What years did Jake Peavy play?

Jake Peavy played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2016.

Was Jake Peavy a pitcher?

Yes. Jake Peavy pitched in the major leagues, recording 152 wins and 2207 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Jake Peavy hit?

Jake Peavy hit 3 career home runs with 87 hits.

What teams did Jake Peavy play for?

Jake Peavy played for 4 teams: the San Diego Padres (2002–2009), the Chicago White Sox (2009–2013), the Boston Red Sox (2013–2014), and the San Francisco Giants (2014–2016).

How many Cy Young Awards did Jake Peavy win?

Jake Peavy won 1 Cy Young Award, in 2007.

What awards did Jake Peavy win?

Jake Peavy won the Cy Young Award (2007) and the pitching Triple Crown (2007). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.

What were Jake Peavy's career stats?

In 388 games, Jake Peavy went 152-126 with a 3.63 ERA, 2,207 strikeouts, and 2,377.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 87 hits and 3 home runs.

What was Jake Peavy's salary?

Jake Peavy's last recorded salary was $15,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $17,000,000, in 2012, and his lowest was $305,000, in 2003. The Salary History table lists each season from 2003 to 2016.

What position did Jake Peavy play?

Jake Peavy played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Jake Peavy and how much did he weigh?

Jake Peavy was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 195 pounds.

What was Jake Peavy's career ERA?

Jake Peavy finished with a 3.63 career ERA, going 152-126 with 2,207 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Jake Peavy have?

Jake Peavy recorded 2,207 career strikeouts.

Is Jake Peavy in the Hall of Fame?

No. Jake Peavy has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Jake Peavy

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2002-2016)

Jake Peavy was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2016 for 4 teams, including the San Diego Padres, a span of 15 seasons. Across 388 career appearances, he went 152-126 with a 3.63 ERA and 2,207 strikeouts. He also batted .168 with 3 home runs. Jake Peavy was a 3-time All-Star, a Cy Young, and a Pitching Triple Crown. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 34745.0.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 152–126

ERA 3.63

WHIP 1.20

SO 2,207

Pitcher PIV 34745.0

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'1" / 195 lb
Born: 5/31/1981 in Mobile, AL, USA
MLB Debut: 2002-06-22
Last Game: 2016-09-21
Awards: 3× All-Star · Cy Young · Pitching Triple Crown

Full name: Jacob Edward Peavy

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Career Pitching Statistics

Jake Peavy — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
152	126	388	377	15	6	0	2377.0	2,134	960	259	708	2,207	3.63	34745.0

Career ERA 3.63 vs. league average 4.19 across their career seasons — 13.3% better than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Jake Peavy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2002	SDN	NL	6	7	17	17	0	0	97.2	106	49	33	90	4.52	4.28 (-6%)	1467.1
2003	SDN	NL	12	11	32	32	0	0	194.2	173	89	82	156	4.11	4.40 (+6%)	-2866.5
2004	SDN	NL	15	6	27	27	0	0	166.1	146	42	53	173	2.27	4.46 (+49%)	5699.3
2005	SDN	NL	13	7	30	30	3	3	203.0	162	65	50	216	2.88	4.29 (+33%)	7422.5
2006	SDN	NL	11	14	32	32	2	0	202.1	187	92	62	215	4.09	4.53 (+10%)	5370.6
2007	SDN	NL	19	6	34	34	0	0	223.1	169	63	68	240	2.54	4.47 (+43%)	9530.7
2008	SDN	NL	10	11	27	27	1	0	173.2	146	55	59	166	2.85	4.32 (+34%)	3261.9
2009	SDN	NL	6	6	13	13	1	0	81.2	69	36	28	92	3.97	4.32 (+8%)	2694.9
2009	CHA	AL	3	0	3	3	0	0	20.0	11	3	6	18	1.35	4.32 (+69%)	740.4
2010	CHA	AL	7	6	17	17	1	1	107.0	98	55	34	93	4.63	4.08 (-13%)	180.9
2011	CHA	AL	7	7	19	18	1	1	111.2	117	61	24	95	4.92	3.94 (-25%)	2081.8
2012	CHA	AL	11	12	32	32	4	1	219.0	191	82	49	194	3.37	4.01 (+16%)	1605.7
2013	CHA	AL	8	4	13	13	1	0	80.0	74	38	17	76	4.28	3.87 (-11%)	-464.8
2013	BOS	AL	4	1	10	10	1	0	64.2	56	29	19	45	4.04	3.87 (-4%)	123.5
2014	BOS	AL	1	9	20	20	0	0	124.0	131	65	46	100	4.72	3.74 (-26%)	-3289.0
2014	SFN	NL	6	4	12	12	0	0	78.2	65	19	17	58	2.17	3.74 (+42%)	1419.1
2015	SFN	NL	8	6	19	19	0	0	110.2	99	44	25	78	3.58	3.96 (+10%)	271.6
2016	SFN	NL	5	9	31	21	0	0	118.2	134	73	36	102	5.54	4.19 (-32%)	-504.8
Career · 18 seasons			152	126	388	377	15	6	2,377.0	2,134	960	708	2,207	3.63	—	34,745

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Jake Peavy — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
393	519	48	87	17	1	3	33	0	22	165	.168	.205	.222	.427	-2,261

Career AVG .168 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — 35.5% below league average.

