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Career Summary

Years	G	IP	W	L	SV	ERA	WARP
13	315	1747.7	105	103	0	4.32	12.4

Birth Date	9-29-1977
Height	6' 3"
Weight	210 lbs

Age	46 years, 6 months, 28 days
Bats	R
Throws	R

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Historical (past-seasons) WARP is now based on DRA..
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YEAR	Team	Lg	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-	WARP
2000	NYA	MLB	3	2	6.7	0	2	15	4	1	1	82	20.3	5.4	1.4	1.4	0%	.438	2.85	6.67	13.50	116	7.38	141.9	-0.1
2001	CLE	MLB	23	6	64.7	4	4	79	22	48	6	103	11.0	3.1	0.8	6.7	0%	.348	1.56	4.02	5.85	93	4.48	92.8	0.8
2002	CLE	MLB	11	4	41.7	1	3	50	12	20	6	98	10.8	2.6	1.3	4.3	0%	.301	1.49	4.90	5.83	107	5.99	128.4	-0.2
2003	CLE	MLB	34	22	133.0	7	10	142	56	58	9	93	9.6	3.8	0.6	3.9	0%	.299	1.49	4.63	4.33	105	5.59	117.1	0.2
2004	CLE	MLB	33	30	215.7	14	9	208	61	116	19	103	8.7	2.5	0.8	4.8	0%	.272	1.25	4.14	3.38	91	4.48	92.5	3.0
2005	CLE	MLB	34	34	210.7	15	15	218	56	119	19	99	9.3	2.4	0.8	5.1	0%	.287	1.30	3.98	4.49	90	3.56	76.5	4.6
2006	CLE	MLB	32	32	211.3	15	10	247	55	109	15	107	10.5	2.3	0.6	4.6	0%	.322	1.43	3.91	4.17	88	5.14	104.7	1.5
2007	CLE	MLB	25	25	152.0	6	9	159	55	93	13	100	9.4	3.3	0.8	5.5	0%	.304	1.41	4.39	4.32	99	5.00	103.4	1.2
2008	CLE	MLB	5	5	34.7	1	2	33	7	19	5	102	8.6	1.8	1.3	4.9	0%	.262	1.15	4.62	3.12	92	3.53	75.4	0.8
2010	CLE	0	21	21	127.7	6	7	133	44	73	15	106	9.4	3.1	1.1	5.1	0%	.291	1.39	4.60	4.65	103	4.78	107.9	0.7
2010	SLN	0	12	12	75.0	4	4	70	24	55	5	89	8.4	2.9	0.6	6.6	0%	.281	1.25	3.54	3.48	94	4.50	101.6	0.7
2011	SLN	MLB	33	33	183.3	12	9	208	73	104	16	96	10.2	3.6	0.8	5.1	0%	.313	1.53	4.21	4.66	104	5.27	122.6	-0.4
2012	SLN	MLB	28	28	174.7	13	11	191	52	106	12	98	9.8	2.7	0.6	5.5	0%	.312	1.39	3.84	3.97	99	4.55	104.3	1.3
2013	SLN	MLB	21	19	116.7	7	8	132	50	44	7	102	10.2	3.9	0.5	3.4	0%	.303	1.56	4.59	4.63	121	6.15	147.3	-1.7
2010	TOT	MLB	33	33	202.7	10	11	203	68	128	20	100	9.0	3.0	0.9	5.7	0%	.000	1.34	4.21	4.22	100	4.67	105.5	1.4
Career		MLB	315	273	1747.7	105	103	1885	571	965	148	100	9.7	2.9	0.8	5.0	60%	.301	1.41	4.20	4.32	98	4.83	105.1	12.4

