Jered Weaver has already made quite a dent in the record books for the Los Angeles Angels through the first six years of his career. Now that Weaver has agreed to a five-year, $85 million contract that will keep him in Anaheim through his age 29-33 years, Weaver figures to be at or near the top of several Angels franchise pitching marks by the end of the 2016 season.
With the caveat that at any time, any player can get hurt, and that it's foolish to try to foreast the future -- after all, you can't predict baseball -- here is where Weaver ranks in several Angels pitching categories:
Wins
1) Chuck Finley 165
2) Nolan Ryan 138
t9) Weaver 78
Strikeouts
1) Ryan 2,416
2) Finley 2,151
8) Weaver 937
Starts
1) Finley 379
2) Ryan 288
3) Mike Witt 272
t11) Weaver 170
Innings
1) Finley 2,675
2) Ryan 2,181
3) Witt 1,965
13) Weaver 1,084
Wins Above Replacement (including batters, per Baseball-Reference.com)
1) Finley 49.2
2) Jim Fregosi 44.1
3) Ryan 41.1
4) Brian Downing 37.7
5) Tim Salmon 37.6
6) Bobby Grich 35.0
7) Frank Tanana 34.2
8) Garret Anderson 28.6
9) Darin Erstad 28.0
10) Weaver 26.3
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