| Jake Arrieta | |||
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Arrieta with the Orioles in 2011
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| Chicago Cubs – No. 49 | |||
| Pitcher | |||
| Born: March 6, 1986 Farmington, Missouri |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 10, 2010, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 56–38 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.70 | ||
| Strikeouts | 717 | ||
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MLB wins leader (2015)
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Jacob Joseph Arrieta (born March 6, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher with the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Baltimore Orioles. The Arrieta name is Basque in origin.[citation needed] Jake Arrieta is of Puerto Rican heritage from his mother's side.[citation needed]
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Amateur career[edit]
High school[edit]
Born in Farmington, Missouri, Arrieta grew up in Plano, Texas, and attended Plano East Senior High School. As a high school senior he was selected by the Cincinnati Reds in the 31st round of the 2004 draft, but instead chose to attend college.[1][2]
College[edit]
He attended Weatherford Junior College for his freshman year posting a 6-2 win-loss record with a 3.58 earned run average (ERA).[1] Following his freshman year, Arrieta was selected by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 26th round of the 2005 Major League Baseball Draft but instead opted to transfer to Texas Christian University where he played for the Horned Frogs baseball team for his sophomore and junior seasons and studied sport psychology.[3][1] During his sophomore year, Arrieta led college baseball with 14 wins and had a 2.35 ERA over 19 appearances.[3] He also won the Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year award and was named a Second-Team College Baseball All-American after his sophomore year.[4]
International play[edit]
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| Men's Baseball | ||
Competitor for  United States |
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | National team |
| World University Championship | ||
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2006 Havana | National team |
Arrieta first joined the United States national baseball team in 2006 and helped the team win the World University Baseball Championship in Cuba. He was 4–0 with 34 strikeouts and a 0.27 ERA—allowing just one earned run in 35 innings pitched over six starts for the team.[5] In his first start at the 2008 Summer Olympics, Arrieta pitched six innings and struck out seven in Team USA's 9–1 victory over the China national baseball team.[6]
Professional career[edit]
Draft and minors[edit]
Arrieta was selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the fifth round of the 2007 Major League Baseball Draft and received a $1.1 million signing bonus.[7][8]
Arrieta was 6–5 with a 2.87 earned run average and 120 strikeouts over twenty starts for the Frederick Keys of the Class A-Advanced Carolina League when his season ended in order to allow him to play for the USA Baseball team at the summer Olympics in Beijing.
Baltimore Orioles (2010–2013)[edit]
Arrieta made his major league debut on June 10, 2010, against the New York Yankees at Camden Yards.[9] He pitched six innings, giving up four hits and three runs, striking out six Yankee batters and earning the win.[10] He started the home openers for the Orioles in 2011 and 2012. Both starts resulted in victories for the Orioles. After starting the 2012 season 3–9 with an ERA of 6.13, Arrieta was demoted to Triple-A on July 6, 2012.[11] Arrieta began the 2013 season with four starts until being sent down to the Triple-A Norfolk Tides on April 22, 2013. He was recalled by the Orioles on May 18, and then optioned back down on May 23. He was recalled again on June 14. In 5 starts with the Orioles in 2013, Arrieta went 1–2 with a 7.23 ERA.
