Freddy García
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Garcia with the Baltimore Orioles
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Born: October 6, 1976 Caracas, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 7, 1999, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 24, 2013, for the Atlanta Braves | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 156–108 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.15 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,621 | ||
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Freddy Antonio García (born October 6, 1976), is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He is best known for his stints with the Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees of Major League Baseball, but has also pitched in the Chinese Professional Baseball League of Taiwan, as well as the Mexican and Venezuelan baseball leagues.
García threw a fastball that topped out in the 90s in his prime and a hard slider. He also threw a two-seam fastball, a curveball, a split-finger fastball and occasionally used a changeup. García's best year was in 2001 in which he led the American League in innings pitched and ERA. He made the All-Star team in 2001 and 2002. In 2005, he was a member of the World Series winning Chicago White Sox and started the series-winning Game 4.
Originally signed by the Houston Astros as a non-draft amateur free agent in 1993, García was acquired by Seattle in 1998, along with Carlos Guillén and John Halama in the trade that sent Randy Johnson to the Astros.
During García's rookie season, he pitched 201 innings, compiling a 17–8 record with 170 strikeouts and a 4.07 ERA in 33 starts. After going 9–5 in his second season, he went on to win 18, 16, 12, 13, and 14 games over the course of the next five seasons. García was the American League pitcher on the mound when the 2002 Major League Baseball All-Star Game was called after 11 innings, and ended as a 7–7 tie. The other pitcher was Vicente Padilla of the Philadelphia Phillies.
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