Career OBP .205 vs. league average .327 across their career seasons — 37.2% below league average.

Career SLG .222 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 46.3% below league average.

Career OPS .427 vs. league average .739 across their career seasons — 42.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Jake Peavy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2002	SDN	NL	17	33	4	7	3	0	0	2	0	13	.212	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	SDN	NL	32	55	4	4	0	0	0	1	3	21	.073	.264 (-72%)	.332 (-55%)	.422 (-83%)	.754 (-70%)	-635.4
2004	SDN	NL	27	59	5	10	1	0	0	3	4	17	.169	.266 (-36%)	.335 (-34%)	.427 (-56%)	.762 (-46%)	-450.7
2005	SDN	NL	30	53	5	10	1	0	0	2	4	16	.189	.264 (-29%)	.330 (-22%)	.418 (-50%)	.749 (-38%)	-315.2
2006	SDN	NL	32	60	6	10	3	0	2	9	1	19	.167	.269 (-38%)	.336 (-46%)	.431 (-27%)	.768 (-35%)	-371.0
2007	SDN	NL	37	73	8	17	4	1	0	7	2	14	.233	.268 (-13%)	.335 (-26%)	.422 (-25%)	.758 (-25%)	-333.1
2008	SDN	NL	29	49	4	13	2	0	0	2	3	12	.265	—	—	—	—	-155.4
2009	SDN	NL	13	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	.087	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	CHA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	CHA	AL	17	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.143	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	CHA	AL	19	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	CHA	AL	32	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	CHA	AL	13	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2013	BOS	AL	10	9	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	BOS	AL	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	SFN	NL	12	23	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	SFN	NL	19	36	5	7	2	0	1	3	1	17	.194	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	SFN	NL	31	27	2	5	0	0	0	3	2	12	.185	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 18 seasons			393	519	48	87	17	1	3	33	22	165	.168	—	—	—	—	-2,261

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Jake Peavy — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
9	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Jake Peavy — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2014	NLCS	SFN	1	1	0	.000
2014	NLDS1	SFN	1	2	0	.000
2014	WS	SFN	2	0	0	.000
2013	ALCS	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2013	ALDS1	BOS	1	0	0	.000
2013	WS	BOS	1	1	0	.000
2006	NLDS2	SDN	1	1	1	.000
2005	NLDS1	SDN	1	2	2	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Jake Peavy — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1	5	9	9	0	38.1	53	34	17	21	7.98

Playoff Pitching by Year

Jake Peavy — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2014	NLCS	SFN	0	0	1	1	4.0	4	2	3	2	4.50
2014	NLDS1	SFN	1	0	1	1	5.2	2	0	3	3	0.00
2014	WS	SFN	0	2	2	2	6.1	12	9	3	3	12.79
2013	ALCS	BOS	0	1	1	1	3.0	5	7	3	1	21.00
2013	ALDS1	BOS	0	0	1	1	5.2	5	1	0	3	1.59
2013	WS	BOS	0	0	1	1	4.0	6	2	1	4	4.50
2006	NLDS2	SDN	0	1	1	1	5.1	11	5	1	2	8.44
2005	NLDS1	SDN	0	1	1	1	4.1	8	8	3	3	16.62

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Jake Peavy — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	200	246	21	42	1	18	.171
Away	192	270	26	44	2	15	.163

Pitching — Home / Away

Jake Peavy — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	198	1244.0	1054	439	352	1208	3.18
Away	189	1126.2	1070	515	352	993	4.11

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Jake Peavy — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2016-09-21	SFG	LAD	—	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0
2016-09-10	SFG	AZ	—	1.0	1	0	0	1	1	0
2016-08-20	SFG	NYN	—	2.0	5	5	5	0	4	2
2016-08-17	SFG	PIT	—	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	0
2016-08-15	SFG	PIT	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2016-08-12	SFG	BAL	—	2.0	0	0	0	0	3	0
2016-08-09	SFG	MIA	—	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0
2016-08-08	SFG	MIA	—	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0
2016-08-06	SFG	WAS	—	0.0	3	1	1	0	0	0
2016-08-03	SFG	PHI	—	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Jake Peavy — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	388	377	183	270	16	20

Season-by-Season Fielding

Jake Peavy — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2002	SDN	P	17	17	9	19	0	0
2003	SDN	P	32	32	17	20	3	3
2004	SDN	P	27	27	10	24	1	4
2005	SDN	P	30	30	10	24	1	1
2006	SDN	P	32	32	22	20	2	1
2007	SDN	P	34	34	21	27	0	1
2008	SDN	P	27	27	13	25	2	3
2009	SDN	P	13	13	5	10	1	0
2009	CHA	P	3	3	0	3	0	1
2010	CHA	P	17	17	8	16	0	0
2011	CHA	P	19	18	9	6	1	0
2012	CHA	P	32	32	14	22	1	3
2013	CHA	P	13	13	6	5	0	0
2013	BOS	P	10	10	4	5	0	0
2014	BOS	P	20	20	15	15	1	2
2014	SFN	P	12	12	8	10	1	1
2015	SFN	P	19	19	8	10	1	0
2016	SFN	P	31	21	4	9	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

Circle size = games played at each position.

