Jake Peavy

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Jacob Edward Peavy (born May 31, 1981) is a retired professional baseball pitcher.

He played for the San Diego Padres, Chicago White Sox, Boston Red Sox, and San Francisco Giants in Major League Baseball (MLB).

He batted and threw right-handed. He received the 2007 NL Cy Young Award while with the Padres winning the Pitching Triple Crown that year.

In 2013, he went from the White Sox to the Red Sox and led them to their World Series championship later this season.

He was traded to the San Francisco Giants a year later, where he helped them win a World Series title later this year.

He was the first starting pitcher in Major League history to win two straight World Series with two clubs in two leagues.

He is one of seven players in baseball history to win back-to-back World Series on different teams (Ben Zobrist, Jack Morris, Bill Skowron, Clem Labine, Don Gullett, and Ryan Theriot). Peavy wore the number 44 throughout his career.

He was traded to the San Francisco Giants at 43 years old as a result of Willie McCovey's retirement.

He jumped to 22 after struggling in the middle of the 2014 season.

Personal life

Peavy married Katie Alford, his high school sweetheart, in 2000, when he was 19 years old. They have four sons: Jacob, Wyatt, Judson, and Waylon. Peavy's divorce was finalized on November 28, 2017, and the two parents maintain joint custody of their children.

Without corrective lenses, Peavy is legally blind. He is an outspoken Christian who has been interviewed about his faith. The word "Outsider" appears on Peavy's forearm tattoo.

Peavy purchased a Southern Falls Plantation, a 5,000-acre (2,000 ha) farm in Wilcox County, Alabama, in 2008. A bowling alley, saloon, hunting lodge, and a recreation of Fenway Park are among the property's Fenway Park replicas. Peavy purchased a World War II duck boat, which had been used by Boston Duck Tours for tourist purposes and special events like the 2013 World Series Parade in 2013. He hopes that it will be a family heirloom. Peavy's son let the world know that if the Giants won the 2014 World Series, they'd buy the family a cable car for the ranch. It was supposed to be turned into a bar after being shipped to Alabama.

Peavy, a student at the University of Alabama, is a fan of Alabama Crimson Tide football and has been invited to attend ESPN's College Gameday on the campus of Alabama in 2013.

Peavy, a fifth grader, said he had been a smokeless tobacco user since fifth grade.

Peavy and Tim Flannery were with the San Diego Padres in 2002 when he and Tim Flannery first started playing guitar. He has appeared at several benefit concerts since being a kidnailer.

Peavy learned during the San Francisco Giants' 2016 spring training camp that he was the perpetrator of a Ponzi-like scheme run by his financial advisor, who had siphoned away some $15 million to $20 million in retirement savings.

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Professional career

Peavy was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 15th round (472nd overall) of the 1999 MLB draft out of high school (St. Paul's Episcopal School). In the state of Alabama, he was named the high school player of the year. In order to accept the Padres' contract, Peavy turned down an invitation to pitch for Auburn University.

Peavy played for the Arizona League Padres and the Idaho Falls Braves in 1999 and 2000, as well as the Fort Wayne Wizards in 2000. Peavy participated with the Lake Elsinore Storm and the Mobile BayBears in 2001. He missed the 2002 season between the BayBears and the San Diego Padres.

Peavy made his minor league debut against the New York Yankees at Qualcomm Stadium on June 22, 2002. He lost the game, allowing one run on three hits in six innings instead of striking out four out four. Peavy had six victories and seven losses with a 4.52 earned run average (ERA) and 90 strikeouts. The Padres played just 66 games and were in the cellar of the NL West. Peavy played 32 games (194.2 IP), a 12–11 record, and 156 strikeouts in his sophomore season. At a 64–98 record, the Padres came in last place in their division again.

Peavy was the Padres' ace starting pitcher and one of the top pitchers in baseball during his third year of major league play in 2004. He compiled a 15-6,000 record, knocked out 173 in 166 innings, and was the most feared in Major League Baseball with a 2.27 ERA. In 1985, he became the youngest pitcher to win an ERA championship since Dwight Gooden. Barry Bonds' 700th home run was granted in Peavy's basement on September 17, 2004.

He signed a four-year, $14.5 million contract and held a club option for a 2009 contract with the Padres on March 5, 2005.

Peavy was drafted for the National League All-Star team in 2005 and finished the regular season with 216 (in 203 innings). He came in second in the majors to Minnesota's Johan Santana, who had 238 strikeouts. In addition,, he finished the season with a 13.77 record, 2.88 ERA, and a strikeout-to-walk ratio of over 4:1, as well as a 1.044.