Statistics for All Levels

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YEAR	Team	Lg	LG	G	GS	IP	W	L	H	BB	SO	HR	PPF	H/9	BB/9	HR/9	K/9	GB%	BABIP	WHIP	FIP	ERA	cFIP	DRA	DRA-
2000	NYA	MLB	AL	3	2	6.7	0	2	15	4	1	1	82	20.3	5.4	1.4	1.4	0%	.438	2.85	6.67	13.50	116	7.38	141.9
2001	CLE	MLB	AL	23	6	64.7	4	4	79	22	48	6	103	11.0	3.1	0.8	6.7	0%	.348	1.56	4.02	5.85	93	4.48	92.8
2002	CLE	MLB	AL	11	4	41.7	1	3	50	12	20	6	98	10.8	2.6	1.3	4.3	0%	.301	1.49	4.90	5.83	107	5.99	128.4
2003	CLE	MLB	AL	34	22	133.0	7	10	142	56	58	9	93	9.6	3.8	0.6	3.9	0%	.299	1.49	4.63	4.33	105	5.59	117.1
2004	CLE	MLB	AL	33	30	215.7	14	9	208	61	116	19	103	8.7	2.5	0.8	4.8	0%	.272	1.25	4.14	3.38	91	4.48	92.5
2005	CLE	MLB	AL	34	34	210.7	15	15	218	56	119	19	99	9.3	2.4	0.8	5.1	0%	.287	1.30	3.98	4.49	90	3.56	76.5
2006	CLE	MLB	AL	32	32	211.3	15	10	247	55	109	15	107	10.5	2.3	0.6	4.6	0%	.322	1.43	3.91	4.17	88	5.14	104.7
2007	CLE	MLB	AL	25	25	152.0	6	9	159	55	93	13	100	9.4	3.3	0.8	5.5	0%	.304	1.41	4.39	4.32	99	5.00	103.4
2008	CLE	MLB	AL	5	5	34.7	1	2	33	7	19	5	102	8.6	1.8	1.3	4.9	0%	.262	1.15	4.62	3.12	92	3.53	75.4
2010	CLE	MLB	AL	21	21	127.7	6	7	133	44	73	15	106	9.4	3.1	1.1	5.1	0%	.291	1.39	4.60	4.65	103	4.78	107.9
2010	SLN	MLB	NL	12	12	75.0	4	4	70	24	55	5	89	8.4	2.9	0.6	6.6	0%	.281	1.25	3.54	3.48	94	4.50	101.6
2011	SLN	MLB	NL	33	33	183.3	12	9	208	73	104	16	96	10.2	3.6	0.8	5.1	0%	.313	1.53	4.21	4.66	104	5.27	122.6
2012	SLN	MLB	NL	28	28	174.7	13	11	191	52	106	12	98	9.8	2.7	0.6	5.5	0%	.312	1.39	3.84	3.97	99	4.55	104.3
2013	SLN	MLB	NL	21	19	116.7	7	8	132	50	44	7	102	10.2	3.9	0.5	3.4	0%	.303	1.56	4.59	4.63	121	6.15	147.3
2013	PEO	A	MID	1	1	7.0	1	0	4	0	5	0	98	5.1	0.0	0.0	6.4	0%	.211	0.57	1.90	1.29	85	2.89	62.9
2013	SFD	AA	TEX	1	1	3.7	0	0	6	0	5	0	109	14.7	0.0	0.0	12.3	0%	.546	1.64	0.32	2.45	61	5.68	123.3

Plate Discipline

YEAR	Pits	Zone%	Swing%	Contact%	Z-Swing%	O-Swing%	Z-Contact%	O-Contact%	SwStr%
2008	498	0.4920	0.4518	0.8356	0.6327	0.2767	0.9097	0.6714	0.1644
2010	3287	0.4801	0.4354	0.8211	0.5957	0.2873	0.9053	0.6599	0.1789
2011	3016	0.4433	0.4251	0.8362	0.5789	0.3026	0.9134	0.7185	0.1638
2012	2673	0.4467	0.4572	0.8224	0.6357	0.3130	0.8999	0.6955	0.1776
2013	1899	0.4260	0.4281	0.8536	0.6292	0.2789	0.9371	0.7138	0.1464
Career	11373	0.4540	0.4373	0.8315	0.6079	0.2955	0.9117	0.6933	0.1685

