Jake Peavy
starter | throws: right | bats: right | height: 6-1 | weight: 180 | born: 05.31.81

Jake Peavy
Jake Peavy won pitching’s triple crown in 2007.
Career stats: Baseball-Reference.com
2009 opening day age: 27
2009 salary: $11 million
2010 salary: $15 million
2011 salary: $16 million
2012 salary: $17 million
Contract status: Peavy signed a three-year, $52 million extension, which begins in 2010, on Dec. 12, 2007. The Padres have a team option for 2013 at $22 million, with a $4 million buyout. | Associated Press
In the show: Padres (2002-present)
How he was acquired: The Padres drafted Peavy in the 15th round of the 1999 draft.

Players most similar to: Josh Beckett, Brandon Webb
Career year, 2007: 19-6, 2.54 ERA, 240 strikeouts and 68 walks in 223.1 innings
2009 projections (Bill James Handbook): 14-8, 3.26 ERA, 202 strikeouts and 65 walks in 202 innings

Resume

  • NL Cy Young Award (2007)
  • Two-time All-Star (2005, 2007)
  • Led league in ERA twice (2004, 2007)
  • Led league in wins (2007)
  • Led league in strikeouts twice (2005, 2007)
  • Triple Crown of pitching (2007)
  • The Sporting News NL All-Star team (2007)

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  • Sun rises in East; Peavy wins Cy Young Award — Joe Sheehan, Baseball Prospectus (Nov. 2007)
  • Why Peavy deserved to win NL Cy — Rob Neyer, ESPN.com (Nov. 15, 2007)
  • Peavy the easy pick for NL Cy Young — Mike Celizic, MSNBC (Nov. 15, 2007)
  • Scouting Jake Peavy — Joe P. Sheehan, Baseball Analysts (Sept. 28, 2007)
  • Jake Peavy’s max effort mechanics — Carlos Gomez, The Hardball Times (Aug. 30, 2007)
  • Padres closely monitor pitchers’ workload — Rob Neyer, ESPN.com (July 17, 2002)
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