Kevin Jarvis

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Kevin Jarvis

|image=

|position=Pitcher

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1969|8|1}}

|birth_place=Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=April 6

|debutyear=1994

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|final2league = MLB

|final2date=September 24

|final2year=2006

|final2team=Boston Red Sox

|debut2league = NPB

|debut2date=April 8

|debut2year=1998

|debut2team=Chunichi Dragons

|finalleague = NPB

|finaldate=May 3

|finalyear=1998

|finalteam=Chunichi Dragons

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=34–49

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=6.03

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=453

|stat2league = NPB

|stat21label=Win–loss record

|stat21value=1–2

|stat22label=Earned run average

|stat22value=4.41

|stat23label=Strikeouts

|stat23value=7

|teams=

Cincinnati Reds ({{Baseball year|1994}}–{{Baseball year|1997}})
Detroit Tigers ({{Baseball year|1997}})
Minnesota Twins ({{Baseball year|1997}})
Chunichi Dragons ({{Baseball year|1998}})
Oakland Athletics ({{Baseball year|1999}})
Colorado Rockies ({{Baseball year|2000}})
San Diego Padres ({{Baseball year|2001}}–{{Baseball year|2003}})
Seattle Mariners ({{Baseball year|2004}})
Colorado Rockies ({{Baseball year|2004}})
St. Louis Cardinals ({{Baseball year|2005}})
Arizona Diamondbacks ({{Baseball year|2006}})
Boston Red Sox ({{Baseball year|2006}})

}}

Kevin Thomas Jarvis (born August 1, 1969) is an American former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played professionally for many teams including the Cincinnati Reds, Minnesota Twins, Detroit Tigers, Oakland Athletics, Colorado Rockies, San Diego Padres, Seattle Mariners, St. Louis Cardinals, the Arizona Diamondbacks and the Boston Red Sox. As of {{baseball year|2015}}, he is a scout for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.{{Cite book| editor1-last=Leventhal| editor1-first=Josh| title=Baseball America 2015 Directory| location=Durham, N.C.| publisher=Baseball America| year=2015| isbn=978-1-932391-56-5}}

Career

Jarvis was born in Lexington, Kentucky and graduated from Tates Creek High School in Lexington. He played college baseball at Wake Forest University.{{cite web|url=http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=jarvike01|title=Kevin Jarvis Stats|publisher= Baseball Almanac |access-date= November 15, 2012}} In 1989, he played collegiate summer baseball with the Harwich Mariners of the Cape Cod Baseball League, and returned to the league in 1990 to play for the Cotuit Kettleers.{{cite web|url=http://capecodbaseball.org.ismmedia.com/ISM3/std-content/repos/Top/2012website/archives/Current%20Year/All_Time_MLB_CCBL_Alumni.pdf |title=Major League Baseball Players From the Cape Cod League |publisher=capecodbaseball.org |access-date=September 25, 2019}}

Jarvis was drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 21st round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft.{{cite web|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/j/jarvike01.shtml| title=Keith Jarvis|publisher= Basketball-Reference.Com |access-date= November 15, 2012}} He made his major league debut in the strike-affected {{Baseball year|1994}} season, posting a 1–1 record in 6 games from {{frac|17|2|3}} innings pitched, playing for the Cincinnati Reds. He played with the Reds until {{Baseball year|1997}}, posting an overall record of 12–15, before being claimed off waivers by the Detroit Tigers on May 2, but was claimed again by the Minnesota Twins just one week later. He played in 6 games for the Twins without a decision in any game and a 12.46 ERA, before the Tigers claimed him back off waivers on June 17. At the end of the season, Jarvis ended up with an 0–4 record from 27 games pitched.

In {{Baseball year|1998}}, Jarvis moved to the Chunichi Dragons franchise in Japan, but only played in 4 games before signing a minor league contract with the Reds. {{Baseball year|1999}} saw Jarvis at the Oakland Athletics, but only amassed 4 games for them. But he did help the Triple-A affiliate of the A's, the Vancouver Canadians to the Triple-A World Championship posting an excellent record of 10–2, before winning game 2 of the Triple-A World Championship.

{{Baseball year|2000}} saw the 5th different franchise of Jarvis' career - the Colorado Rockies. He pitched mainly as a starter, starting 19 of his 24 games played, posting a 3–4 record, from 115 innings pitched. {{Baseball year|2001}} saw the first of three seasons with the San Diego Padres, and was given the role of starting pitcher in every season. 2001 was by far his best major league season. He was 12–11 in 193 innings pitched with a 4.79 ERA, 133 strikeouts, and hit the only home run of his career (off Kent Bottenfield), but these numbers fell away, with the Padres ({{Baseball year|2002}}-{{Baseball year|2003}}), Seattle Mariners ({{Baseball year|2004}}), Rockies (2004), St. Louis Cardinals ({{Baseball year|2005}}), Diamondbacks ({{Baseball year|2006}}), and Boston Red Sox (2006).{{cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20060831&content_id=1639286&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb|title=D-Backs send veteran Jarvis to Boston|last=Gilbert|first=Steve|date=August 31, 2006|publisher=MLB|access-date=June 2, 2010}}

Personal life

Jarvis is married to Elizabeth and they have two children (Bryce and Kennedy). Prior to joining the Angels' scouting staff, Jarvis held a similar post with the San Diego Padres.{{cite web|url=http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110505&content_id=18693108&vkey=news_sd&c_id=sd|title=Hinch making impact on Padres' pro scouting|publisher=San Diego Padres|access-date=November 15, 2012|archive-date=May 11, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110511044830/http://sandiego.padres.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110505&content_id=18693108&vkey=news_sd&c_id=sd|url-status=dead}} His son Bryce is a pitcher for the Arizona Diamondbacks of Major League Baseball.