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Jake Westbrook

Jacob Cauthen Westbrook

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 29, 1977 in Athens, GA
High School: Madison County (Danielsville, GA)
Drafted
by the Colorado Rockies in the 1st round (21st pick) of the 1996 amateur draft.
Signed June 13, 1996. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 2000
Teams (by GP): Indians/Cardinals/Yankees 2000-2011
2012 Contract Status: Free Agent (mutual option), 2 yrs/$17.5M (11-12) & 13 mutual option (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 10.144, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: Michael Maas [*]
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 9, 2012, 5:23PM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #745. Jack Scott… #746. Ian Kennedy… #747. Jeff Brantley… #748. JAKE WESTBROOK… #749. Roger McDowell… #750. Guy Morton… #751. Trevor Cahill… 

Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2000 22 NYY AL 0 2 .000 13.50 3 2 1 0 0 0 6.2 15 10 10 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 38 37 2.850 20.3 1.4 5.4 1.4 0.25
2001 23 CLE AL 4 4 .500 5.85 23 6 3 0 0 0 64.2 79 43 42 6 22 4 48 4 0 4 290 77 1.562 11.0 0.8 3.1 6.7 2.18
2002 24 CLE AL 1 3 .250 5.83 11 4 1 0 0 0 41.2 50 30 27 6 12 1 20 1 0 1 185 76 1.488 10.8 1.3 2.6 4.3 1.67
2003 25 CLE AL 7 10 .412 4.33 34 22 4 1 0 0 133.0 142 70 64 9 56 1 58 12 0 3 580 102 1.489 9.6 0.6 3.8 3.9 1.04
2004 26 CLE AL 14 9 .609 3.38 33 30 2 5 1 0 215.2 208 95 81 19 61 3 116 5 1 4 895 129 1.247 8.7 0.8 2.5 4.8 1.90 AS
2005 27 CLE AL 15 15 .500 4.49 34 34 0 2 0 0 210.2 218 121 105 19 56 3 119 7 0 3 895 93 1.301 9.3 0.8 2.4 5.1 2.13
2006 28 CLE AL 15 10 .600 4.17 32 32 0 3 2 0 211.1 247 106 98 15 55 4 109 4 0 5 904 107 1.429 10.5 0.6 2.3 4.6 1.98
2007 29 CLE AL 6 9 .400 4.32 25 25 0 0 0 0 152.0 159 78 73 13 55 5 93 6 0 3 648 105 1.408 9.4 0.8 3.3 5.5 1.69
2008 30 CLE AL 1 2 .333 3.12 5 5 0 1 0 0 34.2 33 13 12 5 7 0 19 1 0 1 139 138 1.154 8.6 1.3 1.8 4.9 2.71
2010 32 TOT MLB 10 11 .476 4.22 33 33 0 1 0 0 202.2 203 99 95 20 68 4 128 8 0 8 860 93 1.337 9.0 0.9 3.0 5.7 1.88
2010 32 CLE AL 6 7 .462 4.65 21 21 0 1 0 0 127.2 133 68 66 15 44 4 73 6 0 6 543 85 1.386 9.4 1.1 3.1 5.1 1.66
2010 32 STL NL 4 4 .500 3.48 12 12 0 0 0 0 75.0 70 31 29 5 24 0 55 2 0 2 317 112 1.253 8.4 0.6 2.9 6.6 2.29
2011 33 STL NL 12 9 .571 4.66 33 33 0 0 0 0 183.1 208 103 95 16 73 8 104 2 0 3 809 78 1.533 10.2 0.8 3.6 5.1 1.42
11 Seasons 85 84 .503 4.34 266 226 11 13 3 0 1456.1 1562 768 702 129 469 34 815 50 1 35 6243 98 1.395 9.7 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.74
162 Game Avg. 12 12 .503 4.34 37 31 2 2 0 0 201 216 106 97 18 65 5 113 7 0 5 863 98 1.395 9.7 0.8 2.9 5.0 1.74
CLE (9 yrs) 69 69 .500 4.29 218 179 10 13 3 0 1191.1 1269 624 568 107 368 25 655 46 1 30 5079 101 1.374 9.6 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.78
STL (2 yrs) 16 13 .552 4.32 45 45 0 0 0 0 258.1 278 134 124 21 97 8 159 4 0 5 1126 86 1.452 9.7 0.7 3.4 5.5 1.64
NYY (1 yr) 0 2 .000 13.50 3 2 1 0 0 0 6.2 15 10 10 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 38 37 2.850 20.3 1.4 5.4 1.4 0.25
AL (10 yrs) AL 69 71 .493 4.34 221 181 11 13 3 0 1198.0 1284 634 578 108 372 26 656 46 1 30 5117 100 1.382 9.6 0.8 2.8 4.9 1.76
NL (2 yrs) NL 16 13 .552 4.32 45 45 0 0 0 0 258.1 278 134 124 21 97 8 159 4 0 5 1126 86 1.452 9.7 0.7 3.4 5.5 1.64