Chicago Cubs (2013–present)[edit]
On July 2, 2013, the Orioles traded Arrieta along with Pedro Strop to the Chicago Cubs for Scott Feldman and Steve Clevenger.[12] He was optioned to the Iowa Cubs of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League upon being acquired. After making 5 starts for Iowa, Arrieta was recalled to start Game 2 of a doubleheader against the Brewers on July 30. In his Chicago debut, he gave up 1 run in 6 innings, earning a no-decision in the 3–2 loss.[13] After the game, Arrieta was optioned to Iowa where he made 2 more starts before being recalled on August 14 to replace Carlos Villanueva in the rotation. He made eight more starts before the end of the season. In his nine starts with Chicago, he went 4–2 with a 3.66 ERA, striking out 37 in 51.2 innings. In 30 games (29 starts) in 2013 including the minors, Arrieta went 12–9 with a 4.42 ERA, striking out 137 in 154.2 innings. Twice he took no-hitters into the seventh or further. On June 24, Arrieta retired the first 18 Reds in order, but the perfect game was broken up by Cincinnati's Billy Hamilton's leadoff double in the seventh. On June 30, 2014, against the Red Sox, Arrieta had taken a no-hitter into the 8th until Stephen Drew singled to lead off the inning.[14]
As of September 24, 2014, he had posted a 10–5 record with a 2.53 ERA. In 156.2 innings he gave up 114 hits, walked 41, and struck out 167. On three occasions he has taken a no-hitter past the seventh inning.[15]
On July 12, 2015, Arrieta pitched a complete game victory over the Chicago White Sox at Wrigley Field, his second complete game of the season and the third of his major league career.[16][17] On August 20, Arrieta became the first MLB pitcher to win 15 games in the 2015 season.[18] Ten days later, Arrieta no-hit the Los Angeles Dodgers at Dodger Stadium for the 14th no-hitter in Cubs history. He struck out 12 batters, including all three batters he faced in both the first and ninth innings. Sandy Koufax had been the last pitcher to complete a no-hitter by striking out all three batters he faced in the ninth inning, doing so in his perfect game in 1965.[19] Arrieta was named the NL Player of the Week for August 24–30 and NL Pitcher of the Month for August with a 6−0 and a 0.43 ERA and the no-hitter. The right-hander held opposing hitters to a .130 batting average and a .196 on-base percentage in August and struck out 43 batters while walking just 10.[20][21] On September 22, Arrieta won his 20th game of the season, throwing a three-hitter against the Brewers.[22] With 11 more strikeouts in that 4-0 Cubs victory at Wrigley, he was the first MLB pitcher to win 20 games this season and had his 4th complete game and 3rd shutout of the season.
After the 2015 All-Star break, he gave up 9 earned runs during 15 starts over 107 1/3 innings for a 0.75 ERA, the lowest in MLB history in the second half.[23] For the season, Arrieta's 22-6 record and 1.77 ERA made him only the fifth pitcher to win at least 22 games with no more than six losses and a sub-2.00 ERA since the earned run became an official stat in 1913. On October 5, he was again named NL pitcher of the Month for his 4-0 September record with a 0.45 ERA.[24]
Arrieta pitched a complete game shutout, striking out eleven batters and allowed only four hits to defeat the Pittsburgh Pirates 4–0 in the 2015 National League Wild Card Game.[25] He became the first pitcher to post a postseason shutout while striking out at least 10 batters and walking zero.[26] He is also the first pitcher to have more stolen bases than runs scored in a postseason game when he stole second base in the top of the 7th. On October 18, 2015, he was the losing pitcher of record in Game 2 of the 2015 National League Championship Series to the New York Mets.
Pitching style[edit]
Arrieta throws five different pitches. He throws a four-seam fastball, sinker, slider/cutter, curveball, and a changeup. His fastball averages around 95 miles per hour (153 km/h), sometimes reaching upper-90s mph. He relies on ground balls and swinging strikes.[27] His slider averages 88 miles per hour (142 km/h) with late break peaking out at 92 miles per hour (148 km/h) and his curve sits at 80 miles per hour (130 km/h) with two-plane break.[28] His changeup has tailing motion like a two-seam fastball and ranges from 86 to 89 miles per hour (138 to 143 km/h).[29]
Awards and honors[edit]
- 3 time Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Week
- First-team All-Mountain West (2006)
- Mountain West Co-Pitcher of the Year (2006)
- NCBWA second-team All-American (2006)
- Baseball America second-team All-American (2006)
- AFL All-Prospect Team (2007)
- Carolina League Pitcher of the Week (May 26 – June 1, 2008)
- Carolina League Pitcher of the Week (May 12–18, 2008)
- Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star (2008)
- Major League Baseball's All-Star Futures Game (July 13, 2008)
- Baltimore Orioles Opening Day starting pitcher (April 5, 2012)
- No-Hit the Los Angeles Dodgers (August 30, 2015)[21]
- NL Player of the Week (July 6–12, 2015)
- NL Player of the Week (August 24–30, 2015)[20]
- NL Player of the Week (September 21–27, 2015)
- NL Pitcher of the Month (August 2015)[21]
- NL Pitcher of the Month (September 2015)[24]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c "Jake Arrieta". TCU Athletics.
