Jason Chavez

Worth Noting
One of three starting pitchers returning to the mound...started the 2004 season as a key set-up man, but ended the year as the Dawgs' number two starter in the weekend rotation.

2004
Named honorable mention all-MVC after going 5-4 with a 2.44 ERA...appeared in 16 games, while making nine starts...struck out 36 batters in 73.2 innings of work...of his strikeouts, 11 were caught looking...ranked among the top-three Saluki pitchers in strikeouts, batters struck out looking and innings pitched...made first start of SIU career at SMS (Apr. 3), where he struck out one batter, allowed three hits and a run in 3.1 innings of a 2-0 loss...would make eight starts on the mound from then on...picked up first Saluki win after striking out one batter in two relief innings against SE Missouri State (Mar. 23), the school where his dad is an assistant football coach...longest outing of the year was eight innings at Northern Iowa on May 22...would pitch seven or more innings as a starter four other times...struck out five or more batters three times, including a career-high of six, which came on a couple occasions, the last being vs. Creighton at the MVC Tournament on May 27...pitched four straight scoreless innings from Mar. 18-23...threw another seven scoreless innings and struck out six batters at Illinois State (May 2)...did not allow an earned run in 28.2 of his 73.2 innings on the year.

Pre-SIU
Was a first-team all-conference, all-district and all-state pick at Cape Central High School...following his prep career, he attended Mineral Area College, where he garnered all-conference honors in his first season...was a 40th-round draft pick of the San Francisco Giants following that year.

Personal
Full name is Jason Michael Chavez...majors in Administration of Justice...born Feb. 23, 1983...has one brother, Brock, and one sister, Brianne...son of Mike and Pam Chavez...father, Mike, is an assistant football coach at Southeast Missouri State...following graduation, wants to play professional baseball.

Jason Chavez's Career Statistics

Year	ERA	G-GS	W-L	Pct.	SV	CG	SHO/CBO	IP	H	R	ER	SO	BB	WP	AB	Avg.
2004	2.44	16-9	5-4	.555	0	2	1/1	73.2	74	32	20	36	34	5	269	.275