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

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[edit] 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.

[edit] Scouting Report

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Batting Stats

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

[edit] 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).