Peavy, the Padres' winning the National League West in 2005, missed the remainder of the season due to a fractured rib, which he reportedly suffered while celebrating.

In the 2006 World Baseball Classic, which was held in San Diego, Peavy was the captain of Team USA. He opened the U.S. with a 2–0 victory over Mexico, giving up only one hit and no runs over three innings. In a game against Japan that the United States won, 4–3, he did not participate in the decision as he gave up three runs in five innings.

Peavy got off to a rocky start in 2006, owing in large part to mechanical changes triggered by various off-season injuries. Despite Peavy's relatively poor record, he still finished second in the National League in strikeouts with 215, one less behind both his 2005 league-leading total and 2006 NL strikeout champion Aaron Harang, who logged 32 more innings than Peavy. The Padres met the St. Louis Cardinals in the first round of the playoffs. Peavy had a much better outing than his 2005 playoff appearance, but the Padres lost to the Cardinals once more.

Peavy was named to the 2007 NL All-Star Team for the second time in his career. He was named as the starting pitcher for the Netherlands on July 9. Peavy struck out Jeff DaVanon, the Arizona Diamondbacks' outfielder, for his 1000th career strikeout on August 2.

Peavy won the National League in 2007, leading the National League with 19 victories, 240 strikeouts, and a 2.54 ERA. Peavy is the eighth player to achieve this feat since the divisional play period began in 1969. On October 23, Peavy received the Players Choice Award for Outstanding NL Pitcher. On November 15, he received the NL Cy Young award as a unanimous winner, becoming the 10th National League player to win the Cy Young Award in a unanimous vote (Sandy Koufax was unanimously selected three times).

Peavy's sixth year in the league came after the 2007 campaign. Peavy received two strikeout champion awards, two major league ERA titles, and a unanimous, triple-crown Cy Young Award over the six-year period.

On December 12, 2007, he signed a four-year contract with the Padres, worth $52 million. At the time, the deal was the biggest in Padres history. For 2013, the contract called for a $22 million buy.

Peavy pitched a two-hit complete game over the Los Angeles Dodgers on April 5, 2008. Following the game's title and middle fingers, a gritty, brown powder appeared on the index and middle fingers, as well as his thumb. "It was a mixture of dirt and rosin," Peavy's manager Bud Black said. Peavy had a 1.92 ERA in the two games immediately following the news. With a sore throwing elbow in May, he went on the DL. He returned on June 12 and toss six shutout innings with four strikeouts. He ended 2008 with only a 10-11 record, but he had one of the lowest run support per start of any pitcher in the league, and finished the season with a 2.85 ERA.

Peavy had been the subject of numerous trade rumors during the 2008 offseason, despite rumors that the Padres were aiming to cut salaries and expand on young players for the future. Peavy added the New York Yankees to the list of players he'd like to play for in November 2008. Several teams from the National League were included in the list, including the Atlanta Braves, the St. Louis Cardinals, the Chicago Cubs, the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Houston Astros. Peavy wanted to be in the National League, so the Yankees did not participate. After speaking with GM Kevin Towers about what they would have to give up, the Astros and Cardinals decided not to pursue Peavy.

The Padres were working with the Braves on a Peavy trade in which Peavy will be traded to Atlanta for SS Yunel Escobar, P Blaine Boyer, and one of P Charlie Morton or P Jo Reyes. The Padres wanted the two top prospects in the team, as well as pitcher Tommy Hanson and outfielder Jordan Schafer, but the Braves decided to move forward to bring in a few free agents after a few weeks.

Peavy pitched 14 total innings in spring training, with no runs allowed, 10 strikeouts, and no walks. He turned down a move to the Chicago White Sox, which included Aaron Pochman and Clayton Richards, because staying in San Diego was the best for him and his family. Peavy suffered with an ankle rounding third base against the Chicago Cubs on May 22, the first day Peavy earned the game with six scoreless innings and ten strikeouts a day after rejecting a trade to the White Sox. Peavy discovered a strained tendon in the back of his ankle when he started on May 22. He was admitted to the DL the same day. Peavy was 6–6 with 3.96 ERA and 92 strikeouts at the time of his injury.

Clayton Richard, Aaron Poirier, Adam Russell, and Dexter Carter decided to trade to the Chicago White Sox in a last-minute trade pact day contract between Clayton Richard, Aaron Pochman, Adam Russell, and Dexter Carter.