Injury History — No longer being updated

Last Update: 12/31/2014 23:59 ET

Date On	Date Off	Transaction	Days	Games	Side	Body Part	Injury	Severity	Surgery Date	Reaggravation
2013-08-22	2013-09-06	15-DL	15	14	-	Low Back	Strain		-	-
2013-05-09	2013-06-14	15-DL	36	33	Right	Elbow	Inflammation		-	-
2013-03-01	2013-03-06	Camp	5	0	Left	Knee	Contusion		-	-
2012-09-09	2012-10-23	DTD	44	23	Right	Abdomen	Strain	Oblique	-	-
2010-10-13	2010-10-13	FA	0	0	Left	Shoulder	Surgery	Labrum Tear	-
2010-05-05	2010-05-11	DTD	6	3		Low Back	Soreness		-
2009-03-26	2009-10-05	60-DL	193	162	Right	Elbow	Recovery From Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2008-06-01
2008-05-29	2008-09-29	60-DL	123	109	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Tommy John Surgery	2008-06-01
2008-04-20	2008-05-28	15-DL	38	34		Trunk	Strain	Rib Cage	-
2007-05-03	2007-06-24	15-DL	52	49	Left	Abdomen	Strain	Moderate	-
2002-08-26	2002-09-30	15-DL	35	33	Right	Elbow	Contusion	Bone	-
2002-03-30	2002-07-11	60-DL	103	86	Right	Elbow	Surgery	Bone Spur and Ulnar Nerve Transposition	2002-02-26
2000-09-01	2000-10-01	60-DL	30	31	-	Trunk	Recovery From Fracture	Rib	-	-
2000-06-25	2000-09-01	Minors	68	0	-	Trunk	Fracture	Rib	-	-

Compensation

Year	Team	Salary
2013	SLN	$8,750,000
2012	SLN	$8,500,000
2011	SLN	$8,000,000
2010	CLE	$11,000,000
2009	CLE	$10,000,000
2008	CLE	$10,000,000
2007	CLE	$6,100,000
2006	CLE	$4,250,000
2005	CLE	$2,900,000
2004	CLE	$925,000
2003	CLE	$305,500
2002	CLE	$217,000

Years	Description	Salary
12 yr	Previous	$70,947,500
12 yr	Total	$70,947,500

Service Time	Agent	Contract Status
12 y 144 d	Michael Maas	1 year/$9.75M (2013), option

Details

1 year/$9.75M (2013), plus 2014 mutual option. Signed extension with St. Louis 8/22/12. 13:$8.75M, 14:$9.5M mutual option, $1M buyout. St. Louis declined 2014 option 10/31/13. Retired 2/14.
2 years/$16.5M (2011-12), plus 2013 mutual option. Re-signed by St. Louis as a free agent 11/16/10. 11:$8M, 12:$8.5M, 13:$8.5M mutual option, $1M buyout if club declines, none if Westbrook declines. Full no-trade clause.
3 years/$33M (2008-10). Signed extension with Cleveland 4/07. $2M added to 2007 salary, 08:$10M, 09:$10M, 10:$11M. Acquired by St. Louis in three-way trade with Cleveland & San Diego 7/31/10.
2 years/$7.5M (2005-06), plus 2007 club option. Signed extension with Cleveland 1/05 (avoided arbitration). 05:$2.9M, 06:$4.25M, 07:$5.6M club option, $0.3M buyout. Option increases to $5.8M with 200 IP in 2006, $6.1M with 210 IP in 2006). Buyout increases to $0.6M with 180 IP 2005. Award bonuses for top-five finish in Cy Young vote. Cleveland exercised 2007 option at $6.1M 10/06.
1 year/$0.925M (2004). Re-signed 12/03 (avoided arbitration). $75,000 in performance bonuses.
1 year/$0.3055M (2003). Re-signed 3/03. Optioned to Triple-A 6/03. Recalled 7/03.
1 year/$0.217M (2002). Re-signed 3/02.
1 year (2001). Recalled 5/01. Optioned 6/01, 8/01. Recalled 8/01.
Acquired by Cleveland in trade from NY Yankees 7/24/00.
Acquired by NY Yankees in trade from Montreal 12/99.
Acquired by Montreal in trade from Colorado 12/97.
Drafted by Colorado 1996 (1-21) (Madison County High, Danielsville, Ga.). $0.75M signing bonus.

