Jake Arrieta
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Arrieta with the Cubs in 2015
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| Chicago Cubs – No. 49 | |||
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Born: March 6, 1986 St. Louis, Missouri |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 10, 2010, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 74–46 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.58 | ||
| Strikeouts | 907 | ||
| WHIP | 1.16 | ||
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| Men's baseball | ||
Representing  United States
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2008 Beijing | Team |
| World University Championship | ||
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2006 Havana | National team |
Jacob Joseph "Jake" Arrieta (born March 6, 1986) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Baltimore Orioles. In 2015, Arrieta won the National League Cy Young Award, was the MLB wins leader, pitched a no-hitter, and set a major league record at 0.75 earned run average (ERA) for the lowest second-half ERA. Arrieta's 2015 season has been widely compared to Bob Gibson's 1968 season in which Gibson won the National League MVP and Cy Young Awards after posting a live-ball era record 1.12 ERA. On April 21, 2016 Arrieta threw his second no-hitter, against the Cincinnati Reds, the only one of the 2016 regular season.
Born in St. Louis, 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 he chose to attend college.
He attended Weatherford Junior College for his freshman year posting a 6–2 win-loss record with a 3.58 earned run average (ERA). 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. During the summer of 2005, prior to enrolling at TCU, Arrieta participated in summer collegiate baseball with the McKinney Marshalls of the Texas Collegiate League and posted a 4–3 record in 10 starts with a 1.87 ERA over 62.2 innings pitched. During his sophomore year, Arrieta led college baseball with 14 wins and had a 2.35 ERA over 19 appearances. 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.
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