Jake Westbrook

Full Name: Jacob Cauthen Westbrook Primary Position: P Height/Weight: 6' 3"/200 First Game: June 17, 2000 Birthdate: September 29, 1977 MLB Experience: 8 years Birthplace: Athens, Georgia Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography

Born on September 29, 1977 in Athens, Georgia, Jake Westbrook (Jacob Cauthen Westbrook) played for the New York Yankees and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 7 year career. Westbrook broke into the bigs on June 17, 2000 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 5.85 ERA in 64.2 innings pitched in 2001, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jake Westbrook's best season was 2004, when he posted a 3.38 ERA, won 14 games and struck out 116 batters.

Statistics

Pitching Stats

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	K	ERA	WHIP	BAA
2000	NYY	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	6.2	15	10	10	1	4	1	13.50	2.85	.469
2001	CLE	23	6	4	4	0	0	0	64.2	79	43	42	6	22	48	5.85	1.56	.306
2002	CLE	11	4	1	3	0	0	0	41.2	50	30	27	6	12	20	5.83	1.49	.296
2003	CLE	34	22	7	10	0	1	0	133.0	142	70	64	9	56	58	4.33	1.49	.281
2004	CLE	33	30	14	9	0	5	1	215.2	208	95	81	19	61	116	3.38	1.25	.255
2005	CLE	34	34	15	15	0	2	0	210.2	218	121	105	19	56	119	4.49	1.30	.265
2006	CLE	32	32	15	10	0	3	2	211.1	247	106	98	15	55	109	4.17	1.43	.296
2007	CLE	25	25	6	9	0	0	0	152.0	159	78	73	13	55	93	4.32	1.41	.276
Career		195	155	62	62	0	11	3	1035.2	1118	553	500	88	321	564	4.35	1.39	.278

Fielding Stats

Year	Team	POS	G	GS	INN	PO	TC	A	E	DP	FPCT
2000	NYY	P	3	2	6	1	1	0	0	0	1.000
2001	CLE	P	23	6	64	4	20	15	1	1	.950
2002	CLE	P	11	4	41	4	10	6	0	0	1.000
2003	CLE	P	34	22	133	6	31	24	1	3	.968
2004	CLE	P	33	30	215	24	76	49	3	6	.961
2005	CLE	P	34	34	210	31	82	49	2	2	.976
2006	CLE	P	32	32	211	33	74	40	1	2	.986
2007	CLE	P	25	25	152	19	48	29	0	5	1.000
Total		P	198	158	1053	126	347	213	8	19	.977

Batting Stats

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2000	NYY	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2001	CLE	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2002	CLE	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2003	CLE	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	.000
2004	CLE	33	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2005	CLE	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
2006	CLE	2	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.750	1.250
2007	CLE	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Career		108	12	0	2	1	0	0	1	1	8	0	0	.167	.231	.250	.481

Transactions

• Selected by Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (21st pick overall) of the free-agent draft (June 4, 1996 - signed June 13, 1996).
• Traded by Colorado Rockies with Mark Hamlin and John Nicholson to Montreal Expos in exchange for Mike Lansing (November 18, 1997).
• Traded by Montreal Expos with 2 players to be named later to New York Yankees in exchange for Hideki Irabu (December 22, 1999); New York Yankees received Ted Lilly (March 17, 2000) and Christian Parker (March 22, 2000).
• Traded by New York Yankees with Ricky Ledee and Zach Day to Cleveland Indians in exchange for David Justice (June 29, 2000).