Esteban Loaiza | Major Leaguer 1995-2008

Full Name: Esteban Antonio Veyna Loaiza
Born: December 31,1971 in Tijuana, Mexico
Height: 6-3 Weight: 210 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: Mar Vista (Imperial Beach,CA)
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Prospect Rankings*
1994 - 6th ranked organizational prospect for Pittsburgh Pirates
1995 - 6th ranked organizational prospect for Pittsburgh Pirates

*According to Baseball America

Drafted: Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1991

Transactions: [Mar 21,1991] - Signed as undrafted amateur Free Agent by Pirates. [May 7,1993] - Loaned by Pirates to Mexico City Red Devils (Mexican) [Aug 13,1996] - Loaned to Mexico City [Jul 17,1998] - Traded by Pirates to Rangers for Todd Van Poppel and Warren Morris. [Jul 19,2000] - Traded by Rangers to Blue Jays for Mike Young and Darwin Cubillan. [Oct 29,2002] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 24,2003] - Signed as Free Agent by White Sox. [Jul 31,2004] - Traded by White Sox to Yankees for Jose Contreras and Cash. [Oct 29,2004] - Granted Free Agency. [Jan 19,2005] - Signed by Nationals [Nov 28,2005] - Signed by Athletics (3-years) [Aug 29,2007] - Claimed off waivers by Dodgers from Athletics

Disabled List: [Mar 23,2002] - 15 Day Disabled list - (right shoulder) [May 14,2002] - Activated [May 1,2006] - 15 Day Disabled list - (strained left trapezius muscle) [Jun 8,2006] - Activated [Apr 1,2007] - 15 Day Disabled list - (Right trapezius muscle) [May 4,2007] - Transferred to 60 day DL. [Aug 22,2007] -