Peavy pitched 5 innings, giving up 3 runs (all earned), and striking out 5 runs to win against the Kansas City Royals in his first appearance for the White Sox. Peavy, a 3–0 finisher with the White Sox, compiled his year's record to 9–6. He shut down the Detroit Tigers on two occasions during his 2009 appearance with the White Sox.

Peavy's record in 2010 was 2–5 with a 6.05 ERA. Peavy began winning five straight starts with a 1.99 ERA. Peavy sustained his right arm while pitching in the second inning against the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim on July 6, prompting him to step off the field. In his back, he was diagnosed with a missing latissimus dorsi muscle. He underwent surgery at the Rush University Medical Center in Chicago on July 14, 2010 and was forced to miss the remainder of the season.

Peavy was limited to only pitching in 19 games in 2011 due to various injuries and exhaustion. For the first time in his MLB career, Peavy played 18 games and came out of the bullpen once more. Peavy finished the season with a 7-7 record and a 4.0 % strikeouts.

Peavy was named AL Pitcher of the Month in April 2012, pitching 3–1 with a 1.67 ERA and 33 strikeouts in five starts, with a 1.0 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 5 starts, with 5 starts. Two complete games and one shutout followed Peavy, with two of them being tied out. Peavy was selected as a replacement for C. J. Wilson in the All-Star Game on July 8, 2012. Peavy was named the 2012 American League Gold Glove Award, teaming with Tampa Bay's Jeremy Hellickson. It was the first Gold Glove award of his career. Peavy, a two-year, $29 million contract extension for 2015, has kept him with the White Sox until the 2014 season.

Peavy was forced to leave a game against the Seattle Mariners in the fourth inning due to a left rib fracture and was placed on the disabled list on June 4, 2013. He had a 4.30 ERA, 1.16 WHIP, and 66/15 K/BB ratio in 67 innings prior to that. On July 20, he was activated from the DL and made his first appearance against the Atlanta Braves.

In a three-team trade in which José Iglesias moved to the Detroit Tigers and Avisail Garca, J., Peavy was traded to the Boston Red Sox and Brayan Villarreal. The White Sox's B. Wendelken, Francellis Montas, and Cleuluis Rondon followed him. The Arizona Diamondbacks defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 5–2. Peavy had a winning debut on August 3, the Red Sox defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks 5–2.

Peavy and his Boston Red Sox teammates won the World Series on October 30, 2013, the first of Peavy's career. Peavy, a Red Sox player and coach rode through Boston on duck boats, bought the duck boat that carried him and teammate Jon Lester to commemorate the season.

The Boston Red Sox traded Peavy to the San Francisco Giants on July 26, 2014, along with cash considerations for pitching prospects Edwin Escobar and Heath Hembree. Peavy and Bochy, the former Peavy chief, were reunited in this trade. Peavy wore number 43 throughout his career, but number 43 has been retired in honor of Giants' Hall of Famer Willie McCovey.

Peavy switched his jersey number from 43 to 22 for good fortune after losing his first three quality starts as a Giant, including a spectacular game in 6+13 innings. Peavy's first home victory over his former team, the Chicago White Sox, was a 7–1 victory over his first home victory as a Giant, despite changing numbers. Peavy struck out Aramis Ramrez for his 2,000th career strikeout three days after teammate Tim Hudson's was killed in a 3–1 home victory over the Milwaukee Brewers on August 30, 2014. Mark Reynolds did not get a hit until the eighth inning.

On October 3, 2014, he won the first game of the 2014 NLDS against the Washington Nationals. Peavy earned his second straight World Series ring on October 29, 2014, despite losing both his starts after the Giants defeated the Royals 3–2, 3–2. After Don Gullett, Peavy became the second starting pitcher with two teams, one in each league, Peavy became the second starting pitcher. He is one of nine players in Major League history to win back-to-back World Series championship titles on different teams. (Joc Pederson, Ben Zobrist, Ryan Theriot, Jack Morris, Bill Skowron, Don Gullett, Clem Labine, and Allie Clark)

To remain with the Giants, Peavy agreed to a two-year contract worth $24 million on December 19, 2014. He continued to play with San Francisco through the 2016 season; in his three years with the Giants, he had a 19-19 record and 3.97 ERA, with 238 strikeouts and 78 walks. On November 3, 2016, he became a free agent.

During the 2017 season, Peavy did not pitch in MLB or the minor leagues. He expressed an interest in a comeback in May 2018. On May 5, 2019, he officially announced his resignation.

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