Jason Jennings | Major Leaguer 2001-2008

Full Name: Jason Ryan Jennings
Born: July 17,1978 in Dallas, Texas
Height: 6-2 Weight: 242 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Poteet (Mesquite,TX)
College: Baylor University

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Prospect Rankings*
2000 - 87th ranked Major League prospect
2000 - 3rd ranked organizational prospect for Colorado Rockies
2001 - 6th ranked organizational prospect for Colorado Rockies
2002 - 8th ranked organizational prospect for Colorado Rockies

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Selected by Arizona Diamondbacks in 54th Round (1530th overall) of 1996 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Colorado Rockies in 1st Round (16th overall) of 1999 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Jun 9,1999] - signed [Dec 12,2006] - Traded by Rockies with Miguel Asencio to Astros for Willy Taveras, Taylor Buccholz and Jason Hirsh [Jan 17,2008] - Signed by Rangers (1-year)

Signed by: Dar Cox

Disabled List: [Jul 23,2005] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Fractured right middle finger) [Apr 17,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Right elbow flexor tendinitis) [May 29,2007] - [Aug 21,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Elbow) [Oct 1,2007] -

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1999	Portland	Nwest	20	Col	A-	1	0	1.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	0	2	11	0	0	5.00	0.00	2.00	11.00	0.78	--
	Asheville	SAL	20	Col	A	2	2	3.70	12	12	0	0	0	0	58.1	55	27	24	3	8	69	4	0	8.49	0.46	1.23	10.65	1.08	--
2000	Salem	Caro	21	Col	A+	7	10	3.47	22	22	3	1	0	0	150.1	136	66	58	6	42	133	8	1	8.14	0.36	2.51	7.96	1.18	--
	Carolina	Sou	21	Col	AA	1	3	3.44	6	6	0	0	0	0	36.2	32	19	14	4	11	33	1	0	7.86	0.98	2.70	8.10	1.17	--
2001	Carolina	Sou	22	Col	AA	2	0	2.88	4	4	0	0	0	0	25.0	25	9	8	1	8	24	0	0	9.00	0.36	2.88	8.64	1.32	--
	Colo Spr	PCL	22	Col	AAA	7	8	4.72	22	22	4	0	0	0	131.2	145	80	69	9	41	110	3	2	9.91	0.62	2.80	7.52	1.41	--
	Colorado	NL	22	Col	MLB	4	1	4.58	7	7	1	1	0	0	39.1	42	21	20	2	19	26	1	0	9.61	0.46	4.35	5.95	1.55	65%
2002	Colorado	NL	23	Col	MLB	16	8	4.52	32	32	0	0	0	0	185.1	201	102	93	26	70	127	10	0	9.76	1.26	3.40	6.17	1.46	57%
2003	Colorado	NL	24	Col	MLB	12	13	5.11	32	32	1	0	0	0	181.1	212	115	103	20	88	119	7	0	10.52	0.99	4.37	5.91	1.65	50%
2004	Colorado	NL	25	Col	MLB	11	12	5.51	33	33	0	0	0	0	201.0	241	125	123	27	101	133	6	1	10.79	1.21	4.52	5.96	1.70	45%
2005	Colorado	NL	26	Col	MLB	6	9	5.02	20	20	1	0	0	0	122.0	130	73	68	11	62	75	8	0	9.59	0.81	4.57	5.53	1.57	55%
2006	Colorado	NL	27	Col	MLB	9	13	3.78	32	32	3	2	0	0	212.0	206	94	89	17	85	142	10	0	8.75	0.72	3.61	6.03	1.37	50%
2007	Corpus Chr	Tex	28	Hou	AA	0	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	5.40	0.00	1.80	3.60	0.80	--
	Round Rock	PCL	28	Hou	AAA	0	0	10.81	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	3	4	4	0	5	2	0	0	8.11	0.00	13.51	5.41	2.40	--
	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	2	9	6.45	19	18	0	0	0	0	99.0	119	73	71	19	34	71	5	0	10.82	1.73	3.09	6.45	1.55	41%
2008	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	0	5	8.56	6	6	0	0	0	0	27.1	35	27	26	8	18	12	1	0	11.52	2.63	5.93	3.95	1.94	--

