1)  Jarrod Washburn attended the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh and majored in elementary education.  He was a member of their 1994 NCAA Division III National Champion baseball squad.

2) In 1997 he pitched for the Angels' Double-A team in Midland.  Posted  a 15-12 record with a 4.80 ERA earning five complete games and one shutout.  That year he led the Texas League in strikeouts (146), innings pitched (189.1), losses (12) and home runs allowed (23).  He ranked second in complete games (5) and wins (15).

3)   During the 1997 season, he came within one out of a no hitter in a 2-1 win over Tulsa.  His one blemish was a bloop RBI single by Jeremy Giambi. 

4)  In 1998 Washburn made his major league debut on June 2 against Kansas City.  He defeated Chris Haney and the Royals 7-5, allowing an unearned run in the second inning.  He allowed two hits, both doubles,  to Jermaine Dye and Shane Halter.  The game included 12 ejections, the result of five hit batters and two bench-clearing altercations.

5)  Started his career 4-0 for the Angels, one victory shy of tying the team record held by Bo Belinsky (1962) and Terry Clark (1988).  Finished his first season in the big leagues 6-3 with a 4.62 ERA.

6)  In 2000, Washburn tied a club record with six walks in a game on June 15th and on July 16th set a club record with most home runs allowed in one inning (3) against San Diego.

7)  Jarrod Washburn collected his first major league hit and RBI on June 10th against Arizona's Omar Daal.

8)  Washburn completed his first full season with the Angels in 2001.  Finished with a 11-10 record with an ERA of 3.77.  That season he led the league in pickoffs with 12.

9)  In 2002 he became the first Angel in 11 years to win 18 games.  Finished the season 18-6 with a 3.15 ERA.  His .750 winning percentage was the club's second best ever behind Burt Blyleven's .773 percentage in 1989 (17-5).

10)  During the 2002 season, he compiled a 12-game win streak and was named to Baseball America's ML All-Star team.  The 12-game streak set a single season club record (Chuck Finley had a 14-game streak in parts of the 1997 and 1998 seasons).  Washburn was 12-0 with a 2.85 ERA during the streak.

11)  During the playoffs in 2002 he went 1-2 with a 5.02 ERA in five starts.  He tied a World Series record that year by walking four batters in the first inning of a World Series game.  His only win of the postseason came against the Yankees, defeating David Wells 9-5 in Game 4 of the ALDS. 

12)  The 2003 season for Washburn did not go nearly as well as the previous season as he finished with a 10-15 record and a 4.43 ERA.  He tied Ryan Franklin of Seattle and Mike Maroth of Detroit for the league league in home runs allowed (34).

13)  His lone highlights of the 2003 season were that he recorded his 500th career strikeout on August 23rd in a game versus Detroit (Brandon Inge) and he never walked more than three batters in any of his 32 starts.

14)  In 2004 he posted his first career shutout on July 7th against the Chicago White Sox.  The shutout came in his 146th career start, a team record (every other pitcher who has started at least 70 games for Angels has thrown at least one shutout).  The 146 games was the second longest streak in the major leagues since 1900 (Jason Schmidt recorded his first shutout in 2002 after 164 starts).

15)  Coming into the 2005 season Washburn was a career .333 (8-24) hitter with two walks and three RBI's.