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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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1997 24 CLE AL 4 7 .364 5.65 19 17 0 1 0 0 94.0 107 66 59 12 45 1 66 3 0 5 427 83 1.617 10.2 1.1 4.3 6.3 1.47
1998 25 CLE AL 14 9 .609 3.71 31 31 0 6 2 0 204.0 205 91 84 15 79 5 158 3 0 4 883 128 1.392 9.0 0.7 3.5 7.0 2.00 AS
1999 26 CLE AL 18 5 .783 3.95 32 32 0 1 1 0 205.0 185 97 90 24 76 5 161 7 0 4 858 127 1.273 8.1 1.1 3.3 7.1 2.12 CYA-4
2000 27 CLE AL 15 8 .652 3.88 30 30 0 2 1 0 188.0 163 86 81 21 98 4 212 4 0 4 807 127 1.388 7.8 1.0 4.7 10.1 2.16
2001 28 CLE AL 14 12 .538 4.09 34 34 0 1 0 0 222.1 220 106 101 26 90 2 201 2 1 4 947 110 1.394 8.9 1.1 3.6 8.1 2.23
2002 29 TOT MLB 20 8 .714 2.93 33 33 0 8 3 0 233.1 219 85 76 20 70 5 149 2 0 4 966 147 1.239 8.4 0.8 2.7 5.7 2.13 CYA-6
2002 29 CLE AL 10 4 .714 2.55 16 16 0 4 2 0 116.1 104 37 33 11 31 1 75 2 0 3 467 171 1.160 8.0 0.9 2.4 5.8 2.42
2002 29 MON NL 10 4 .714 3.31 17 17 0 4 1 0 117.0 115 48 43 9 39 4 74 0 0 1 499 128 1.316 8.8 0.7 3.0 5.7 1.90
2003 30 CHW AL 15 13 .536 3.87 34 34 0 9 0 0 242.0 223 107 104 30 67 3 173 5 3 8 984 119 1.198 8.3 1.1 2.5 6.4 2.58
2004 31 ANA AL 18 12 .600 5.01 34 34 0 0 0 0 208.1 215 122 116 38 71 1 158 3 0 1 897 90 1.373 9.3 1.6 3.1 6.8 2.23
2005 32 LAA AL 21 8 .724 3.48 33 33 0 2 0 0 222.2 215 93 86 26 43 0 157 3 1 2 906 122 1.159 8.7 1.1 1.7 6.3 3.65 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2006 33 LAA AL 1 5 .167 5.11 10 10 0 1 1 0 56.1 71 39 32 11 11 0 31 3 0 1 251 89 1.456 11.3 1.8 1.8 5.0 2.82
2007 34 LAA AL 6 8 .429 6.34 19 18 0 0 0 0 99.1 132 74 70 15 29 1 76 5 0 1 453 72 1.621 12.0 1.4 2.6 6.9 2.62
2008 35 BOS AL 4 2 .667 3.92 7 7 0 0 0 0 39.0 44 23 17 5 10 0 27 2 0 0 173 118 1.385 10.2 1.2 2.3 6.2 2.70
2009 36 CHW AL 3 6 .333 4.19 12 12 0 0 0 0 62.1 69 42 29 13 21 3 38 2 0 1 276 112 1.444 10.0 1.9 3.0 5.5 1.81
13 Seasons 153 103 .598 4.10 328 325 0 31 8 0 2076.2 2068 1031 945 256 710 30 1607 44 5 39 8828 112 1.338 9.0 1.1 3.1 7.0 2.26
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .598 4.10 34 34 0 3 1 0 216 215 107 98 27 74 3 167 5 1 4 919 112 1.338 9.0 1.1 3.1 7.0 2.26
CLE (6 yrs) 75 45 .625 3.92 162 160 0 15 6 0 1029.2 984 483 448 109 419 18 873 21 1 24 4389 121 1.363 8.6 1.0 3.7 7.6 2.08
LAA (4 yrs) 46 33 .582 4.66 96 95 0 3 1 0 586.2 633 328 304 90 154 2 422 14 1 5 2507 95 1.341 9.7 1.4 2.4 6.5 2.74
CHW (2 yrs) 18 19 .486 3.93 46 46 0 9 0 0 304.1 292 149 133 43 88 6 211 7 3 9 1260 118 1.249 8.6 1.3 2.6 6.2 2.40
MON (1 yr) 10 4 .714 3.31 17 17 0 4 1 0 117.0 115 48 43 9 39 4 74 0 0 1 499 128 1.316 8.8 0.7 3.0 5.7 1.90
BOS (1 yr) 4 2 .667 3.92 7 7 0 0 0 0 39.0 44 23 17 5 10 0 27 2 0 0 173 118 1.385 10.2 1.2 2.3 6.2 2.70
AL (13 yrs) 143 99 .591 4.14 311 308 0 27 7 0 1959.2 1953 983 902 247 671 26 1533 44 5 38 8329 111 1.339 9.0 1.1 3.1 7.0 2.28
NL (1 yr) 10 4 .714 3.31 17 17 0 4 1 0 117.0 115 48 43 9 39 4 74 0 0 1 499 128 1.316 8.8 0.7 3.0 5.7 1.90

