Eddie Guardado stats
Bio
- Age
- 56 yearsOct 2, 1970
- Height
- 6' 0"
Eddie Guardado played 17 MLB seasons, 1993 to 2009.
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 908
- W
- 46
- L
- 61
- ERA
- 4.31
- IP
- 944.2
- K
- 798
- BB
- 348
- WHIP
- 1.31
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | MIN | 19 | 3 | 8 | 6.18 | 94.2 | 46 | 36 | 1.68 |
| 1994 | MIN | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8.47 | 17.0 | 8 | 4 | 1.76 |
| 1995 | MIN | 51 | 4 | 9 | 5.12 | 91.1 | 71 | 45 | 1.58 |
| 1996 | MIN | 83 | 6 | 5 | 5.25 | 73.2 | 74 | 33 | 1.28 |
| 1997 | MIN | 69 | 0 | 4 | 3.91 | 46.0 | 54 | 17 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | MIN | 79 | 3 | 1 | 4.52 | 65.2 | 53 | 28 | 1.43 |
| 1999 | MIN | 63 | 2 | 5 | 4.50 | 48.0 | 50 | 25 | 1.29 |
| 2000 | MIN | 70 | 7 | 4 | 3.94 | 61.2 | 52 | 25 | 1.30 |
| 2001 | MIN | 67 | 7 | 1 | 3.51 | 66.2 | 67 | 23 | 1.05 |
| 2002 | MIN | 68 | 1 | 3 | 2.93 | 67.2 | 70 | 18 | 1.05 |
| 2003 | MIN | 66 | 3 | 5 | 2.89 | 65.1 | 60 | 14 | 0.98 |
| 2004 | SEA | 41 | 2 | 2 | 2.78 | 45.1 | 45 | 14 | 0.99 |
| 2005 | SEA | 58 | 2 | 3 | 2.72 | 56.1 | 48 | 15 | 1.19 |
| 2006 |  SEA/CIN | 43 | 1 | 3 | 3.89 | 37.0 | 39 | 13 | 1.54 |
| 2007 | CIN | 15 | 0 | 0 | 7.24 | 13.2 | 8 | 4 | 1.46 |
| 2008 |  TEX/MIN | 64 | 4 | 4 | 4.15 | 56.1 | 33 | 19 | 1.22 |
| 2009 | TEX | 48 | 1 | 2 | 4.46 | 38.1 | 20 | 15 | 1.41 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 5
- W
- 0
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 9.00
- IP
- 5.0
- K
- 5
- BB
- 2
- WHIP
- 2.40
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 7
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 7.6
- GB
- 244
- FB
- 513
- G/F
- 0.50
- WP
- 25
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | MIN | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994 | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | MIN | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 1996 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 1997 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1998 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1999 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 2002 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 2004 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.9 | 32 | 84 | 0.4 | 0 |
| 2005 | SEA | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.7 | 62 | 113 | 0.5 | 1 |
| 2006 | SEA/CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.5 | 41 | 72 | 0.6 | 0 |
| 2007 | CIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 11 | 38 | 0.3 | 0 |
| 2008 | TEX/MIN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.3 | 49 | 126 | 0.4 | 1 |
| 2009 | TEX | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 49 | 80 | 0.6 | 1 |
Bio
- Age
- 56 yearsOct 2, 1970
- Height
- 6' 0"
- Debut
- 1993
- Birthplace
- Stockton, CA
- Draft
- 1990Rd 21, Pk 553
Latest performance
Eddie Guardado
Sep 30 · @ LAA · L 5-0
- IP
- 1.0
- H
- 3
- R
- 1
- ER
- 1
- BB
- 1
- K
- 0
- HR
- 0
- ERA
- 4.46
Games
All games| Date | Opponent | IP | H | R | ER | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wed, Sep 30 | at LAAL 5-0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 26 | vs TBW 15-3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mon, Sep 21 | at ATHW 10-3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Sun, Sep 13 | vs SEAL 5-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tue, Sep 08 | at CLEW 10-5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sat, Sep 05 | at BALL 5-4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
What were Eddie Guardado's career stats?
Eddie Guardado played 17 seasons for the Twins, the Mariners, the Reds and the Rangers. He had 46 wins and 798 strikeouts with a 4.31 ERA over 944.2 innings. His best season was 2000: 7 wins, a 3.94 ERA and 52 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
17 seasons, 2 postseasons, 1993 to 2009
Eddie Guardado finished top 10 in a stat 2 times.
All-time career rank
- 61st in saves (187)
Among the 9,244 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
More on Eddie Guardado
Playoff series
Eddie Guardado played 5 games across 2 MLB postseasons in 3 series — 2 won, 1 lost.
| IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | ER: Earned runs allowed — runs that scored without help from an error. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 |  NYY | Lost 1-1 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 2002 | ATH | Won 2-0 | 2 | 2.0 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| 2002 | LAA | Won 1-0 | 1 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Eddie Guardado’s playoff series, round by round
Totals, from MLB game logs since the 2001 postseason — earlier series are not counted.
Eddie Guardado against each club
- vs Athletics (49)
- vs Cleveland Guardians (47)
- vs Los Angeles Angels (36)
- vs Detroit Tigers (31)
- vs Chicago White Sox (29)
- vs Kansas City Royals (29)
- vs Texas Rangers (29)
- vs Baltimore Orioles (24)
- vs Seattle Mariners (24)
- vs Toronto Blue Jays (23)
- vs Tampa Bay Rays (20)
- vs Boston Red Sox (19)
- vs New York Yankees (17)
- vs Minnesota Twins (15)
- vs Milwaukee Brewers (12)
- vs Atlanta Braves (9)
- vs Philadelphia Phillies (9)
- vs San Diego Padres (7)
- vs Houston Astros (6)
- vs San Francisco Giants (6)
- vs Colorado Rockies (5)
- vs New York Mets (5)
- vs Pittsburgh Pirates (5)
- vs Arizona Diamondbacks (4)
- vs Los Angeles Dodgers (4)
- vs Washington Nationals (3)
- vs Chicago Cubs (2)
- vs Cincinnati Reds (2)
- vs Miami Marlins (2)
- vs St. Louis Cardinals (2)
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