Major League Totals - 8 Season(s)						60	70	5.00	181	180	6	3	0	0	1,067.1	1186	630	593	130	477	705	48	1	10.00	1.10	4.02	5.94	1.56	--
Minor League Totals - 4 Season(s)						20	23	3.82	70	70	7	1	0	0	419.1	404	206	178	23	118	384	16	3	8.68	0.49	2.53	8.25	1.25	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2000	Carolina	Sou	21	Col	AA	p		6	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.143	.143	.143	286	--
2001	Carolina	Sou	22	Col	AA	p		4	9	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.333	555	--
	Colo Spr	PCL	22	Col	AAA	p		25	35	3	10	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.278	.486	764	--
	Colorado	NL	22	Col	MLB	p	9	7	15	2	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0	.267	.313	.533	846	44%
2002	Colorado	NL	23	Col	MLB	p	9	30	62	6	19	4	0	0	11	0	0	3	13	1	0	2	0	0	.306	.348	.371	719	56%
2003	Colorado	NL	24	Col	MLB	p	9	31	54	3	12	3	0	0	3	0	0	5	16	0	0	5	1	0	.222	.283	.278	561	48%
2004	Colorado	NL	25	Col	MLB	p	9	35	71	3	17	4	0	1	6	0	0	2	16	0	0	5	0	1	.239	.260	.338	598	54%
2005	Colorado	NL	26	Col	MLB	p	9	22	38	0	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	12	0	0	4	0	0	.158	.200	.184	384	45%
2006	Colorado	NL	27	Col	MLB	p	9	30	62	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	12	0	0	10	0	0	.129	.169	.145	314	64%
2007	Round Rock	PCL	28	Hou	AAA	p		1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2000	--
	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	p	9	19	26	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	8	0	0	1	0	0	.077	.172	.077	249	50%

Major League Totals - 7 Season(s)								174	328	18	68	14	0	2	26	0	0	19	80	1	0	28	1	1	.207	.252	.268	520	53%
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								36	52	4	14	2	0	2	7	0	0	0	11	0	0	1	1	2	.269	.264	.423	687	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1999	Portland	Nwest	20	Col	A-	P	2			1	0	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1999	Asheville	SAL	20	Col	A	P	12			2	5	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

2000	Salem	Caro	21	Col	A+	P	22			9	21	3	33	1	-	-	-	.909	--
2000	Carolina	Sou	21	Col	AA	P	6			2	5	1	8	1	-	-	-	.875	--

2001	Carolina	Sou	22	Col	AA	P	4			1	9	0	10	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2001	Colo Spr	PCL	22	Col	AAA	P	22			13	22	1	36	0	-	-	-	.972	--
2001	Colorado	NL	22	Col	MLB	P	7		39.1	4	7	0	11	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.52

2002	Colorado	NL	23	Col	MLB	P	32		185.1	14	28	1	43	1	-	-	-	.977	2.04

2003	Colorado	NL	24	Col	MLB	P	32	32	181.1	9	25	2	36	2	-	-	-	.944	1.69

2004	Colorado	NL	25	Col	MLB	P	33	33	201	18	25	1	44	2	-	-	-	.977	1.93

2005	Colorado	NL	26	Col	MLB	P	20	20	122	14	17	2	33	2	-	-	-	.939	2.29

2006	Colorado	NL	27	Col	MLB	P	32	32	212	14	25	1	40	3	-	-	-	.975	1.66

2007	Corpus Chr	Tex	28	Hou	AA	P	1								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Round Rock	PCL	28	Hou	AAA	P	1								-	-	-	---	--
2007	Houston	NL	28	Hou	MLB	P	19	18	99	6	5	0	11	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.00

2008	Texas	AL	29	Tex	MLB	P	6	6	27	4	3	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	2.33

Awards

[1997] - Freshman 1st team All-America P, Big 12 Conference All-Star RP [1998] - Big 12 Conference Player of the Year, 3rd team College All-American UT, Big 12 Conference All-Star UT [1999] - Big 12 Conference Player of the Year, Waco Regional MVP (College World Series), 1st team College All-American UT, Big 12 Conference All-Star SP, Baseball America College Player of the Year, Golden Spikes Award [2002] - National League Rookie of the Year

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
2001	*200,000		1,609,512	80
2002	206,000		1,654,088	66
2003	325,000		1,773,364	51
2004	340,000		1,716,303	50
2005	2,400,000		1,825,756	24
2006	4,500,000		1,937,004	14
2007	*5,500,000		2,923,340	20
2008	*4,000,000

Career:	$17,471,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Jennings was the winner of College Baseball's Golden Spikes Award in 1999 while at Baylor University.

Notes: Named to 2002 Topps All-Star rookie team.