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1998 25 CLE AL ALDS W BOS 0 0 1.59 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.2 5 1 1 1 3 1 3 0 0 0 23 1.412 7.9 1.6 4.8 4.8 1.00
1998 25 CLE AL ALCS L NYY 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 32 0.889 4.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 0.75
1999 26 CLE AL ALDS L BOS 0 1 .000 9.00 2 2 0 0 0 0 9.0 11 9 9 3 4 0 12 0 0 0 40 1.667 11.0 3.0 4.0 12.0 3.00
2001 28 CLE AL ALDS L SEA 1 1 .500 1.84 2 2 0 0 0 0 14.2 12 3 3 0 6 0 13 0 0 0 59 1.227 7.4 0.0 3.7 8.0 2.17
2004 31 ANA AL ALDS L BOS 0 0 4.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 6.0 7 3 3 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 26 1.667 10.5 1.5 4.5 4.5 1.00
2005 32 LAA AL ALDS W NYY 0 1 .000 4.50 2 2 0 0 0 0 8.0 10 4 4 0 2 0 7 1 0 0 35 1.500 11.3 0.0 2.3 7.9 3.50
5 Seasons (6 Series) 2 3 .400 3.61 9 9 0 1 0 0 52.1 49 21 21 5 22 1 41 1 0 0 215 1.357 8.4 0.9 3.8 7.1 1.86
5 ALDS 1 3 .250 4.15 8 8 0 0 0 0 43.1 45 20 20 5 18 1 38 1 0 0 183 1.454 9.3 1.0 3.7 7.9 2.11
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 1.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 3 0 0 0 32 0.889 4.0 0.0 4.0 3.0 0.75

Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1997 24 CLE AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1998 25 CLE AL 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 159 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1999 26 CLE AL 2 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -28 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 CYA-4
2000 27 CLE AL 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 28 CLE AL 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 29 TOT MLB 19 49 45 1 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 23 .133 .149 .133 .282 -25 6 0 1 2 1 0 1 CYA-6
2002 29 CLE AL 2 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 -9 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
2002 29 MON NL 17 43 39 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .128 .146 .128 .275 -28 5 0 1 2 1 0 1
2003 30 CHW AL 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2004 31 ANA AL 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 32 LAA AL 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 81 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS,CYA-1,MVP-23
2006 33 LAA AL 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2007 34 LAA AL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
2008 35 BOS AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 38 92 85 1 10 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 49 .118 .126 .118 .244 -36 10 1 1 5 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 392 362 4 43 0 0 0 21 0 0 0 209 .118 .126 .118 .244 -36 43 4 4 21 4 0
CLE (6 yrs) 10 29 28 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20 .143 .143 .143 .286 -25 4 0 0 1 0 0
LAA (4 yrs) 8 11 10 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .100 .100 .100 .200 -47 1 1 0 1 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (1 yr) 17 43 39 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .128 .146 .128 .275 -28 5 0 1 2 1 0
CHW (1 yr) 2 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 21 49 46 0 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 29 .109 .109 .109 .217 -43 5 1 0 3 0 0
NL (1 yr) 17 43 39 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 20 .128 .146 .128 .275 -28 5 0 1 2 1 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1998 *
2005 *

