.3 28 10 9 20 3.18 4.42 (+28%) -
2002 NYN NL 6 3 71 0 0 0 0 77.3 69 25 36 61 2.91 4.28 (+32%) 730.7
2003 NYN NL 1 6 77 0 0 0 7 87.7 87 30 40 75 3.08 4.40 (+30%) 1372.9
2004 NYN NL 5 3 32 0 0 0 0 33.7 41 16 15 25 4.28 4.46 (+4%) -461.9
2004 HOU NL 1 4 26 0 0 0 0 32.0 31 17 13 26 4.78 4.46 (-7%) -395.3
2004 MIA NL 1 0 8 2 0 0 0 16.7 13 5 7 10 2.70 4.46 (+40%) -
2005 CIN NL 7 4 73 0 0 0 15 77.7 71 34 29 61 3.94 4.29 (+8%) 932.4
2006 CIN NL 4 4 67 0 0 0 12 73.7 61 29 34 50 3.54 4.53 (+22%) -1582.0
2007 CIN NL 2 6 70 0 0 0 33 77.7 67 31 27 48 3.59 4.47 (+20%) 1112.5
2008 CIN NL 4 6 72 0 0 0 0 69.3 76 25 30 46 3.25 4.32 (+25%) -60.1
2009 CIN NL 3 3 43 0 0 0 1 38.0 27 14 17 27 3.32 4.32 (+23%) -1044.7
2009 MIL NL 1 3 25 0 0 0 0 24.0 26 13 11 10 4.88 4.32 (-13%) -718.7

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
967 139 7 14 0 0 2 4 0 7 85 0.101 0.150 0.144 0.294 0.0

Career AVG .101 vs. league average .265 across their career seasons — 62.0% below league average.

Career OBP .150 vs. league average .335 across their career seasons — 55.3% below league average.

Career SLG .144 vs. league average .419 across their career seasons — 65.6% below league average.

Career OPS 0.294 vs. league average 0.753 across their career seasons — 61.0% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1991 TOR AL 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1992 TOR AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1993 MIA NL 14 10 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.100 — — — — 0.0
1994 MIA NL 26 44 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 25 0.068 — — — — 0.0
1995 MIA NL 28 26 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 17 0.154 — — — — 0.0
1996 MIA NL 32 19 1 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 13 0.158 — — — — 0.0
1996 NYY AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 NYY AL 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1997 CLE AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
1998 CIN NL 16 15 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 10 0.067 — — — — 0.0
1998 MIL NL 28 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0.125 — — — — 0.0
1999 MIL NL 63 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 0.143 — — — — 0.0
2000 MIL NL 69 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2001 MIL NL 52 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2001 CHC NL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2002 NYN NL 71 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2003 NYN NL 77 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2004 NYN NL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 HOU NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2004 MIA NL 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2005 CIN NL 73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2006 CIN NL 67 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2007 CIN NL 70 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2008 CIN NL 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 CIN NL 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2009 MIL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
1996 ALCS NYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 ALDS2 NYA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1996 WS NYA 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2 0 7 0 0 11.0 6 1 3 8 0.82

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
1996 ALCS NYA 1 0 2 0 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 0.00
1996 ALDS2 NYA 1 0 2 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 5 0.00
1996 WS NYA 0 0 3 0 0 3.0 2 1 3 3 3.00

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 964 69 56 162 13 9

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1991 TOR P 15 0 0 1 0 0
1992 TOR P 2 0 0 0 0 0
1993 FLO P 14 6 5 3 0 0
1994 FLO P 24 24 2 21 1 0
1995 FLO P 28 15 3 12 2 0
1996 FLO P 31 8 5 9 0 0
1996 NYA P 11 4 0 3 0 1
1997 NYA P 10 0 0 1 0 0
1997 CLE P 9 1 2 1 0 0
1998 CIN P 16 9 4 7 0 0
1998 MIL P 28 0 1 7 0 1
1999 MIL P 63 0 6 13 0 0
2000 MIL P 69 0 5 7 0 0
2001 MIL P 52 0 3 9 1 0
2001 CHN P 28 0 1 5 1 1
2002 NYN P 71 0 1 14 0 2
2003 NYN P 77 0 2 14 4 2
2004 NYN P 32 0 2 7 0 0
2004 HOU P 26 0 1 0 0 0
2004 FLO P 8 2 0 0 0 0
2005 CIN P 73 0 2 4 0 0
2006 CIN P 67 0 2 3 1 0
2007 CIN P 70 0 3 8 0 0
2008 CIN P 72 0 1 6 2 2
2009 CIN P 43 0 4 6 0 0
2009 MIL P 25 0 1 1 1 0

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 964

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2009 CIN NL $3,500,000
2008 CIN NL $3,300,000
2007 CIN NL $2,250,000
2006 CIN NL $1,500,000
2005 CIN NL $1,250,000
2004 NYN NL $3,933,333
2003 NYN NL $3,733,333
2002 NYN NL $1,833,333
2001 MIL NL $1,200,000
2000 MIL NL $650,000
1999 MIL NL $405,000
1998 CIN NL $300,000
1997 NYA AL $435,000
1996 FLO NL $225,000
1995 FLO NL $157,500
1994 FLO NL $135,000
1993 FLO NL $130,000
1992 TOR AL $121,000
Total Career Earnings $25,058,499

College History

School Name City State Years Attended
Motlow State Community College Lynchburg TN 1988