Red Sox exercise option on RHP Wakefield
Oct 31, 2008 - 6:32 PM BOSTON (Ticker) -- Tim Wakefield will play a 15th season with the Boston Red Sox as the team on Friday exercised the 2009 contract option on the righthander.Wakefield, 42, posted a 10-11 record and a 4.13 earned run average in 30 starts last season. He ranked second on the Boston staff and third in the American League with a .228 opponents batting average against.
The knuckleballer is second in club history with 1,797 career strikeouts, 367 starts and 504 appearances. He is third with 164 wins and 2,581 2/3 innings. He is the only Red Sox pitcher with at least 500 games and 350 starts in his career and the 23rd hurler in major league history to reach those milestones with the same team.
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