2019 Preseason Forecast

Last Update: 1/27/2017 12:35 ET

PCT	W	L	SV	G	GS	IP	H	BB	SO	HR	BABIP	WHIP	ERA	DRA	VORP	WARP
Weighted Mean	?	?	?	?	?	0.0	?	0	0	?	.000	0.00	0.00	?	0.0	0.0

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BP Chats

Date	Question	Answer
2013-08-01 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Now that they didn't pick up a starter, who do you think steps up for the Cardinals down the stretch in the 4/5 slots between Jake Westbrook, Joe Kelly, Michael Wacha and Carlos Martinez? (Scott from LA)	Martinez is a nice sleeper; he's back in Triple-A and started for the first time since being demoted a few days ago. I assume he's going to get stretched out, and I wonder if they didn't use him in the pen to curb his innings workload a bit. I'm guessing Westbrook hangs around no matter what. After that I don't have a favorite, but obviously St. Louis can't go wrong any way they go. (R.J. Anderson Trade Deadline Wrap Chat)
2012-05-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Ugh, are the Cardinals REALLY this good? It seems like every single break seems to go their way. Jake Westbrook and Kyle Lohse? ACES! Tyler Greene? SECOND COMING OF JEFF BAGWELL! So damn annoying. (Reds Fan from Cincinnati)	According to our Adjusted Standings, not only have they actually been this good, they've actually been better. The Cardinals' third-order winning percentage is .733. That's the best in baseball, folks. Maybe Pujols was holding them back all that time! Scary for Reds fans, huh? (Ben Lindbergh)
2010-11-23 13:00:00 (link to chat)	"I haven't been wild about any deal so far this winter." Not even Jake Westbrook re-upping with St. Louis for2/$16.5M? They had a need, and how could they have filled it for less? (Bill from New Mexico)	It's not a horrible deal if you can guarantee he'll be healthy, and he's a good fit with Dave Duncan, but the guy's got one 30-start season out of the last four. (Jay Jaffe)
2010-08-02 13:30:00 (link to chat)	Is Jocketty being complacent in not getteing some relief help at the deadline? We'd at least like to see some evidence that someone in the organization notices how risky CoCo Cordero's high wire act has become. (Scartore from The Q.C.)	If the Cardinals made a mistake in overpaying for Jake Westbrook, I'd put the Reds' total inaction for picking up some relief depth just about right up there with it. (Christina Kahrl)
2010-06-18 14:00:00 (link to chat)	It looks like the Reds are at least real enough to stay in the race with the Cards. Who should they target to bolster the roster for the 2nd half? Is Fausto Carmona enough? Lee/Haren too much? It seems the Reds have as much near-ready talent as anybody, if not uber-elite types. (Rick from Chicago)	The Reds are actually my sleeper team to potentially nab Lee. I also wouldn't be surprised if they go after Jake Westbrook or someone like that to stabilize the rotation. Can't see them getting Haren, or thinking that Carmona would be enough. (Eric Seidman)
2010-02-02 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Will, last year you predicted a break-out year for Edwin Jackson and my fantasy team thanks you for that. Is there anyone you want to tell us about this year? (Swingingbunts from NY)	I did? I rule. (Dumb luck.) I like Daisuke Matsuzaka, but that won't surprise anyone. I like Jake Westbrook's chances. If I have to go total sleeper, I'll say Manny Parra. (Will Carroll)
2009-09-10 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hi Will, thanks for the chat. Do you have any updates on Jake Westbrook and Adam Miller? What does next year look like for each of them? (jimbeau from Left Coast)	Westbrook will be ready for Spring Training. Nothing on Miller. (Will Carroll)
2009-08-11 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Speaking of UCLs, Jake Westbrook sounds like he's had enough of a setback to ruin his 2009: is there official worry that he'll lose some 2010 as well? (buffum from Austin TX)	Official? No, but there's some worry when there's setbacks or cascades. I still like Westbrook a lot, but I didn't think he'd injure himself in the first place so take it fwiw. Have to take a call -- be back asap. (Will Carroll)
