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)

The Jake Peavy Library

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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