Jeff Tabaka

{{short description|American baseball player (born 1964)}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name = Jeff Tabaka

|position = Pitcher

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1964|1|17}}

|birth_place = Barberton, Ohio, U.S.

|bats = Right

|throws = Left

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = April 19

| debutyear = 1994

| debutteam = Pittsburgh Pirates

|finalleague = MLB

| finaldate = October 5

| finalyear = 2001

| finalteam = St. Louis Cardinals

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label = Win–loss record

|stat1value = 6–5

|stat2label = Earned run average

|stat2value = 4.31

|stat3label = Strikeouts

|stat3value = 119

|teams =

• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1994}})
• San Diego Padres ({{mlby|1994}}–{{mlby|1995}})
• Houston Astros ({{mlby|1995}}–{{mlby|1996}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1997}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1998}})
• St. Louis Cardinals ({{mlby|2001}})

}}

Jeffrey Jon Tabaka (born January 17, 1964) is an American former professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1994 to 2001.

Tabaka graduated from Copley High School in Copley, Ohio and played collegiately at Kent State University from 1983-1986. He was drafted by the Montreal Expos in the second round of the 1986 amateur draft. In his six seasons in the major leagues he pitched for the Pittsburgh Pirates, San Diego Padres, Houston Astros, Cincinnati Reds, and St. Louis Cardinals.