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%
1991	GCL Pirtes	GCL	19	Pit	Rk	5	1	2.26	11	11	1	1	0	0	51.2	48	17	13	0	14	41	2		8.36	0.00	2.44	7.14	1.20	--
1992	Augusta	SAL	20	Pit	A	10	8	3.89	26	25	3	0	1	0	143.1	134	72	62	7	60	123	7		8.41	0.44	3.77	7.72	1.35	--
1993	Salem	Caro	21	Pit	A+	6	7	3.39	17	17	3	0	0	0	109.0	113	53	41	7	30	61	8		9.33	0.58	2.48	5.04	1.31	--
	Carolina	Sou	21	Pit	AA	2	1	3.77	7	7	1	0	0	0	43.0	39	18	18	5	12	40	3		8.16	1.05	2.51	8.37	1.19	--
1994	Carolina	Sou	22	Pit	AA	10	5	3.79	24	24	3	0	0	0	154.1	169	69	65	15	30	115	1	1	9.86	0.87	1.75	6.71	1.29	--
1995	Pittsburgh	NL	23	Pit	MLB	8	9	5.16	32	31	1	0	0	0	172.2	205	115	99	21	55	85	6	1	10.69	1.09	2.87	4.43	1.51	52%
1996	Calgary	PCL	24	Pit	AAA	3	4	4.02	12	11	1	1	0	0	69.1	61	34	31	5	25	38	0	0	7.92	0.65	3.25	4.93	1.24	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	2	3	4.96	10	10	1	1	0	0	52.2	65	32	29	11	19	32	0	0	11.11	1.88	3.25	5.47	1.60	44%
1997	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	11	11	4.13	33	32	1	0	0	0	196.1	214	99	90	17	56	122	2	3	9.81	0.78	2.57	5.59	1.38	--
1998	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	6	5	4.52	21	14	0	0	3	0	91.2	96	50	46	13	30	53	1	2	9.43	1.28	2.95	5.20	1.37	57%
	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	3	6	5.90	14	14	1	0	0	0	79.1	103	57	52	15	22	55	3	0	11.69	1.70	2.50	6.24	1.58	50%
1999	Oklahoma	PCL	27	Tex	AAA	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	3	0	0	0	3	6	0	0	6.24	0.00	6.24	12.47	1.39	--
	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	9	5	4.56	30	15	0	0	4	0	120.1	128	65	61	10	40	77	2	0	9.57	0.75	2.99	5.76	1.40	--
2000	Toronto	AL	28	Tor	MLB	5	7	3.62	14	14	1	1	0	0	92.0	95	45	37	8	26	62	0	0	9.29	0.78	2.54	6.07	1.32	56%
	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	5	6	5.37	20	17	0	0	2	1	107.1	133	67	64	21	31	75	1	0	11.15	1.76	2.60	6.29	1.53	54%
2001	Toronto	AL	29	Tor	MLB	11	11	5.02	36	30	1	1	1	0	190.0	239	113	106	27	40	110	1	1	11.32	1.28	1.89	5.21	1.47	52%
2002	Dunedin	FSL	30	Tor	A+	0	0	0.00	2	2	0	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.60	0.00	3.60	3.60	0.80	--
	Tennessee	Sou	30	Tor	AA	2	0	1.88	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.1	10	3	3	0	1	13	0	0	6.28	0.00	0.63	8.16	0.77	--
	Syracuse	IL	30	Tor	AAA	0	0	2.08	1	1	0	0	0	0	4.1	4	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	8.31	0.00	0.00	8.31	0.92	--
	Toronto	AL	30	Tor	MLB	9	10	5.71	25	25	3	1	0	0	151.1	192	102	96	18	38	87	1	0	11.42	1.07	2.26	5.17	1.52	53%
2003	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	21	9	2.90	34	34	1	0	0	0	226.1	196	75	73	17	56	207	3	1	7.79	0.68	2.23	8.23	1.11	50%
2004	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	32	Chw	MLB	9	5	4.86	21	21	2	1	0	0	140.2	156	81	76	23	45	83	2	0	9.98	1.47	2.88	5.31	1.43	42%
	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	1	2	8.50	10	6	0	0	1	0	42.1	61	43	40	9	26	34	2	0	12.97	1.91	5.53	7.23	2.06	39%
2005	Washington	NL	33	Wan	MLB	12	10	3.77	34	34	0	0	0	0	217.0	227	93	91	18	55	173	6	0	9.41	0.75	2.28	7.18	1.30	40%
2006	Sacramento	PCL	34	Oak	AAA	1	1	5.87	2	1	0	0	0	0	7.2	11	5	5	0	2	4	0	0	12.92	0.00	2.35	4.70	1.70	--
	Oakland	AL	34	Oak	MLB	11	9	4.89	26	26	2	1	0	0	154.2	179	92	84	17	40	97	1	0	10.42	0.99	2.33	5.64	1.42	41%
2007	Sacramento	PCL	35	Oak	AAA	2	1	3.86	6	6	0	0	0	0	28.0	35	13	12	3	4	13	1	0	11.25	0.96	1.29	4.18	1.39	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	1	4	8.34	5	5	0	0	0	0	22.2	26	21	21	9	16	15	0	1	10.33	3.57	6.35	5.96	1.85	26%
	Oakland	AL	35	Oak	MLB	1	0	1.84	2	2	0	0	0	0	14.2	10	3	3	1	4	5	0	0	6.14	0.61	2.46	3.07	0.95	36%
2008	Inl Empire	Calif	36	La	A+	0	1	3.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	9.00	0.00	0.00	6.00	1.00	--
	Charlotte	Sou	36	Chw	AA	0	2	6.55	5	5	0	0	0	0	11.0	18	9	8	2	0	5	2	0	14.73	1.64	0.00	4.09	1.64	--
	Birmingham	Sou	36	Chw	AA	0	0	0.00	3	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	3	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	4.50	0.00	1.50	4.50	0.67	--
	Charlotte	IL	36	Chw	AAA	0	2	6.55	5	5	0	0	0	0	11.0	18	9	8	2	0	5	2	0	14.73	1.64	0.00	4.09	1.64	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	36	Chw	MLB	0	0	3.00	3	0	0	0	3	0	3.0	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.00	3.00	0.00	3.00	1.00	--
	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	1	2	5.63	7	3	0	0	2	0	24.0	24	15	15	3	5	9	0	0	9.00	1.13	1.88	3.38	1.21	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)						126	114	4.65	377	333	14	6	16	1	2,099.0	2352	1170	1084	259	604	1382	31	9	10.08	1.11	2.59	5.93	1.41	--
Minor League Totals - 10 Season(s)						41	33	3.63	126	121	12	2	1	0	665.1	671	304	268	46	184	475	26		9.08	0.62	2.49	6.43	1.29	--