Jake Peavy Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	388

Awards & Honors

Jake Peavy — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2012	Pitcher of the Month	April
2007	Cy Young Award
2007	MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2007	Pitcher of the Month	August
2007	Pitcher of the Month	May
2007	Pitcher of the Month	September
2007	Pitching Triple Crown
2007	TSN All-Star	SP
2007	TSN Pitcher of the Year
2005	Player of the Week	Week of 2005-08-06
2004	Pitcher of the Month	August
2004	Player of the Week	Week of 2004-09-25

Salary History

Jake Peavy's recorded salaries total $128,812,271 over 14 seasons, 2003 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Peavy's career ran from 2002 to 2016. No salary is recorded for 2002.

Jake Peavy — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	SFN	NL	$15,000,000
2015	SFN	NL	$9,000,000
2014	SFN	NL	$14,500,000
2013	CHA	AL	$16,157,271
2012	CHA	AL	$17,000,000
2011	CHA	AL	$16,000,000
2010	CHA	AL	$15,000,000
2009	SDN	NL	$11,000,000
2008	SDN	NL	$6,500,000
2007	SDN	NL	$4,750,000
2006	SDN	NL	$2,500,000
2005	SDN	NL	$750,000
2004	SDN	NL	$350,000
2003	SDN	NL	$305,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$128,812,271

Award Voting History

Jake Peavy — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2007	Cy Young Award	NL	1st	160.0	160	32
2007	Most Valuable Player	NL	7th	97.0	448	0

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Jake Peavy: the record in brief

Between the debut on June 22, 2002 and the final game on September 21, 2016, Jake Peavy built the record summarized on this page. The team column moves through the San Diego Padres (2002 through 2009), the Chicago White Sox (2009 to 2013), the Boston Red Sox (2013 through 2014), and the San Francisco Giants (2014 to 2016). Peavy, a pitcher by primary position, both batted and threw right-handed. Height and weight on file: 6 feet, 1 inch and 195 pounds. Peavy was born on May 31, 1981, in Mobile, AL, USA. The bio lists the given name Jacob Edward.

Peavy's career pitching line is 152 wins, 126 losses and a 3.63 ERA over 388 appearances. The totals include 2,207 strikeouts, 15 complete games, and 6 shutouts. The leagues Peavy pitched in allowed 4.19 earned runs per nine over those seasons, so the career ERA was 13.3% better than average. 2007 brought Peavy a season-high 19 wins.

Frequently Asked Questions about Jake Peavy

What years did Jake Peavy play?: Jake Peavy played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2016.
Was Jake Peavy a pitcher?: Yes. Jake Peavy pitched in the major leagues, recording 152 wins and 2207 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Jake Peavy hit?: Jake Peavy hit 3 career home runs with 87 hits.
What teams did Jake Peavy play for?: Jake Peavy played for 4 teams: the San Diego Padres (2002–2009), the Chicago White Sox (2009–2013), the Boston Red Sox (2013–2014), and the San Francisco Giants (2014–2016).
How many Cy Young Awards did Jake Peavy win?: Jake Peavy won 1 Cy Young Award, in 2007.
What awards did Jake Peavy win?: Jake Peavy won the Cy Young Award (2007) and the pitching Triple Crown (2007). He was selected to 3 All-Star Games.
What were Jake Peavy's career stats?: In 388 games, Jake Peavy went 152-126 with a 3.63 ERA, 2,207 strikeouts, and 2,377.0 innings pitched. At the plate he had 87 hits and 3 home runs.
How much did Jake Peavy earn in his career?: Jake Peavy's recorded salaries total $128,812,271 over 14 seasons, 2003 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Peavy's career ran from 2002 to 2016. No salary is recorded for 2002.
What was Jake Peavy's salary?: Jake Peavy's last recorded salary was $15,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $17,000,000, in 2012, and his lowest was $305,000, in 2003. The Salary History table lists each season from 2003 to 2016.
What position did Jake Peavy play?: Jake Peavy played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Jake Peavy and how much did he weigh?: Jake Peavy was listed at 6 feet 1 inch and 195 pounds.
What was Jake Peavy's career ERA?: Jake Peavy finished with a 3.63 career ERA, going 152-126 with 2,207 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Jake Peavy have?: Jake Peavy recorded 2,207 career strikeouts.
Is Jake Peavy in the Hall of Fame?: No. Jake Peavy has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.