2009-07-01 14:00:00 (link to chat)	Do you have any insight on who the PTBNL in the DeRosa deal could be? Also, why did they use a PTBNL at all? (jbuofm from Peoria)	I think I trust the rumors that it'll be either Jess Todd or Francisco Samuel (relievers both), as John Perrotto related today. However, the Indians are currently at 39 on the 40-man, and they'll be re-adding Jake Westbrook from the 60-day DL sometime in the near future, which means they don't really have space to add Todd (who's already rostered) without then also having to subsequently cut someone once Westbrook gets reactivated. The options as far as who the PTBNL might be might also change, depending on the outcome of the Cardinals' season. (Christina Kahrl)
2009-06-15 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Jake Westbrook is close to returning - what can we expect from him in half a season? (derek from ohio)	I always worry just a little more about control guys coming back from TJS than I do power guys. I still think he'll be good, not great ... so typical Westbrook. I'm still stunned he got hurt. (Will Carroll)
2008-06-20 13:30:00 (link to chat)	What are your thoughts on the Braves kids in the rotation? (Jurrjens, Reyes, Morton) (Jon from Macon)	I don't know that much about Morton, so I'll reserve judgment. Jurrjens is a midrotation guy, maybe slightly less. He reminds me of Jake Westbrook, with more upside than that. Reyes has improved a ton year-over-year, really tightening his mechanics and command, and now looks to me like an above-average starter in the majors. He was rushed last year, and I didn't take that into account enough when looking at him. (Joe Sheehan)
2008-06-17 15:00:00 (link to chat)	What do you think of the Indians and Tigers playoff chances going forward? The Sox are anywhere from 55-70 percent favorites from the 3 BP odds reports. That sounds accurate to you? (colintj from a2)	Given where those three teams are right now and the underlying causes for how they got there, I think that sounds about right. Cleveland has lost Jake Westbrook for the season, they've lost Victor Martinez for awhile, Travis Hafner has joined the ranks of the undead, and Rafael Betancourt is looking pretty clammy and monosyllabic as well. Detroit is out Bonderman already, the rest of their rotation is a mess, we don't know how well their bullpen can hold up, and they have to dig their way out of a sizeable hole. Meanwhile in Chicago we've seen guys like Carlos Quentin, Alexei Ramirez, Gavin Floyd, and John Danks start to deliver on their promise even as the offense in general has underachieved. The Sox lead isn't insurmountable but given the run differentials and the injury situations I'd place my nickel on them. (Jay Jaffe)
2008-01-09 13:00:00 (link to chat)	Hey KG, what particular stats do you focus on when considering a pitching prospect? Does some stat that takes into account ability to induce ground balls come into play? And, finally, what pitchers have a chance to develop into the next Derek Lowe / Jake Westbrook? Thanks. (Mario66 from Toronto)	IP, H, K are the first three I like out, but everything is taken into account. Next Derek Lowe just might be Justin Masterson. (Kevin Goldstein)

BP Roundtables

Date	Roundtable Name	Comment
2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	Buehrle's play was terrific, though I felt bad for Lou Marson, who not only got robbed on that play but was complicit in four Jake Westbrook wild pitches, all of which were balls Marson probably could have stopped. (Ken Funck)
2010-04-05 09:30:00	Season Opener Roundtable	I'm switching to White Sox/Indians. Jake Westbrook as an opening day guy? That's Dodgers/Pirates territory. (Kevin Goldstein)

PITCHf/x Pitcher Profile

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Although he has not thrown an MLB pitch in 2024, Jake Westbrook threw 12,868 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2007 and 2013, all of them occuring in Spring Training. In 2013, he relied primarily on his Sinker (90mph), also mixing in a Splitter (82mph) and Cutter (85mph). He also rarely threw a Curve (79mph).