Jacob Joseph Arrieta was born on March 6,1986 and is an American former professional baseball pitcher.
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47 Facts About Jake Arrieta
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Jake Arrieta played in Major League Baseball for the Baltimore Orioles, Chicago Cubs, Philadelphia Phillies, and San Diego Padres.
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Jake Arrieta played college baseball at Weatherford Junior College and at Texas Christian University.
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Jake Arrieta was an All-American and was named Mountain West Conference Pitcher of the Year at TCU.
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Jake Arrieta pitched for the United States national baseball team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, winning the bronze medal.
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Jake Arrieta made his big league debut for the Orioles in 2010, and after four seasons he was traded to the Cubs in 2013.
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Jake Arrieta returned to the starting rotation with the Phillies for the shortened 2020 season.
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Jake Arrieta announced his retirement from professional baseball after the 2021 season.
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Jake Arrieta was born in Farmington, Missouri, to Lou and Lynda Jake Arrieta.
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Jake Arrieta 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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Jake Arrieta first joined the United States national baseball team in 2006, and helped the team win the World University Baseball Championship in Cuba.
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Jake Arrieta made an impression there by pitching 16 scoreless innings for the Phoenix Desert Dogs, keeping his walks plus hits per innings pitched below 1.
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Jake Arrieta opened the 2008 season with the Class A Frederick Keys of the Carolina League.
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Minor league pitching coach Blaine Beatty remembered Jake Arrieta entering the season with a strong pitching repertoire, but struggling with the mental aspect of the game, particularly with maintaining his composure under duress.
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Additionally, Jake Arrieta served as the Keys' opening day starter, received both Mid-Season and Post-Season All-Star honors, and pitched in the All-Star Futures Game.
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Jake Arrieta pitched a scoreless inning at the Futures Game, allowing only one hit and striking out one.
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Jake Arrieta was the only minor league baseball player below Double-A to be named to the United States national baseball team for the 2008 Summer Olympics.
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Jake Arrieta received his first Orioles spring training invitation in 2009, although he was not expected to make his major league debut that season.
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Jake Arrieta received another spring training invitation in 2010, but he was assigned to the Tides on March 25, as Baltimore already had a complete starting rotation, and the club was not interested in having him start as a long reliever.
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Jake Arrieta began the season as one of Baltimore's best starters, leading the team with nine wins in 18 starts, but there was some concern over his health and command: his ERA was 4.
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When Jeremy Guthrie, who had been the Orioles' Opening Day starting pitcher the last three seasons, was traded to the Colorado Rockies, Jake Arrieta was selected to pitch the first game of Baltimore's 2013 season.
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Jake Arrieta dressed for the 2012 American League Division Series but was not on the active roster and did not appear in a game.
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Once healthy, Jake Arrieta showed an increased command of his slider and cut fastball, which made him more effective against right-handed batters.
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On July 12,2015, Jake 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.
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Jake Arrieta struck out 12 batters, including all three batters he faced in both the first and ninth innings.
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Jake Arrieta became the first pitcher to post a postseason shutout while striking out at least 10 batters and walking zero.
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Jake Arrieta is the first pitcher to have more stolen bases than runs allowed in a postseason game when he stole second base in the top of the 7th inning.
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Jake Arrieta was the pitcher of record in the Game 2 loss of the 2015 National League Championship Series to the New York Mets.
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Jake Arrieta won the NL Cy Young Award to become the first Cubs pitcher to do so since Greg Maddux in 1992.
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Jake Arrieta was the fifth Cubs winner overall, joining Fergie Jenkins, Bruce Sutter and Rick Sutcliffe.
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Jake Arrieta came in sixth in the voting for 2015 NL Most Valuable Player Award.
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Jake Arrieta led the league for the second consecutive year with 6.
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In Game 3 of the 2016 NLDS, Jake Arrieta hit a three-run home run off of San Francisco Giants' pitcher Madison Bumgarner, the first time that a pitcher hit a home run off Bumgarner, which ended Bumgarner's consecutive playoff scoreless innings streak of over 24 innings.
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Jake Arrieta threw 14 wild pitches, tied for most in the National League, his 10 hit by pitch were 5th in the NL, and his 8.
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The Cubs and Jake Arrieta lost that game to the Washington Nationals but won Game Five and moved on to the 2017 NLCS.
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Jake Arrieta targeted Scott Kingery in particular for not moving quickly enough on the ball that ultimately set up Andrew McCutchen for a three-run home run.
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Jake Arrieta was frustrated with himself as the season went on, mostly because he could not explain why his pitching suddenly faltered.
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The COVID-19 pandemic, which shortened the 2020 MLB season to only 60 regular-season games, proved an added challenge for Jake Arrieta, who was entering the final year of his contract with the Phillies.
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Jake Arrieta opened the season as the Phillies' No 3 starter, behind Nola and recent acquisition Zack Wheeler.
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Four days after his release from the Cubs, Jake Arrieta signed a minor league contract with the San Diego Padres, whose starting rotation had been depleted by injuries to Chris Paddack and Yu Darvish.
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Jake Arrieta faced only six batters and allowed five runs on two hits and a walk.
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Jake Arrieta described the pitch as taking on more of a cutter shape towards right-handed batters while leaning towards a slider for left-handed opponents.
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Later in his career, Jake Arrieta struggled with decreasing velocity on most of his repertoire: between 2015 and 2021, his sinker dropped from 95.
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Jake Arrieta took up Pilates in 2013 and began incorporating it into his everyday workouts when he saw an improvement in his pitching.
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In 2021, Jake Arrieta voiced his skepticism towards the COVID-19 vaccine, referencing the fact that several members of the New York Yankees tested positive for the virus despite being vaccinated.
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