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%
1993	Carolina	Sou	21	Pit	AA	p		7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0		.000	.000	.000	000	--
1994	Carolina	Sou	22	Pit	AA	p		24	19	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	0	0	.053	.053	.053	106	--
1995	Pittsburgh	NL	23	Pit	MLB	p	9	33	52	4	10	1	1	0	2	0	0	1	11	0	0	7	1	1	.192	.204	.250	454	55%
1996	Calgary	PCL	24	Pit	AAA	p		12	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.077	220	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	p	9	11	17	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	0	1	.118	.118	.118	236	94%
1997	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	p	9	31	60	4	10	1	0	0	5	0	0	1	17	0	0	8	0	1	.167	.180	.183	363	--
1998	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	p	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	p	9	21	29	2	7	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	0	0	3	0	1	.241	.267	.241	508	83%
1999	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	p		30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2000	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	p	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%
	Toronto	AL	28	Tor	MLB	p	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
2001	Toronto	AL	29	Tor	MLB	p	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	50%
2002	Toronto	AL	30	Tor	MLB	p	0	2	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	334	83%
2003	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	p	0	2	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	67%
2004	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	p	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	32	Chw	MLB	p	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	000	80%
2005	Washington	NL	33	Wan	MLB	p	9	34	74	3	12	2	0	0	4	0	1	0	23	0	0	6	0	1	.162	.162	.189	351	67%
2006	Oakland	AL	34	Oak	MLB	p	0	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	83%
2007	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	p	9	5	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	1	.143	.143	.143	286	80%
2008	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	p		7	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	1	.333	.333	.333	666	--

Major League Totals - 14 Season(s)								223	271	16	46	4	1	0	18	0	1	3	69	0	0	36	1	8	.170	.178	.192	370	--
Minor League Totals - 3 Season(s)								43	39	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	1	0	7	0		.051	.075	.051	126	--

Playoffs Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Series	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	Texas	AL	27		Div	0	1	3.86	1		0			0	7.0	5		3		1	4			6.43	---	1.29	5.14	0.86	--
2004	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	Div	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	--
	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	Ch	0	1	1.42	2	0	0	0	1	0	6.1	5	1	1	0	3	5	0	0	7.11	0.00	4.27	7.11	1.26	--
2006	Oakland	AL	34	Oak	Div	0	0	3.60	1	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	8	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	14.40	3.60	0.00	3.60	1.60	--
	Oakland	AL	34	Oak	Ch	0	1	10.50	1	1	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	7	7	1	1	5	0	0	13.50	1.50	1.50	7.50	1.67	--

Major League Totals - 3 Season(s)						0	3	4.44	6		0			0	26.1	31		13		5	16			10.59	---	1.71	5.47	1.37	--

Playoffs Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Series	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
2003	Florida	NL	31	Fla	Div	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	--
	Florida	NL	31	Fla	Ch	7	20	5	4	0	0	2	3	0	0	3	4	0	1	0	0	0	.200	.304	.500	804	--
	Florida	NL	31	Fla	Ws	6	23	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.280	.261	541	--

Major League Totals - 1 Season(s)						15	46	6	9	1	0	2	5	0	0	5	8	0	1	0	0	0	.196	.275	.348	623	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1991	GCL Pirtes	GCL	19	Pit	Rk	P	11			4	6	0	10	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1992	Augusta	SAL	20	Pit	A	P	26			7	19	2	28	0	-	-	-	.929	--