- ^ "MLB 2004 Draft selections, Day 2". ESPN. June 8, 2004. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ^ a b Muskat, Carrie (February 22, 2015). "Strong body and mind fuel Cubs' Arrieta". MLB.com. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ^ "Arrieta named NCBWA preseason 1st-team All-American". TCU Athletics. November 15, 2006. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ^ "TCU Athletics". Retrieved August 18, 2008.
- ^ "More tension than expected in U.S. win". Retrieved August 18, 2008.
- ^ "Minor League Baseball". Retrieved August 18, 2008.
- ^ O'Brien, Ben (August 7, 2008). "Arrieta To Live Olympic Dream". Plano Star Courier. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
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- ^ "O's Arrieta beats Yankees in MLB debut". Baltimore Orioles. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ^ "Transactions". Baltimore Orioles. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ^ Reynolds, Drew. "Orioles Trade Jake Arrieta and Pedro Strop to Cubs for Scott Feldman". bleacherreport.com. bleacher report. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ Randhawa, Manny (July 31, 2013). "Cubs falter after Arrieta's strong debut". MLB.com.
- ^ "Jake Arrieta takes no-hit bid into 8th as Cubs blank Red Sox". ESPN. August 1, 2014. Retrieved September 9, 2015.
- ^ Rogers, Phil. "Arrieta looks like pitching cornerstone for Cubs". MLB.com. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
- ^ Muskat, Carrie; Garno, Greg (July 12, 2015). "Arrieta goes distance, goes deep in 10th win". MLB.com. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ "Jake Arrieta masterful as Cubs avoid sweep vs. White Sox". CSNChicago.com. July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ Bowman, Mark; Muskat, Carrie (August 21, 2015). "Arrieta first to 15 wins as Cubs rout Braves". MLB.com. Retrieved August 24, 2015.
- ^ "Chi Cubs at LA Dodgers - 2015-08-30 - Major League Baseball - Yahoo! Sports". Yahoo Sports. August 31, 2015. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ^ a b Press release (September 3, 2015). "Jake Arrieta of the Chicago Cubs named National League Player of the Week". MLB.com. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- ^ a b c Fordin, Spencer (September 3, 2015). "Arrieta named NL Pitcher of the Month: Right-hander goes 6-0 with 0.43 ERA in August, capping month with no-hitter". MLB.com. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- ^ Garno, Greg; Jackson, John (September 22, 2015). "Arrieta, Bryant make history in Cubs' win". MLB. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
- ^ Muskat, Carrie (October 4, 2015). "Jake Arrieta to start NL wild card game". MLB.com. Retrieved October 5, 2015.
- ^ a b "Cubs superhuman ace Jake Arrieta wins consecutive NL Pitcher of the Month". csnchicago.com. CSN CHGO. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
- ^ "Chc vs Pit 10/07/2015 Boxscore". mlb.mlb.com. MLB.com. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ Casella, Paul. "10 cool facts about Arrieta's Wild Card shutout". m.mlb.com. MLB.com. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
- ^ Breen, J.P. (July 1, 2014). "The Buyer's Guide Jake Arrieta". Baseball Prospectus. Retrieved August 31, 2015.
- ^ Eno Sarris (March 18, 2015). "Jake Arrieta’s One-Grip Multi-Slider". Fangraphs. Retrieved September 15, 2015.
- ^ "Player Card: Jake Arrieta". Brooks Baseball. Retrieved July 18, 2014.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- Jake Arrieta on Twitter
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Jeremy Guthrie |
Baltimore Orioles Opening Day starting pitcher 2012 |
Succeeded by Jason Hammel |
| Achievements | ||
| Preceded by Aramis Ramirez A. J. Pollock Stephen Strasburg |
National League Player of the Week July 6–12, 2015 August 24–30, 2015 September 21–7, 2015 |
Succeeded by Zach Greinke Bartolo Colón Max Scherzer |
| Preceded by Clayton Kershaw |
National League Pitcher of the Month August–September 2015 |
Succeeded by Most Recent |
| Preceded by Mike Fiers |
No-hitter pitcher August 30, 2015 |
Succeeded by Max Scherzer |
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