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Jeff Bajenaru

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 190lb (185cm, 86kg)

Born: March 21, 1978 in Pomona, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Riverside City College (Riverside, CA) and the Chicago White Sox in the 36th round of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK).

High School: Senator Ruben S. Ayala HS (Chino Hills, CA)

Schools: Riverside City College (Riverside, CA), University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)

Debut: September 4, 2004 (Age 26-167d, 18,561st in major league history)
vs. SEA 0.1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 3 ER

Last Game: August 7, 2006 (Age 28-139d)
vs. SFG 1.0 IP, 4 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 4 ER, L

Full Name: Jeffrey Michael Bajenaru

Pronunciation: \Bah-JAH-nair-ru\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

11.20

13.2

WHIP

2.122

Summary of 5 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 1 go ahead

2 Tms
ARI	3
CHW	2

Platoon
vs LHB	3
vs RHB	2

Home/Road
Home	5

Outs
1	2
2	2
0	1

2 Opps
SFG	3
CLE	2

5 Batters
Ray Durham	1
Pedro Feliz	1
Moisés Alou	1
Travis Hafner	1
Grady Sizemore	1

2 Parks
Chase Field (PHO)	3
Guaranteed (CHI)	2

Where Hit
9	3
7	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	3
1	2

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
2·HR gms	1
3·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	3
1--	2

7 Runs
0 on	3
1 on	2
Any on	2

Inning
6	3
9	2

4-6	3
7-end	2

RelScore
+4..	2
+2	1
+1	1
-1	1

Ahead	4
Behind	1

Before event,
for batter

Count
2-0	3
0-0	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
2B	1
3B	1
RF	1
CF	1
DH	1

OrderPos
5th	1
7th	1
1st	1
4th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	1
Medium Lev	1
Low Lev	3

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2005-09-21	Grady Sizemore	CLE	@	CHW	ahead 5-0	t 9	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	2	2005-09-21	Travis Hafner	CLE	@	CHW	ahead 6-0	t 9	2	1--	3,(2-0) BBX	2	4	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Peralta Scores
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2006-08-07	Moisés Alou	SFG	@	ARI	behind 2-3	t 6	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	3	9	24%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); O. Vizquel Scores
4	4	2	2	2006-08-07	Ray Durham	SFG	@	ARI	ahead 4-3	t 6	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	5	4	12%	75%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	3	3	2006-08-07	Pedro Feliz	SFG	@	ARI	ahead 5-3	t 6	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	5	10%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)