Roman Colon
Roman Benedicto Colon
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: August 13, 1979 in Montecristi, D.R.
High School: Monte Cristi (Monte Cristi, DO)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 21, 2004
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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
2004 24 ATL NL 2 1 .667 3.32 18 0 7 0 0 0 19.0 18 9 7 0 8 1 15 0 0 0 82 130 1.368 8.5 0.0 3.8 7.1 1.88
2005 25 TOT MLB 2 6 .250 5.58 35 7 7 0 0 0 69.1 82 45 43 17 21 1 47 0 1 4 306 76 1.486 10.6 2.2 2.7 6.1 2.24
2005 25 ATL NL 1 5 .167 5.28 23 4 6 0 0 0 44.1 47 28 26 10 14 1 30 0 1 2 191 80 1.376 9.5 2.0 2.8 6.1 2.14
2005 25 DET AL 1 1 .500 6.12 12 3 1 0 0 0 25.0 35 17 17 7 7 0 17 0 0 2 115 70 1.680 12.6 2.5 2.5 6.1 2.43
2006 26 DET AL 2 0 1.000 4.89 20 1 4 0 0 1 38.2 46 21 21 6 14 2 25 1 0 6 170 93 1.552 10.7 1.4 3.3 5.8 1.79
2009 29 KCR AL 2 3 .400 4.83 43 0 13 0 0 0 50.1 50 27 27 7 22 1 29 2 2 1 220 92 1.430 8.9 1.3 3.9 5.2 1.32
4 Seasons 8 10 .444 4.97 116 8 31 0 0 1 177.1 196 102 98 30 65 5 116 3 3 11 778 88 1.472 9.9 1.5 3.3 5.9 1.78
162 Game Avg. 4 5 .444 4.97 64 4 17 0 0 1 97 107 56 54 16 36 3 64 2 2 6 427 88 1.472 9.9 1.5 3.3 5.9 1.78
ATL (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.69 41 4 13 0 0 0 63.1 65 37 33 10 22 2 45 0 1 2 273 91 1.374 9.2 1.4 3.1 6.4 2.05
DET (2 yrs) 3 1 .750 5.37 32 4 5 0 0 1 63.2 81 38 38 13 21 2 42 1 0 8 285 83 1.602 11.5 1.8 3.0 5.9 2.00
KCR (1 yr) 2 3 .400 4.83 43 0 13 0 0 0 50.1 50 27 27 7 22 1 29 2 2 1 220 92 1.430 8.9 1.3 3.9 5.2 1.32
AL (3 yrs) 5 4 .556 5.13 75 4 18 0 0 1 114.0 131 65 65 20 43 3 71 3 2 9 505 86 1.526 10.3 1.6 3.4 5.6 1.65
NL (2 yrs) 3 6 .333 4.69 41 4 13 0 0 0 63.1 65 37 33 10 22 2 45 0 1 2 273 91 1.374 9.2 1.4 3.1 6.4 2.05

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2004 24 ATL NL 18 82 71 9 18 4 0 0 1 0 8 15 .254 .321 .310 .631 .310 22 0 0 1 2 1
2005 25 ATL NL 23 191 173 28 47 7 0 10 6 1 14 30 .272 .323 .486 .808 .274 84 3 0 2 2 1
2005 25 DET AL 12 115 107 17 35 7 1 7 0 0 7 17 .327 .365 .607 .973 .333 65 3 0 0 1 0
2005 25 TOT MLB 35 306 280 45 82 14 1 17 6 1 21 47 .293 .339 .532 .871 .297 149 6 0 2 3 1
2006 26 DET AL 20 170 152 21 46 9 2 6 0 2 14 25 .303 .361 .507 .868 .325 77 3 1 1 2 2
2009 29 KCR AL 43 220 195 27 50 5 3 7 7 1 22 29 .256 .338 .421 .758 .270 82 4 2 1 0 1
4 Seasons 116 778 698 102 196 32 6 30 14 4 65 116 .281 .342 .473 .814 .297 330 13 3 5 7 5