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2000 22 NYY AL 6.2 2 10 5 0 .9 -5 -0.4 $
2001 23 CLE AL 64.2 6 43 45 -2 .8 2 0.0 $
2002 24 CLE AL 41.2 4 30 28 -2 .9 -2 -0.3 $217,000
2003 25 CLE AL 133.0 22 70 81 1 1.1 11 1.1 $305,500
2004 26 CLE AL 215.2 30 95 140 -6 .9 45 4.4 $925,000 AS
2005 27 CLE AL 210.2 34 121 117 8 1.1 -4 -0.4 $2,900,000
2006 28 CLE AL 211.1 32 106 145 -6 1.0 39 3.8 $4,250,000
2007 29 CLE AL 152.0 25 78 102 -1 1.0 24 2.4 $6,100,000
2008 30 CLE AL 34.2 5 13 23 0 1.0 10 1.0 $10,000,000
2010 32 CLE AL 127.2 21 68 71 2 1.0 3 0.4 $11,000,000
2010 32 STL NL 75.0 12 31 40 0 .9 9 1.0 $
2011 33 STL NL 183.1 33 103 103 -1 1.1 -0 0.0 $8,000,000
11 Seasons 1456.1 226 768 900 -7 1.0 132 13.0 $43,697,500
CLE (9 yrs) 1191.1 179 624 752 -6 1.0 128 12.4 $35,697,500
STL (2 yrs) 258.1 45 134 142 -0 1.0 8 1.0 $8,000,000
NYY (1 yr) 6.2 2 10 5 0 .9 -5 -0.4 $

Postseason Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
2007 29 CLE AL ALDS W NYY 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 9 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 1.800 16.2 1.8 0.0 1.8
2007 29 CLE AL ALCS L BOS 1 1 .500 3.55 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 16 5 5 1 4 1 7 0 0 0 52 1.579 11.4 0.7 2.8 5.0 1.75
2011 33 STL NL WS W TEX 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00
2 Seasons (3 Series) 2 2 .500 5.03 5 3 2 0 0 0 19.2 27 11 11 2 5 1 8 0 0 0 82 1.627 12.4 0.9 2.3 3.7 1.60
1 ALDS 0 1 .000 10.80 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.0 9 6 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 22 1.800 16.2 1.8 0.0 1.8
1 ALCS 1 1 .500 3.55 2 2 0 0 0 0 12.2 16 5 5 1 4 1 7 0 0 0 52 1.579 11.4 0.7 2.8 5.0 1.75
1 WS 1 0 1.000 0.00 2 0 2 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.500 9.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 0.00

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
2000 22 NYY AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2001 23 CLE AL 23 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2002 24 CLE AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2003 25 CLE AL 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2004 26 CLE AL 33 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 AS
2005 27 CLE AL 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 28 CLE AL 32 5 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .750 1.250 220 3 0 0 1 0 0 1
2007 29 CLE AL 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 30 CLE AL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2010 32 TOT MLB 33 29 27 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 12 .111 .143 .148 .291 -20 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
2010 32 CLE AL 21 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 11
2010 32 STL NL 12 27 25 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 11 .120 .154 .160 .314 -14 4 0 0 1 0 0 11
2011 33 STL NL 33 60 47 2 5 2 0 1 8 0 0 3 23 .106 .160 .213 .373 4 10 0 0 10 0 0 1
11 Seasons 266 105 86 3 10 4 0 1 10 0 0 5 43 .116 .165 .198 .363 -0 17 0 0 14 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 64 52 2 6 2 0 1 6 0 0 3 26 .116 .165 .198 .363 -0 10 0 0 9 0 0
CLE (9 yrs) 218 18 14 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .143 .200 .214 .414 11 3 0 0 3 0 0
STL (2 yrs) 45 87 72 3 8 3 0 1 9 0 0 4 34 .111 .158 .194 .352 -3 14 0 0 11 0 0
NYY (1 yr) 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (10 yrs) 221 18 14 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .143 .200 .214 .414 11 3 0 0 3 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 45 87 72 3 8 3 0 1 9 0 0 4 34 .111 .158 .194 .352 -3 14 0 0 11 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2001 23 CLE AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
2003 25 CLE AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $305,500 1
2004 26 CLE AL 4 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $925,000 1 AS
2005 27 CLE AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $2,900,000 1
2006 28 CLE AL 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $4,250,000 1
2007 29 CLE AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $6,100,000 1
2010 32 CLE AL 2 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $11,000,000 11
2010 32 STL NL 27 -4 0 -0 0 0 3 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 11
2011 33 STL NL 60 -6 -0 0 0 0 6 2 2 0.2 2 0.2 0.0 $8,000,000 1
8 Seasons 105 -13 -0 0 0 0 10 3 -0 0.0 -0 0.0 0.0 $33,480,500
CLE (7 yrs) 18 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $25,480,500
STL (2 yrs) 87 -10 -0 0 0 0 9 2 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $8,000,000

