Personal: John David Weathers is married to wife, Kelli and has one son, Ryan (12/17/99). ... He graduated from Loretto (TN) High School in 1987. ... Played baseball and basketball in high school. ... Was an All-State baseball player as a sophomore, junior and senior. ...

2001 Highlights: 
Went 4-5 with four saves in career-high 80 games combined with the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers. ... Ranked fifth in the National League in appearances. ... Held opposing batters to a .216 (65-301) batting average. ... Stranded 36 of 44 inherited runners (82%). ... Recorded 15 holds. ... Worked 2 innings-or-more in 11 of his outings. ... Notched three saves in April with the Brewers (Apr. 18 at Cincinnati, Apr. 21 at San Francisco, Apr. 25 v. New York). ... Earned his final save of the year on July 3 v. St. Louis. ... In his last 100 outings, he has a 2.14 ERA (25 earned runs in 105 1/3 innings) dating back to July 20, 2000. 

»June 25, 1995: Florida P David Weathers loses a chance at a no-hitter when he is hit on his pitching hand by a Tim Pugh fastball and has to leave the game against the Reds. He had held Cincinnati hitless over the 1st five innings. Terry Mathews replaces him and allows three hits in preserving the Marlins' 5-1 win. 

»May 21, 1996: Dave Weathers homers and pitches six shutout innings as the streaking Marlins win, 3–2, over the slumping Reds. The Marlins (24-23) are over .500 for the first time in two years. 

»July 31, 1996: At the trading deadline, Detroit trades 1B-DH Cecil Fielder, 32, to the Yankees for OF-DH Ruben Sierra and minor league P Matt Drews. The Yankees also obtain P David Weathers from the Marlins for P Mark Hutton, but will send him to the minors in three weeks. 

»August 13, 1996: Robin Ventura belts his team-record 9th grand slam to pace the White Sox to an 8–4 win over the Yankees. David Weathers serves up the gopher. 

»March 3, 1997: For the negotiating rights to Hideki Irabu the Yankees offer the Padres a choice of one from a list of players: Brian Boehringer, David Weathers, Chris Cumberland, Andy Fox, and Matt Luke. Also, one player from a list of five minor leaguers, plus $3 million. The Padres are talking to several other teams beside the Yankees. 

»April 25, 1997: The White Sox belt the Yankees, 9–3, scoring four runs off reliever David Weathers in a third of an inning. Weathers, with seven blown saves, will be "designated for reassignment" tomorrow. 

»April 6, 2001: A crowd of 42,024, including President George W. Bush, is on hand for the first game ever played in Milwaukee's Miller Park. After Bush tosses out the first ball, the Brewers come from behind on Richie Sexson's 2-run home run in the 8th to defeat the Reds, 5-4. Reliever David Weathers takes the win. 

»July 30, 2001: The Cubs get P David Weathers and P Roberto Miniel from the Brewers for P Ruben Quevedo and OF Peter Zoccolillo. 

»December 13, 2001: The Mets sign free agent OF Roger Cedeno to a 4-year, $18 million contract and free agent P David Weathers to a 3-year pact worth $9.4 million. 

»June 17, 2004: Houston Astros traded Richard Hidalgo and cash considerations to the New York Mets for David Weathers and Jeremy Griffiths.

»September 8, 2004: Signed as a free agent by the Florida Marlins.

»Nov. 3, 2004: Filed for free agency.

»December 15, 2004: Signed as a free agent by Cincinnati Reds to a one-year contract with a club option for 2006.

»Here's his 2005 player profile bits from Reds.com: As one of the Reds' most dependable pitchers led the staff with a career-high 15 saves

With 7 victories fell 1 shy of his career high

Became the club's closer after Danny Graves was designated for assignment on 5/23 and after that date recorded a 3.54era with all 15 of his saves

In his last 59 apps of the season beginning 5/ 7 posted a 3.19era

Converted 15-19 save opps

In mid-July was bothered by a strained lower back and in his first 4 apps after the All-Star break allowed 4er in 2.2ip, raising ERA from 3.57 to 4.13

Finished the season by posting a 3.64era in his last 29 apps

After facing 3 batters on 7/19 vs Chi left the game with that back injury

In the 5-3 win on 5/23 vs Wsh recorded his first save since 9/2/03 with the Mets vs Atl

In the ninth inning of the 11-10 loss on 9/ 23 vs Phi allowed 5er on a 3-run HR to Chase Utley and a 2-run HR to David Bell

Allowed at least 2 homers in a game for the seventh time in his career, for the third time in relief and for the first time since 6/11/02 for NYM at WSox

His season ERA excluding that 9/23 appearance drops to 3.40 and his second-half ERA drops to 3.16

On 11/15 had arthroscopic surgery to repair a small tear in the medial meniscus of his right knee (Dr. Timothy Kremchek)

On 1/16/ 06 suffered a torn extensor tendon in his right index finger was expected to recover in 3-4 weeks.

»December 12, 2006: Reds agreed to terms with RHP David Weathers on a two-year, $5 million contract. Just a week after he passed his physical. Weathers gets salaries of $2.25 million for 2007 and $2.75 million in 2008. He can made an additional $800,000 in bonuses each year based on games finished starting with 35, and he would get the full amount if he finishes 65 games. He's the current favorite for saves in Cincinnati, though it's likely that Mike Stanton will get the occasional opportunity against left-handed-heavy lineups.