Pedro is currently the best Starting Pitcher on the Boston Red Sox and wears the number 45.

Finished third in the A.L. Cy Young Award voting, and was named Red Sox Pitcher of the Year by the Boston chapter of the Baseball Writers' Association of America, the fifth time he won or shared the honor in six seasons with the Red Sox ... Was 14-4 in 29 starts and, despite missing five starts due to injury or illness, led the A.L. with a 2.22 ERA, an average of 9.9 K's per 9 innings and a .215 opponents batting average ... With 206 strikeouts, finished one behind Esteban Loaiza of the White Sox for the strikeout crown (Loaiza worked 39.2 more innings) ...

The ERA title was Pedro's fifth, his second straight and his fourth in the last five years ... Won 11 of his last 13 decisions and 14 of his last 17 ... Lost only twice in his last 21 starts beginning May 15, going 11-2 with a 1.84 ERA (27 ER/132.1 IP) ... Allowed one or no earned runs in 15 of those 21 starts ... Overall, he allowed two earned runs or less in 23 of 29 starts, one or fewer in 20 of the 29 and none in 10 of the 29 ... Left five starts on line for the win only to see the bullpen give up the lead...Went 1-1 with a 4.77 ERA (15 ER/28.1 IP) in 4 post-season starts...finished 1-0 with a 3.86 ERA (6 ER/14.0 IP) in 2 starts in the ALDS vs. Oakland...left Game 1 with a 4-3 lead after allowing 3 runs on 6 hits in 7.0 innings...walked 4 and fanned 3...did not figure in the decision when the Athletics rallied to win 5-4 in 12...beat Barry Zito 4-3 in the decisive Game 5...Pedro worked 7.0 innings- plus and allowed 3 runs on 7 hits, walking one and punching out 6...was 0-1 with a 5.65 ERA (9 ER/14.1 IP) in 2 ALCS starts vs. New York...lost Game 3 4-3 to Roger Clemens...gave up 4 runs on 6 hits and a walk over 7.0 innings, fanning 6...got a no-decision in Game 7 despite leading 4-0 into the 5th and 5-2 into the bottom of the 8th, when he surrendered 3 runs on 4 hits...in the game, was charged with 5 runs on 10 hits in 7.1 innings...walked one and struck out 8...the Yanks went on to win 6-5 in 11.