1)  Most know that Jeff's bother Jered is in the Angels Organization, but he also has a cousin Jeb that is a tight end for the New England Patriots.  

2)  Weaver played on the 1996 bronze-medal-winning U.S. Olympic baseball team and was then selected by the Chicago White Sox in the second-round of the 1997 draft.  Weaver, a Scot Boras client, did not like the offer made to him by the White Sox, so he decided to return to Fresno State for his junior year. 

3)  In 1998, Weaver was selected by the Detroit Tigers in the first round of the 1998 draft (14th overall pick) after earning All-American honors in his final season with the Fresno State University Bulldogs.  He left the Bulldogs with a 33-15 career record and 3.12 ERA.  He currently holds the team record for strikeouts (477).

4)  Weaver started his minor-league career off well combining to go 3-0 with a 0.88 ERA in Single-A Jamestown and Single-A West Michigan, averaging 12.5 strikeouts per nine innings.  He helped the West Michigan Whitecaps win the Midwest League title by winning a game in each of the playoff rounds.  He was named as the Tigers' second best prospect by Baseball America.

5)  Weaver started the 1999 season in Double-A Jacksonville.  He made just one start there before being promoted to the big club.  He became the fastest Tigers' draft pick to make the Major Leagues in their then 98 year history.

6)  Jeff made his major league debut on April 14th, 1999  pitching against the Minnesota Twins.  Weaver dominated the Twins allowing just one hit in his five scoreless innings while striking out five and earning his first major league win in a 7-1 victory.  His first loss came in his next start on April 20th pitching against the Red Sox.  He allowed just one run and two hits over six innings, but the Tigers lost the game 1-0.  Jeff's 1999 season would turn out to be an up-and-down season as he posted a 6-3 record and 2.89 ERA in his first nine starts, but finished the season with a 9-12 record and 5.55 ERA (thanks to a 13-game winless streak).  He broke the team record for most strikeouts by a rookie right-hander (114), breaking Hooks Daus' record of 107 set in 1913.

7)  In 2000, Weaver started the year in Triple-A but was soon promoted to the big club.  He ended up leading the team in innings pitched (200.0) and finished second on the team in wins (11), starts (30) and strikeouts (136).  He picked up his first career complete game on April 15th against the White Sox, but still lost 4-1.  His best game came on July 31st against the Angels as he went eight innings, allowed just one run and struck out a career-high 12 batters, but the Angels rallied in the ninth off closer Todd Jones to score four runs and win the game 5-4.  Tim Salmon went 4-4 in the game with a home run and two RBI's, but the big hit came from Scott Spiezio who hit a game-winning pinch-hit three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to take the victory away from Weaver.

8)  Weaver became the Tigers' top starter in 2001.  He was chosen to pitch on Opening Day and tossed a complete game in a 3-2 loss to the Minnesota Twins.  He finished the year setting career bests in starts (33), wins (13), innings pitched (229.1) and ERA (4.08).  He led the league averaging 109.67 pitches per start  and also finished with five complete games.  Sadly, he was on the losing end of all five complete games.

9)  Weaver started the 2002 season with the Detroit Tigers going 6-8 with a 3.18 ERA and three shutouts in 17 starts before being traded to the New York Yankees on July 5th.  Before the trade, Weaver threw his finest game in the majors pitching a one-hit complete game shutout against the Cleveland Indians.  His no-hitter was broken up with two outs in the eighth when Chad Magruder doubled.

10)  With the Yankees in 2002, Weaver split time between the bullpen and the rotation and posted a 5-3 record, a 4.04 ERA and earning two saves.  Weaver tied a franchise record by allowing five home runs in one game to the Boston Red Sox on July 21st (making up for his 84.0 inning homerless streak to start the season).  He made his postseason debut against the Angels in the ALDS on October 2nd.  He allowed a run and three hits in his first relief appearance and two runs total in his two relief appearances (3.2 innings) in the series.

11)  Weaver struggled through most of the 2003 season.  He finished the season with a 7-9 record and 5.99 ERA.  He started out the year by not allowing a home run in his first 52.0 innings, becoming the first pitcher since Roger Clemens in 1991 and 1992 to start consecutive seasons with a homerless streak of 52.0 innings.  His steak was snapped on May 15th when Jeff DaVanon took him deep in a 10-4 victory against the Angels.  A few days after he tied career highs by allowing 13 hits and nine runs in a game against the Royals, he was sent down to Single-A and recalled two days later.  He pitched for the Yankees in the World Series against the Florida Marlins and picked up a loss in Game 4 when he allowed a walk-off home run to Alex Gonzalez.

12)  In 2004, Weaver was granted free-agency and decided to sign with the Los Angeles Dodgers.  He struggled early in the National League as his ERA ballooned to 7.30 after four starts.  He redeemed his career in his next 30 starts posting a 3.69 ERA.  He tied Johan Santana for second most quality starts (24) on the year, finishing just one behind Randy Johnson.  He tied a major league record on August 24th by hitting three consecutive batters in the first inning of a game, but none of them ended up scoring and he picked up the win.  Weaver finished the year 13-13 with a 4.01 ERA.  Weaver made his third trip to the postseason in 2004, but he struggled in his only start giving up six earned runs and picking up a loss.

13)  Jeff had his most consistent year on the mound in 2005 as he finished the year with a career-best 14 wins, a career-best 157 strikeouts and allowing a career-low 43 walks in 224.0 innings (avg. 1.73 per nine innings).  He set a career high with 18 hit-batters, but he lowered his wild pitch total from nine the year before to two.

14)  Jeff Weaver is a career .220 hitter.  In 159 at-bats, he has recorded 35 hits (which includes five doubles and a triple), has scored 11 times and has driven in 10 runs. 

15)  In his seven year career, Jeff Weaver has never been on the disabled list.