John
Jaha
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 220
 
Born: May 27, 1966 in Usa, OR, PORTLAND
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1996    2001   
Rookie Of The Year 1993   
Gold Glove Award 1993    1994   
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1993 27 TEX AL 151 558 63 115 31 1 22 85 5 2 47 189 .206 .274 .384 .658 60.2 8.7
1994 28 TEX AL 156 565 82 107 21 4 28 79 7 0 60 199 .189 .270 .389 .660 61.1 6.0
1995 29 TEX AL 152 560 77 121 21 6 29 84 11 0 52 179 .216 .288 .430 .718 71.5 7.3
1996 30 TEX AL 137 468 74 101 25 1 22 74 5 0 68 155 .216 .322 .415 .736 67.1 7.3
1997 31 TEX AL 77 206 43 54 11 1 19 48 0 0 21 61 .262 .333 .602 .935 40.4 6.1
1998 32 TEX AL 12 36 6 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 6 14 .139 .279 .250 .529 2.4 0.0
  CIN NL 149 502 84 104 37 0 23 92 2 0 78 146 .207 .324 .418 .742 67.0 7.1
  TOT   161 538 90 109 38 0 24 95 2 0 84 160 .203 .321 .407 .728 69.4 7.1
1999 33 CIN NL 130 252 41 57 14 0 12 44 1 0 46 89 .226 .349 .425 .773 39.4 4.5
2000 34 CIN NL 129 249 38 64 21 1 10 45 3 0 34 80 .257 .347 .470 .817 40.3 6.2
2001 35 CIN NL 111 169 32 39 5 1 12 30 1 0 28 61 .231 .348 .485 .833 31.0 4.4
2002 36 CIN NL 137 298 65 82 21 2 24 58 1 0 48 95 .275 .387 .601 .988 66.8 12.6
2003 37 CIN NL 157 495 64 92 15 4 18 70 2 0 83 189 .186 .308 .341 .650 58.3 3.2
11 Years Sim 1498 4358 669 941 223 21 220 712 38 2 571 1457 .216 .313 .428 .741 605.4 73.4
162 Game Average 471 72 101 24 2 23 76 4 0 61 157 .216 .313 .428 .741 65.5  
Career Highs 161 565 90 121 38 6 29 95 11 2 84 199 .275 .387 .602 .988 71.5  
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1993 27 TEX AL 1B 149 143 1258.0 1388 104 13 126 .991 10.67   1.6
1994 28 TEX AL 1B 142 141 1221.0 1408 102 11 143 .993 11.13   0.8
    LF 10 9 77.0 17 2 0 1 1.000 2.22   0.1
1995 29 TEX AL 1B 147 142 1255.7 1360 133 8 112 .995 10.70   2.7
    2B 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
1996 30 TEX AL 1B 131 131 1151.3 1130 79 7 115 .994 9.45   3.0
    LF 5 5 42.0 3 0 1 0 .750 0.64   0.0
1997 31 TEX AL LF 42 35 311.7 49 4 2 1 .964 1.53   0.6
    1B 21 13 122.0 118 9 0 13 1.000 9.37   0.3
1998 32 TEX AL LF 12 12 91.3 15 1 1 0 .941 1.58   0.2
    1B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  CIN NL LF 145 145 1261.0 213 8 18 1 .925 1.58   3.2
    1B 1 0 3.7 4 1 0 0 1.000 12.16   0.0
  TOT   LF 157 157 1352.3 228 9 19 1 .926 1.58   3.5
      1B 1 0 4.0 4 1 0 0 1.000 11.25   0.0
1999 33 CIN NL 1B 46 35 327.3 323 21 3 27 .991 9.46   0.3
    LF 24 11 130.7 23 1 1 1 .960 1.65   0.2
    CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
    RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
2000 34 CIN NL 1B 59 36 354.0 375 32 5 41 .988 10.35   0.5
    LF 26 13 137.0 30 2 0 1 1.000 2.10   0.4
2001 35 CIN NL 1B 29 15 158.3 176 12 0 8 1.000 10.69   0.3
    LF 19 11 108.0 20 1 1 0 .955 1.75   0.3
2002 36 CIN NL 1B 77 59 553.3 601 44 4 57 .994 10.49   1.0
    LF 10 7 63.0 6 0 1 0 .857 0.86   0.0
2003 37 CIN NL 1B 150 147 1217.7 1304 100 9 99 .994 10.38   2.1
    LF 3 1 14.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.0
  1B 952 862 7622.6 8187 637 60 741 .993 10.42   12.6
  LF 296 249 2235.6 379 19 25 5 .941 1.60   5.1
  2B 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.0
  CF 1 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
  RF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00    
Career Totals   1251 1112 9874.3 8568 657 85 746 .991 8.41   17.7
Career Highs   158 157 1356.3 1425 134 19 144 .995 10.67    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1996 30 TEX AL 10 27 3 6 1 0 2 4 0 0 3 9 .222 .300 .481 .781
1997 31 TEX AL 4 10 3 2 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 4 .200 .273 .800 1.073
2000 34 CIN NL 8 11 2 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 3 5 .273 .429 .636 1.065
2001 35 CIN NL 12 27 6 7 2 0 1 9 0 0 9 9 .259 .462 .444 .906
2002 36 CIN NL 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 37 81 14 18 4 0 6 21 0 0 16 30 .222 .360 .494 .854
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Strikeouts
1993-5-189
1994-4-199
1995-8-179
2003-5-189
         
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 18)
   Gray Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 104)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 12th overall pick, by New Orleans in 1992
Traded from New Orleans to Texas on 6/16/1992 (Going to NOR: P Gene Nelson, 1B Sid Bream. Going to TEX: P Curt Schilling, 1B John Jaha)
Had first career hit on 4/1/1993, off Rich Monteleone (CHW)
Hit first career homerun on 4/7/1993, off Britt Burns (CAL)
Drove in 6 runs against Cleveland on 4/13/1993
Won Rookie Of The Year in 1993, hitting .206 with 22 HR, 85 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1993
Drove in 6 runs against Seattle on 10/10/1994
Won Gold Glove Award at First Base in 1994
Drove in 6 runs against California on 8/21/1995
Won Player of the Week award on 9/2/1995, hitting .407 with 4 HR, 14 RBI
1/31/1996: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,042,857 through salary arbitration
Won World Championship with Texas in 1996
1/31/1997: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
1/31/1998: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,542,857 through salary arbitration
Traded from Texas to Cincinnati on 4/16/1998 (Going to TEX: LF Chris Gwynn. Going to CIN: LF John Jaha)
Drove in 7 runs against Carolina on 7/31/1998
10/17/1998: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $2,200,000 per year, for 3 years
Injured on 9/20/2001 with a Fractured Jaw, out for 4 weeks
Won World Championship with Cincinnati in 2001
11/7/2001: Signed a contract extension with Cincinnati, $2,650,000 per year, for 2 years