Bartolo Colon

Full Name: Bartolo Colon	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: April 4, 1997
Birthdate: May 24, 1973	MLB Experience: 10 years
Birthplace: Altamira, Puerto Plata (Dominican Republic)
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

Biography[]

Bartolo Colón (born May 24 1973 in Altamira, Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic) is a Cy Young Award-winning starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who has plays for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. He bats and throws right handed.

Background[]

A prospect coming from the Dominican Republic, Colón was signed by the Cleveland Indians as a free agent in 1993 and made his major league debut on April 4, 1997.

In his first season, Colón went 4-7 with a 5.65 ERA. In his 1999 season, one year after helping his Indians to the 1998 American League Championship Series, even in a lost cause against the Yankees, Colón finished 18-5, pitching over 200 innings with 161 strikeouts and a 3.95 ERA in innings pitched.

In 2000, Colón eclipsed his strikeouts number by 51, ending with 212. He also posted a career-high 98 walks. 2002 was his best season to date, but it came in Cleveland and Montreal. Just prior to the 2002 trade deadline, Colón and Tim Drew were traded to the Montreal Expos in exchange for Lee Stevens, Brandon Phillips, and prospects Grady Sizemore and Cliff Lee. Colón finished 2002 with a combined 20-8 record and a 2.93 ERA, including 76 earned runs with 70 walks in 233 innings, three shutouts, and eight complete games.

After that season, every team in the league attempted to acquire him, but only a few were willing to bid high enough to obtain him. Before the 2003 season, Colón was traded to the Chicago White Sox as part of a three-team deal, including the New York Yankees. He finished 2003 with a 15-13 record. A free agent after the season, he signed with the Anaheim Angels. Colón won 18 games with Anaheim in 2004. During the 2005 season, he went 21-8 with a 3.48 ERA, and became the first Angels pitcher to win the Cy Young Award since Dean Chance in 1964.

Due to a partially torn rotator cuff that he received in a playoff game against the New York Yankees in 2005, Colón spent much of the 2006 season on the DL with soreness or inflammation in his right shoulder. In 10 starts, Colón went 1-5 with a 5.11 ERA.

Salary[]

His current contract with the Angels covers $51 million from 2004 to 2007, which included an $8 million signing bonus.

2004: $9 million
2005: $8 million
2006: $12 million
2007: $14 million
Limited no-trade clause (may block a trade to 4 teams)

Scouting Report[]

Statistics[]

Pitching Stats[]

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1997	CLE	A	19	17	4	7	5.65	66	66	59	1	0	94	107	12	45	1	5	3
1998	CLE	A	31	31	14	9	3.71	158	91	84	6	2	204	205	15	79	5	4	3
1999	CLE	A	32	32	18	5	3.95	161	97	90	1	1	205	185	24	76	5	4	7
2000	CLE	A	30	30	15	8	3.88	212	86	81	2	1	188	163	21	98	4	4	4
2001	CLE	A	34	34	14	12	4.09	201	106	101	1	0	222.1	220	26	90	2	4	2
2002	MON	N	17	17	10	4	3.31	74	48	43	4	1	117	115	9	39	4	1	0
2002	CLE	A	16	16	10	4	2.55	75	37	33	4	2	116.1	104	11	31	1	3	2
2002	Total		33	33	20	8	2.93	149	85	76	8	3	233.1	219	20	70	5	4	2
2003	CHI	A	34	34	15	13	3.87	173	107	104	9	0	242	223	30	67	3	8	5
2004	ANA	A	34	34	18	12	5.01	158	122	116	0	0	208.1	215	38	71	1	1	3
2005	ANA	A	33	33	21	8	3.48	157	93	86	2	0	222.2	215	26	43	0	2	3
2006	ANA	A	10	10	1	5	5.11	31	39	32	1	1	56.1	71	11	11	0	1	3
2007	ANA	A	19	18	6	8	6.34	76	74	70	0	0	99.1	132	15	29	1	1	5
Total	NL		17	17	10	4	3.31	74	48	43	4	1	117	115	9	39	4	1	0
Total	AL		292	289	136	91	4.15	1468	918	856	27	7	1858.1	1840	229	640	23	37	40
Total			309	306	146	95	4.10	1542	966	899	31	8	1975.1	1955	228	679	27	38	40

Fielding Stats[]

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1997	CLE	A	P	19	17	94	6	17	5	3	2	10	2	0	.821
1998	CLE	A	P	31	31	204	13	34	1	1	1	7	1	0	.979
1999	CLE	A	P	32	32	205	20	31	2	4	0	9	7	0	.962
2000	CLE	A	P	30	30	188	17	18	2	1	2	3	4	2	.946
2001	CLE	A	P	34	34	222.1	12	27	1	4	1	7	5	1	.975
2002	MON	N	P	17	17	117	6	15	1	1	2	3	4	2	.955
2002	CLE	A	P	16	16	116.1	7	16	2	3	0	2	3	2	.920
2002	Total		P	33	33	233.1	13	31	3	4	2	5	7	4	.936
2003	CHI	A	P	34	34	242	12	17	3	3	0	1	6	1	.906
2004	ANA	A	P	34	34	208.1	8	30	3	4	3	3	6	1	.927
2005	ANA	A	P	33	33	222.2	8	16	0	0	0	2	4	0	1.000
2006	ANA	A	P	10	10	56.1	4	7	1	0	0	1	3	0	.917
2007	ANA	A	P	19	18	99.1	3	8	1	1	0	2	2	0	.917
Total			P	309	306	1975.1	116	236	22	25	11	50	47	9	.941

Batting Stats[]

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	SO	HBP	SH	GDP
1997	CLE	A	19	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0
1998	CLE	A	31	2	0	1	1	.500	.500	.500	1	0	0	0
1999	CLE	A	32	7	0	1	0	.143	.143	.143	5	0	1	0
2000	CLE	A	30	5	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	5	0	0	0
2001	CLE	A	34	7	0	1	0	.143	.143	.143	5	0	0	0
2002	MON	N	17	39	1	5	3	.128	.146	.128	20	1	2	0
2002	CLE	A	16	6	0	1	0	.167	.167	.167	3	0	0	0
2002	Total		33	45	1	6	3	.133	.149	.133	23	1	2	0
2003	CHI	A	34	6	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	3	0	1	0
2004	ANA	A	34	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	1	0	0	0
2005	ANA	A	33	3	0	1	1	.333	.333	.333	2	0	0	0
2006	ANA	A	10	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	1	0	1	0
2007	ANA	A	19	3	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1
Total	NL		17	39	1	5	3	.128	.146	.128	20	1	2	0
Total	AL		292	44	0	5	2	.114	.114	.114	27	0	3	1
Total			309	83	1	10	5	.120	.129	.120	47	1	5	1

Transactions[]

Signed as a non-drafted free agent by Cleveland Indians (June 26, 1993).
Traded by Cleveland Indians with Tim Drew to Montreal Expos in exchange for Lee Stevens, Brandon Phillips, Cliff Lee and Grady Sizemore (June 27, 2002).
Traded by Montreal Expos with Jorge Nunez to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Rocky Biddle, Orlando Hernandez, Jeff Liefer and cash (January 15, 2003).
Granted free agency (October 27, 2003).
Signed by Anaheim Angels (December 10, 2003).

Trivia[]

2005 AL Cy Young Award
Two-time All-Star (1998, 2005).
Won his only start of the 1998 ALCS pitching a four-hit, one-run complete game.