Bartolo Colon
Bartolo Colon
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 250 lb.

Born: May 24, 1973 in Altamira, D.R.
High School: Puerto Plata (Puerto Plata, DO)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 1997
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1997 CLE AL 24 P 19 17 94.0 28 6 17 5 3 .821 2.20 1.21 .961 1.71 0.49
1998 CLE AL 25 P 31 31 204.0 48 13 34 1 1 .979 2.07 1.52 .956 1.78 0.50 AS
1999 CLE AL 26 P 32 32 205.0 53 20 31 2 4 .962 2.24 1.59 .951 1.69 0.47 CYA-4
2000 CLE AL 27 P 30 30 188.0 37 17 18 2 1 .946 1.68 1.17 .957 1.62 0.46
2001 CLE AL 28 P 34 34 222.1 40 12 27 1 4 .975 1.58 1.15 .955 1.75 0.49
2002 TOT MLB 29 P 33 33 233.1 47 13 31 3 4 .936 1.70 1.33 .962 1.76 0.48 CYA-6
2002 CLE AL 29 P 16 16 116.1 25 7 16 2 3 .920 1.78 1.44 .960 1.69 0.48
2002 MON NL 29 P 17 17 117.0 22 6 15 1 1 .955 1.62 1.24 .964 1.83 0.48
2003 CHW AL 30 P 34 34 242.0 32 12 17 3 3 .906 1.08 0.85 .959 1.73 0.49
2004 ANA AL 31 P 34 34 208.1 41 8 30 3 4 .927 1.64 1.12 .949 1.66 0.45
2005 LAA AL 32 P 33 33 222.2 24 8 16 0 0 1.000 0.97 0.73 .950 1.69 0.46 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2006 LAA AL 33 P 10 10 56.1 12 4 7 1 0 .917 1.76 1.10 .958 1.57 0.41
2007 LAA AL 34 P 19 18 99.1 12 3 8 1 1 .917 1.00 0.58 .958 1.60 0.42
2008 BOS AL 35 P 7 7 39.0 8 2 4 2 0 .750 1.38 0.86 .962 1.59 0.41
2009 CHW AL 36 P 12 12 62.1 14 1 12 1 0 .929 1.88 1.08 .957 1.53 0.40
13 Seasons P 328 325 2076.2 396 119 252 25 25 .937 1.61 1.13 .956 1.69 0.47
13 Seasons TOT 328 325 2076.2 396 119 252 25 25 .937 1.61 1.13 .893 1.69 0.47

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1997 CLE AL 24 19 1 1 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 CLE AL 25 31 1 1 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1999 CLE AL 26 32 2 2 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 CLE AL 27 30 2 2 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CLE AL 28 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 MON NL 29 17 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CLE AL 29 16 2 2 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2003 CHW AL 30 34 2 2 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 ANA AL 31 34 2 3 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 LAA AL 32 33 1 2 33 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 LAA AL 33 10 1 1 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 LAA AL 34 19 2 2 19 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 BOS AL 35 7 1 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 CHW AL 36 12 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 328 48 38 328 328 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1997 CLE AL 24 448 75% 28% 20 85% 1 5 0 5 17 12 3 5 0 1 4 2 3 2 3 0 4 50%
1998 CLE AL 25 893 73% 33% 38 92% 1 13 1 12 34 31 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 12 83%
1999 CLE AL 26 877 72% 34% 33 97% 0 20 1 18 32 26 3 2 0 2 0 1 4 2 4 0 4 75%
2000 CLE AL 27 816 62% 24% 18 94% 0 16 1 15 18 13 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 3 100%
2001 CLE AL 28 966 70% 28% 28 100% 1 12 3 8 27 18 4 1 0 0 1 0 4 2 2 2 5 100%
2002 MON NL 29 512 78% 32% 14 100% 0 2 1 0 15 13 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 6 100%
2002 CLE AL 29 478 77% 29% 16 94% 1 3 0 3 17 11 3 2 0 0 2 1 3 3 3 0 4 75%
2003 CHW AL 30 1007 76% 27% 22 77% 1 12 1 9 17 12 3 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 3 0 3 67%
2004 ANA AL 31 912 75% 28% 36 89% 1 8 3 2 30 22 2 3 0 1 2 3 4 1 3 1 6 100%
2005 LAA AL 32 914 78% 31% 18 94% 0 8 0 7 16 13 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2006 LAA AL 33 256 82% 32% 11 64% 1 4 0 4 7 6 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 75%
2007 LAA AL 34 460 76% 30% 12 67% 0 3 0 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 50%
2008 BOS AL 35 174 78% 30% 8 50% 0 2 0 2 4 4 0 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2009 CHW AL 36 279 78% 33% 11 100% 0 1 0 1 12 11 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 100%
13 Seasons 8992 74% 30% 285 89% 7 109 11 88 254 199 22 25 0 6 19 10 25 12 22 3 64 84%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 89% 82%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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