Awards (yr-lg-award)
2005-AL-Cy Young
2005-AL-TSN Pitcher of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
2005-AL-23-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1999-AL--4--10%
2002-NL--6--1%
2005-AL--1--84%
1 Cy Young
0.95 Career Shares (50th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1998 AL--3.706--10th
1999 AL--3.951--7th
2000 AL--3.878--5th
2005 AL--3.476--8th
Active--4.096--36th

Wins s c a p y
1999 AL--18--2nd
2000 AL--15--9th
2004 AL--18--3rd
2005 AL--21--1st
Active--153--10th
Career--153--229th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1999 AL--.783--2nd
2000 AL--.652--9th
2005 AL--.724--3rd
Active--.598--17th
Career--.598--121st

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1999 AL--1.273--4th
2003 AL--1.198--9th
2005 AL--1.159--3rd
Active--1.338--41st

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1999 AL--8.122--4th
2000 AL--7.803--3rd
2003 AL--8.293--8th
Active--8.962--37th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
2005 AL--1.738--7th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
2000 AL--10.149--2nd
2001 AL--8.136--6th
Active--6.964--34th
Career--6.964--93rd

Innings Pitched s c a p y
2001 AL--222.3--9th
2003 AL--242.0--2nd
2005 AL--222.7--7th
Active--2076.7--17th

Strikeouts s c a p y
2000 AL--212--2nd
2001 AL--201--5th
2003 AL--173--7th
2005 AL--157--8th
Active--1607--15th
Career--1607--135th

Games Started s c a p y
2001 AL--34--3rd
2003 AL--34--5th
2004 AL--34--3rd
2005 AL--33--8th
Active--325--15th
Career--325--236th

Complete Games s c a p y
1998 AL--6--5th
2002 AL--4--4th
2002 NL--4--5th
2003 AL--9--1st
2005 AL--2--10th
Active--31--8th

Shutouts s c a p y
1998 AL--2--5th
1999 AL--1--6th
2000 AL--1--4th
2002 AL--2--2nd
2002 NL--1--10th
2006 AL--1--5th
Active--8--14th

Home Runs s c a p y
2001 AL--26--8th
2003 AL--30--8th
2004 AL--38--2nd
Active--256--12th
Career--256--86th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
2000 AL--98--4th
2001 AL--90--3rd
Active--710--23rd

Hits s c a p y
2003 AL--223--10th
Active--2068--17th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
2005 AL--3.651--8th
Active--2.263--38th
Career--2.263--152nd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1998 AL--.662--3rd
2000 AL--1.005--9th

Losses s c a p y
2001 AL--12--8th
2003 AL--13--10th
Active--103--22nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
2003 AL--104--8th
2004 AL--116--4th
Active--945--16th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
2003 AL--8--10th

Batters Faced s c a p y
2001 AL--947--6th
2003 AL--984--2nd
2005 AL--906--8th
Active--8828--17th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1998 AL--128--8th
1999 AL--127--7th
2000 AL--127--4th
Active--112--27th

Salary s c a p y
2006 AL--$14,000,000--9th
2007 AL--$16,000,000--5th

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 6 (369), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 100 (214), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 58 (214), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 24 (213), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 26, 1993: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

June 27, 2002: Traded by the Cleveland Indians with Tim Drew to the Montreal Expos for Cliff Lee, Brandon Phillips, Grady Sizemore and Lee Stevens.

January 15, 2003: Traded by the Montreal Expos with Jorge Nunez (minors) to the Chicago White Sox for Rocky Biddle, Orlando Hernandez, Jeff Liefer and cash.

October 27, 2003: Granted Free Agency.

December 10, 2003: Signed as a Free Agent with the Anaheim Angels.

October 29, 2007: Granted Free Agency.

February 24, 2008: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.

October 31, 2008: Granted Free Agency.

January 14, 2009: Signed as a Free Agent with the Chicago White Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1997Cleveland Indians$150,000
1998Cleveland Indians$180,000
1999Cleveland Indians$625,000
2000Cleveland Indians$1,125,000
2001Cleveland Indians$2,625,000
2002Cleveland Indians$4,925,000
2003Chicago White Sox$8,250,000
2004Anaheim Angels$11,000,000
2005Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$10,000,000
2006Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$14,000,000
2007Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim$16,000,000
2009Chicago White Sox$1,000,000
Career (may be incomplete)$69,880,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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