Born on December 6, 1971 in La Martinas, Cuba, Jose Contreras (Jose Ariel Contreras) played for the New York Yankees and Chicago White Sox over the course of his 4 year career. Contreras broke into the bigs on March 31, 2003 with the New York Yankees, and put up a 3.30 ERA in 71 innings pitched in 2003, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jose Contreras's best season was 2005, when he posted a 3.61 ERA, won 15 games and struck out 154 batters.
Scouting Report[]
Statistics[]
Pitching Stats[]
Year
Team
G
GS
W
L
ERA
K
R
ER
CG
SHO
SV
IP
H
HR
BB
IB
WP
HBP
2003
NY
A
18
9
7
2
3.30
72
27
26
0
0
0
71
52
4
30
1
2
5
2004
NY
A
18
18
8
5
5.64
82
66
60
0
0
0
95.2
93
22
42
1
10
6
2004
CHI
A
13
13
5
4
5.30
68
48
44
0
0
0
74.2
73
9
42
0
7
2
2004
TOT
A
31
31
13
9
5.50
150
114
104
0
0
0
170.1
166
31
84
1
17
8
2005
CHI
A
32
32
15
7
3.61
154
91
82
1
0
0
204.2
177
23
75
2
20
9
2006
CHI
A
30
30
13
9
4.27
134
101
93
1
1
0
196
194
20
55
4
16
10
2007
CHI
A
32
30
10
17
5.57
113
134
117
2
2
0
189
232
21
62
1
3
15
Total
143
132
58
44
4.57
623
467
422
4
3
0
831
821
99
306
9
58
47
Fielding Stats[]
Year
Team
POS
G
GS
INN
PO
A
ERR
DP
TP
PB
SB
CS
PkO
AVG
2003
NY
A
P
18
9
71
1
9
1
1
0
2
7
0
0
.909
2004
NY
A
P
18
18
95.2
1
6
1
0
0
2
19
5
0
.875
2004
CHI
A
P
13
13
74.2
6
6
1
0
0
2
10
6
2
.923
2004
TOT
A
P
31
31
170.1
7
12
2
0
0
4
29
11
2
.905
2005
CHI
A
P
32
32
204.2
11
24
2
1
0
1
28
2
2
.946
2006
CHI
A
P
30
30
196
8
21
2
1
0
0
21
6
0
.935
2007
CHI
A
P
32
30
189
5
22
6
2
0
4
25
6
0
.818
Total
P
143
132
831
32
88
13
5
0
11
110
25
4
.902
Batting Stats[]
Year
Team
G
AB
R
H
HR
RBI
AVG
OBP
SLG
2B
3B
BB
SO
HBP
SH
SB
IBB
GDP
2003
NY
A
18
3
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
2004
NY
A
18
8
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
2004
CHI
A
13
0
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
2004
TOT
A
31
8
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
2005
CHI
A
32
3
0
0
0
0
.000
.250
.000
0
0
1
2
0
0
0
0
0
2006
CHI
A
30
4
1
0
0
0
.000
.333
.000
0
0
2
2
0
0
0
0
0
2007
CHI
A
32
1
0
0
0
0
.000
.000
.000
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Total
143
19
1
0
0
0
.000
.136
.000
0
0
3
12
0
0
0
0
0
Transactions[]
Signed as a non-drafted free agent by New York Yankees (February 6, 2003).
Traded by New York Yankees with cash to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Esteban Loaiza (July 31, 2004).