Felipe Paulino | |||
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Paulino pitching for the Iowa Cubs, triple-A affiliates of the Chicago Cubs, in 2015
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Sugar Land Skeeters | |||
Starting Pitcher | |||
Born: Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic |
October 5, 1983 |||
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Professional debut | |||
MLB: September 5, 2007, for the Houston Astros | |||
NPB: June 18, 2016, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||
MLB statistics (through 2014 season) |
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Win–loss record | 13–34 | ||
Earned run average | 5.22 | ||
Strikeouts | 373 | ||
WHIP | 1.55 | ||
NPB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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Win–loss record | 0–6 | ||
Earned run average | 3.89 | ||
Strikeouts | 25 | ||
WHIP | 1.40 | ||
Teams | |||
Felipe Albertin Paulino Del Guidice (born October 5, 1983) is a Dominican-Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros, Colorado Rockies, Kansas City Royals and Chicago White Sox, and in Japan with Saitama Seibu Lions.
Paulino was signed as an undrafted free agent on July 2, 2001. He was called up to the major leagues in September 2007. He made his major league debut on September 5, 2007, against the Milwaukee Brewers and through 3 innings, he gave up 5 runs.
On November 18, 2010, Paulino was traded to the Colorado Rockies for Clint Barmes. He was designated for assignment on May 21, 2011.
Paulino was traded to the Kansas City Royals for cash considerations on May 26, 2011. He made 20 starts for the Royals in 2011, striking out 119 batters over 124 2/3 innings of work, posting a season record of 4–6 with a 4.11 ERA. Paulio started the 2012 seasonon the disabled list with right elbow strain, but after missing the first 6 games he came back to post a 3–1 with a 1.67 ERA over seven starts. It was during the seventh start that Paulino experienced major elbow problems, and was placed back on the disabled list on June 9. On June 22, it was announced that he would miss the rest of the 2012 season due to a torn UCL. He underwent ulnar collateral ligament replacement, (aka Tommy John surgery) on July 3, 2012.