Bartolo Colón | |||
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Colón with the New York Mets in 2016
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Atlanta Braves – No. 40 | |||
Starting pitcher | |||
Born: Altamira, Dominican Republic |
May 24, 1973 |||
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MLB debut | |||
April 4, 1997, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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Win–loss record | 233–162 | ||
Earned run average | 3.93 | ||
Strikeouts | 2,365 | ||
WHIP | 1.30 | ||
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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Bartolo Colón (born May 24, 1973) is a Dominican American professional baseball pitcher for the Atlanta Braves of Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed Big Sexy, he previously played in MLB for the Cleveland Indians (1997–2002), Montreal Expos (2002), Chicago White Sox (2003, 2009), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004–2007), Boston Red Sox (2008), New York Yankees (2011), Oakland Athletics (2012–2013), and New York Mets (2014–2016).
Colón won the American League Cy Young Award with the Angels in 2005, when he led the American League in wins. He is a four-time MLB All-Star.
Entering the 2016 MLB season less than two months shy of his 43rd birthday, Colón is the oldest active player in Major League Baseball and also holds the distinction of being the last active Major Leaguer to play for the Montreal Expos. Colón became the oldest MLB player to hit his first career home run at the age of 42.
Bartolo Colón grew up in a home without electricity, running water, or indoor plumbing in the town of Altamira in the Dominican Republic. He worked 12-hour days with his brothers, sister and father, Miguel, picking beans and fruit. His mother's name was Adriana. He does major charity work for his old community. The family could not afford balls or gloves so they substituted tightly wound rags for baseballs and milk cartons for gloves.