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2011 33 STL NL WS TEX W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2000 NYY AL 22 P 3 6.2 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.35 0.33 .960 1.62 1.60
2001 CLE AL 23 P 23 64.2 20 4 15 1 1 .950 2.64 0.83 .955 1.75 1.74
2002 CLE AL 24 P 11 41.2 10 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.16 0.91 .957 1.68 1.67
2003 CLE AL 25 P 34 133.0 31 6 24 1 3 .968 2 3 2.03 0.88 .957 1.73 1.71
2004 CLE AL 26 P 33 215.2 76 24 49 3 6 .961 9 8 3.05 2.21 .948 1.66 1.65 AS
2005 CLE AL 27 P 34 210.2 82 31 49 2 2 .976 4 4 3.42 2.35 .954 1.70 1.68
2006 CLE AL 28 P 32 211.1 74 33 40 1 2 .986 2 2 3.11 2.28 .958 1.56 1.54
2007 CLE AL 29 P 25 152.0 48 19 29 0 5 1.000 2 3 2.84 1.92 .955 1.60 1.59
2008 CLE AL 30 P 5 34.2 12 3 8 1 1 .917 3 17 2.86 2.20 .952 1.61 1.60
2010 TOT MLB 32 P 33 202.2 65 16 47 2 3 .969 9 8 2.80 1.91 .954 1.67 1.65
2010 CLE AL 32 P 21 127.2 31 5 24 2 0 .935 5 8 2.04 1.38 .953 1.63 1.61
2010 STL NL 32 P 12 75.0 34 11 23 0 3 1.000 4 11 4.08 2.83 .954 1.73 1.72
2011 STL NL 33 P 33 33 0 183.1 74 29 43 2 5 .973 6 7 3.53 2.18 .955 1.80 1.79 13 4 24% 3
11 Seasons P 266 33 0 1456.1 493 170 310 13 28 .974 37 5 2.97 1.80 .954 1.67 1.67 13 4 24% 3
11 Seasons TOT 266 33 0 1456.1 493 170 310 13 28 .974 37 33 2.97 1.80 .954 1.67 1.67 13 4 24% 3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitcherss c a p y
2004 AL  4.4 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
2004 AL  3.38 (3rd)
Active  4.34 (50th)

Wins s c a p y
2004 AL  14 (8th)
2005 AL  15 (8th)
Active  85 (47th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
2004 AL  1.247 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
Active  2.898 (43rd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2004 AL  215.7 (9th)
2005 AL  210.7 (10th)
2006 AL  211.3 (10th)
Active  1,456.3 (42nd)

Games Started s c a p y
2005 AL  34 (3rd)
2011 NL  33 (4th)
Active  226 (42nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
2004 AL  5 (1st)
2005 AL  2 (10th)
2006 AL  3 (3rd)
Active  13 (24th)

Shutouts s c a p y
2004 AL  1 (4th)
2006 AL  2 (1st)
Active  3 (48th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2011 NL  73 (9th)
Active  469 (45th)

Hits s c a p y
2006 AL  247 (1st)
Active  1,562 (40th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
2004 AL  0.793 (5th)
2005 AL  0.812 (5th)
2006 AL  0.639 (3rd)
Active  0.797 (14th)

Losses s c a p y
2005 AL  15 (4th)
Active  84 (38th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
2005 AL  105 (9th)
2011 NL  95 (7th)
Active  702 (40th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
2003 AL  12 (2nd)
Active  50 (48th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
2006 AL  904 (7th)
Active  6,243 (42nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
2004 AL  129 (4th)

Putouts as P s c a p y
2004 AL  24 (1st)
2005 AL  31 (1st)
2006 AL  33 (1st)
2011 NL  29 (2nd)
Active  170 (9th)

Assists as P s c a p y
2004 AL  49 (3rd)
2005 AL  49 (1st)
2006 AL  40 (2nd)
2011 NL  43 (2nd)
Active  310 (11th)

Range Factor/9Inn as Ps c a p y
2004 AL  3.05 (5th)
2005 AL  3.42 (3rd)
2006 AL  3.11 (3rd)

Range Factor/Game as P s c a p y
2004 AL  2.21 (1st)
2005 AL  2.35 (1st)
2006 AL  2.28 (1st)
2011 NL  2.18 (1st)
Active  1.80 (2nd)

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (551), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 31 (768), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (824), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200224Cleveland Indians$217,0004/3/02 AP
200325Cleveland Indians$305,5004/3/03 AP
200426Cleveland Indians$925,0004/7/04 AP
200527Cleveland Indians$2,900,000
200628Cleveland Indians$4,250,000
200729Cleveland Indians$6,100,000
200830Cleveland Indians$10,000,000
200931Cleveland Indians$10,000,000
201032Cleveland Indians$11,000,000
201133St. Louis Cardinals$8,000,000
201234St. Louis Cardinals$8,500,000
201335St. Louis Cardinals*$8,500,000$8.5M Mutual Option, $1M Buyoutno buyout if player declines mutual option, $1m buyout only if team does
Career to date (may be incomplete)$53,697,500Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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