Tim Wakefield — 49 | SP
Fast Facts about Tim Wakefield
Date of Birth: 2 August 1966
Place of Birth: Melbourne, FL
Height: 6-2 Weight: 210
College: Florida Tech College
Drafted: 1988 (Pittsburgh Pirates)
Years Pro: 15
Years with Red Sox: 13
Bats: R
Throws: R
Career Pitching Statistics for Tim Wakefield through 2007 Season
SEASON
W
L
SV
IP
H
ER
SO
ERA
1992 — PIT
8
1
0
92.0
76
22
51
2.15
1993 — PIT
6
11
0
128.3
145
80
59
5.61
1995 — BOS
16
8
0
195.3
163
64
119
2.95
1996 — BOS
14
13
0
211.7
238
121
140
5.14
1997 — BOS
12
15
0
201.3
193
95
151
4.25
1998 — BOS
17
8
0
216.0
211
110
146
4.58
1999 — BOS
6
11
15
140.0
146
79
104
5.08
2000 — BOS
6
10
0
159.3
170
97
102
5.48
2001 — BOS
9
12
3
168.7
156
73
148
3.89
2002 — BOS
11
5
3
163.3
121
51
134
2.81
2003 — BOS
11
7
1
202.3
193
92
169
4.09
2004 — BOS
12
10
0
188.3
197
102
116
4.88
2005 — BOS
16
12
0
225.3
210
104
151
4.15
2006 — BOS
7
11
0
140.0
135
72
90
4.63
2007 — BOS
17
12
0
189.0
191
100
110
4.76
TOTAL
168
146
22
2621.0
2545
1262
1790
4.33
More about Tim Wakefield
- Wakefield was original drafted as an infielder by the Pirates but, after a few years in the minors, realized that he would not turn pro unless he became a pitcher. So he learned how to throw the knuckleball and is the only active pitcher in the majors who has that as his number one pitch.
- As a rookie in 1992, he went 8-1 and earned two complete-game wins for Pittsburgh in the seven-game National League Championship Series loss to the Atlanta Braves.
- Wakefield signed with Boston as a free agent before the 1995 season and went 16-8 in 27 starts that season, posting an ERA of just 2.95 and helping to lead the Red Sox to an American League East Division title for the first time in five seasons.
- In 1998, he won 17 games as a starter, a career high, but then-manager Jimy Williams decided after that season to move Wakefield to the bullpen. He then earned 15 saves in 1999, filling in for an injured Tom Gordon. He also averaged a dozen starts each season between 1999 and 2001.
- Through the end of the 2007 season, Wakefield has won 154 games in a Boston uniform, putting him third all-time among Red Sox career leaders behind Roger Clemens and Cy Young, who each won 192 games. Wakefield is also second in appearances for Boston with 474 games, second in games started with 337, third in innings pitched with 2400-2/3, and third in strikeouts with 1680.
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