162 Game Avg. 64 427 383 56 107 18 3 16 8 2 36 64 .281 .342 .473 .814 .297 181 7 2 3 4 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2005 25 TOT MLB 35 7 1 3 3 0 0 2 5 .286 0 0 0 0 2 29% 50 67 37 12 7 0 2 2.8 3.4 4.7 73 3 4 0 0 90
2005 25 ATL NL 23 4 1 2 1 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 0 0 2 50% 53 67 37 3 3 0 1 4.2 3.9 5.8 84 1 3 0 0 90
2005 25 DET AL 12 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 46 52 39 9 4 0 1 1.0 2.3 3.2 60 2 1 0 0 88
2006 26 DET AL 20 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 25 25 25 8 4 0 0 4.9 0.0 2.3 43 1 0 0 0 43
2 Seasons 55 8 1 3 4 0 0 2 6 .250 0 1 0 0 2 25% 47 67 25 20 11 0 2 3.1 3.2 4.4 70 4 4 0 0 90
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2004 24 ATL NL 18 18 7 2 1 1 0 1 0% 2 1 0 0 8 0.662 3 4 11 6 3 9 0 18 2 2 2 6 3.2 17
2005 25 TOT MLB 35 28 7 1 3 1 0 1 0% 3 2 14 7 50% 0.769 6 6 14 8 3 17 9 19 8 6 8 3 3.9 22
2005 25 ATL NL 23 19 6 0 3 0 0 0 2 2 5 1 20% 7 0.771 5 3 9 5 3 11 3 16 4 3 4 3 3.3 18
2005 25 DET AL 12 9 1 1 0 1 0 1 0% 1 0 9 6 67% 4 0.767 1 3 5 3 0 6 6 3 4 3 4 0 5.1 30
2006 26 DET AL 20 19 4 2 0 1 1 0 100% 4 3 14 4 29% 6 0.648 3 5 11 7 0 12 9 10 11 5 12 1 5.7 28
2009 29 KCR AL 43 43 13 2 3 3 0 3 0% 9 6 35 13 37% 8 0.853 16 4 21 11 5 27 20 23 18 11 18 6 3.5 18
4 Seasons 116 108 31 7 7 6 1 5 17% 18 12 63 24 38% 0.755 28 19 57 32 11 65 38 70 39 24 40 16 3.9 21

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2004 24 ATL NL 82 41% 0.0% 18.3% 9.8% 4.9% 22% 0.76 1.00 71% 24% 0.0% 12% 15 0 0%
2005 25 TOT MLB 306 50% 5.6% 15.4% 6.9% 10.5% 39% 1.00 1.62 72% 17% 14.9% 3% 60 6 10%
2005 25 ATL NL 191 47% 5.2% 15.7% 7.3% 8.9% 36% 0.91 1.37 71% 18% 13.3% 1% 33 3 9%
2005 25 DET AL 115 55% 6.1% 14.8% 6.1% 13.0% 43% 1.17 2.22 73% 15% 17.9% 7% 27 3 11%
2006 26 DET AL 170 38% 3.5% 14.7% 8.2% 10.0% 37% 0.72 0.89 72% 14% 9.1% 12% 36 3 8%
2009 29 KCR AL 220 43% 3.2% 13.2% 10.0% 6.8% 30% 0.71 0.89 72% 17% 8.2% 11% 40 4 10%
4 Seasons 778 44% 3.9% 14.9% 8.4% 8.7% 35% 0.82 1.13 72% 17% 10.2% 9% 151 13 9%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2004 24 ATL NL 82 298 3.63 184 62% 26% 16% 26% 32% 74% 4% 46% 78% 63% 7% 6 4 20% 16 8 0 13% 3 1 0 0 0
2005 25 TOT MLB 306 1122 3.67 711 63% 24% 16% 26% 33% 76% 1% 48% 78% 64% 4% 13 5 25% 76 32 6 17% 7 7 0 0 0
2005 25 ATL NL 191 672 3.52 433 64% 25% 16% 25% 34% 75% 1% 48% 79% 65% 3% 5 1 23% 43 20 4 23% 4 3 0 0 0