1993	Salem	Caro	21	Pit	A+	P	17			13	20	1	34	1	-	-	-	.971	--
1993	Carolina	Sou	21	Pit	AA	P	7			2	5	0	7	0	-	-	-	1.000	--

1994	Carolina	Sou	22	Pit	AA	P	24			4	24	0	28	3	-	-	-	1.000	--

1995	Pittsburgh	NL	23	Pit	MLB	P	32		172.2	13	27	0	40	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.08

1996	Calgary	PCL	24	Pit	AAA	P	12			8	13	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
1996	Pittsburgh	NL	24	Pit	MLB	P	10		52.2	6	12	1	19	0	-	-	-	.947	3.08

1997	Pittsburgh	NL	25	Pit	MLB	P	33		196.1	11	26	2	39	1	-	-	-	.949	1.70

1998	Pittsburgh	NL	26	Pit	MLB	P	21		91.2	10	18	0	28	3	-	-	-	1.000	2.75
1998	Texas	AL	26	Tex	MLB	P	14		79.1	11	6	0	17	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.93

1999	Oklahoma	PCL	27	Tex	AAA	P	2			2	1	0	3	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1999	Texas	AL	27	Tex	MLB	P	30		120.1	8	17	0	25	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.87

2000	Texas	AL	28	Tex	MLB	P	20		107.1	8	18	1	27	3	-	-	-	.963	2.18
2000	Toronto	AL	28	Tor	MLB	P	14		92	4	11	2	17	1	-	-	-	.882	1.47

2001	Toronto	AL	29	Tor	MLB	P	36		190	15	21	3	39	0	-	-	-	.923	1.71

2002	Dunedin	FSL	30	Tor	A+	P	2			1	2	0	3	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Tennessee	Sou	30	Tor	AA	P	2			2	3	0	5	1	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Syracuse	IL	30	Tor	AAA	P	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
2002	Toronto	AL	30	Tor	MLB	P	25		151.1	12	22	1	35	1	-	-	-	.971	2.02

2003	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	31	Chw	MLB	P	34	34	226.1	16	31	2	49	2	-	-	-	.959	1.87

2004	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	32	Chw	MLB	P	21	21	140.2	10	23	0	33	4	-	-	-	1.000	2.11
2004	NY Yankees	AL	32	Nyy	MLB	P	10	6	42.1	3	6	0	9	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.91

2005	Washington	NL	33	Wan	MLB	P	34	34	217	13	30	1	44	3	-	-	-	.977	1.78

2006	Sacramento	PCL	34	Oak	AAA	P	2								-	-	-	---	--
2006	Oakland	AL	34	Oak	MLB	P	26	26	154.2	5	15	1	21	0	-	-	-	.952	1.16

2007	Sacramento	PCL	35	Oak	AAA	P	6								-	-	-	---	--
2007	LA Dodgers	NL	35	La	MLB	P	5	5	23.2	1	1	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	.76
2007	Oakland	AL	35	Oak	MLB	P	2	2	15.2	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	.57

2008	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	36	Chw	MLB	P	3	-	3	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00
2008	LA Dodgers	NL	36	La	MLB	P	7	3	24	2	3	0	5	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.88

Awards

[2003] - Chicago White Sox Player of the Year, Baseball America First-Team Major League All-Star SP, AL MVP (Voting Rank: #24), AL Cy Young Award (Voting Rank: #2), Played in MLB All-Star Game [2004] - Played in MLB All-Star Game

Salaries

Year	Salary	Rank	Lg Avg	Centile
1995	109,000		831,504	80
1996	150,000		835,262	59
1997	200,000		996,990	56
1998	450,000		1,054,037	38
1999	1,475,000		1,222,537	26
2000	2,650,000		1,369,505	20
2001	4,250,000		1,609,512	15
2002	6,050,000		1,654,088	10
2003	500,000		1,773,364	43
2004	4,000,000		1,716,303	15
2005	2,900,000		1,825,756	21
2006	6,000,000		1,937,004	11
2007	*7,500,000		2,923,340	14
2008	*7,500,000

Career:	$43,734,000	estimate

Trivia and Player Notes

Played in 2006 World Baseball Classic for Mexico.

Notes: Played in 2 All-Star games during his career (2003-2004)