Victor Zambrano
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Born: August 6, 1975 Los Teques, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 21, 2001, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | |||
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| September 30, 2007, for the Baltimore Orioles | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 45–44 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.64 | ||
| Strikeouts | 529 | ||
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Representing  Venezuela
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2009 Los Angeles | Team |
Víctor Manuel Zambrano (born August 6, 1975) is a former professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he played all or part of seven seasons in Major League Baseball from 2001-07.
Zambrano had a good repertoire and an aggressive pitching approach, using his 92-95 MPH sinking fastball, a changeup, and occasionally a quality slider. He was a converted infielder who fielded his position well and did a decent job holding on runners. However, his effectiveness was hampered by a lack of control.
Zambrano was originally signed as a free agent by the New York Yankees in 1993. He started his professional career in 1994 with the GCL Yankees, but was released by the team prior to the 1996 season. He was signed by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, then spent the next several seasons working his way up through their minor league organization before making his major league debut in 2001.
In 2003, he led the American League in walks, wild pitches, and hit batsmen, and in walks and wild pitches again in 2004, despite being traded to the National League at midseason. The New York Mets acquired him, along with reliever Bartolomé Fortunato, in a highly criticized deal for top-ranked pitching prospect Scott Kazmir and minor league pitcher Joselo Diaz.
On May 6, 2006, Zambrano suffered a torn flexor tendon in his pitching elbow, disabling him for the rest of the 2006 season. Doctors unexpectedly found a torn elbow ligament during surgery on May 15, resulting in the second Tommy John elbow surgery of his career. Zambrano was expected to be sidelined well into the 2007 season, and he was non-tendered by the Mets, and became a free agent in December 2006.
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