2005 25 DET AL 115 450 3.91 278 62% 23% 17% 27% 33% 77% 0% 47% 77% 63% 7% 8 4 29% 33 12 2 6% 3 4 0 0 0
2006 26 DET AL 170 580 3.41 363 63% 21% 18% 25% 36% 79% 4% 49% 78% 60% 5% 9 4 19% 32 22 4 24% 8 3 0 0 0
2009 29 KCR AL 220 791 3.60 468 59% 28% 16% 20% 36% 72% 1% 43% 78% 55% 4% 9 3 17% 37 19 2 10% 5 5 0 0 0
4 Seasons 778 2791 3.59 1726 62% 25% 17% 24% 34% 75% 2% 47% 78% 60% 5% 37 16 21% 161 81 12 16% 23 16 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2004 24 ATL NL 82 18 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 34 1 0 100% 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
2005 25 TOT MLB 306 82 9 0 17 0 10 9 8 13 4 23 12 6 52% 3 4 0 96 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
2005 25 ATL NL 191 47 6 0 10 0 5 7 3 7 3 13 7 4 54% 2 2 0 59 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2005 25 DET AL 115 35 3 0 7 0 5 2 5 6 1 10 5 2 50% 1 2 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
2006 26 DET AL 170 46 2 0 6 0 2 5 1 4 2 18 12 4 67% 0 6 0 71 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 0
2009 29 KCR AL 220 50 3 1 7 0 11 5 2 2 5 15 7 2 47% 1 1 1 79 7 1 88% 6 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
4 Seasons 778 196 15 1 30 0 23 19 11 19 11 59 33 12 56% 4 11 1 280 14 4 78% 11 3 3 1 0 0 2 0 28 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
2004 24 2 1 .667 3.32 18 0 7 0 0 0 19.0 18 9 7 0 8 1 15 0 0 0 82 130 1.368 8.5 0.0 3.8 7.1 1.88 130
2005 25 4 7 .364 5.09 53 7 14 0 0 0 88.1 100 54 50 17 29 2 62 0 1 4 388 84 1.460 10.2 1.7 3.0 6.3 2.14 84
2006 26 6 7 .462 5.03 73 8 18 0 0 1 127.0 146 75 71 23 43 4 87 1 1 10 558 87 1.488 10.3 1.6 3.0 6.2 2.02 87
2007 27 6 7 .462 5.03 73 8 18 0 0 1 127.0 146 75 71 23 43 4 87 1 1 10 558 87 1.488 10.3 1.6 3.0 6.2 2.02 87
2008 28 6 7 .462 5.03 73 8 18 0 0 1 127.0 146 75 71 23 43 4 87 1 1 10 558 87 1.488 10.3 1.6 3.0 6.2 2.02 87
2009 29 8 10 .444 4.97 116 8 31 0 0 1 177.1 196 102 98 30 65 5 116 3 3 11 778 88 1.472 9.9 1.5 3.3 5.9 1.78 88

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2004 24 1 1 .500 3.32 19.0 17 8 7 0 8 15 0 1.316 8.1 3.8 7.1 1.88 0.0 18
2005 25 2 5 .286 5.78 67.0 84 48 43 17 22 45 0 1.582 11.3 3.0 6.0 2.05 2.3 35
2006 26 2 2 .500 4.86 37.0 44 22 20 6 13 24 1 1.541 10.7 3.2 5.8 1.85 1.5 20
2009 29 2 3 .400 4.96 49.0 50 30 27 7 22 28 2 1.469 9.2 4.0 5.1 1.27 1.3 43
4 Seasons 7 11 .389 5.08 172.0 195 108 97 30 65 112 3 1.512 10.2 5.9 1.72 1.6 116

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