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Bartolo Colon

Pitcher

Born: May 24, 1973
Altamira, DR
Height: 5-11
Weight: 245
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: Not drafted
How Acquired: Minor league free agent (Feb. 2008)

Signed with Chicago (AL) (January 2009)

Scouting Report: A Cy Young award winner in 2005, Colon struggled through injury problems in 2006 and 2007, including a torn rotator cuff, from which pitchers are rarely able to fully return. Prior to his injuries, his 4-seamer regularly hit the mid 90s, complemented by an excellent sinker, a decent slider, and an average changeup. In March 2008, Colon's fastball was sitting between 88 and 91 mph. In early May, he was getting up around 93 mph (pay no attention to the inaccurate radar readings of 97 mph from the McCoy Stadium gun). His command remains very good. If his velocity remains around 92-93 mph, Colon should still have some success as he's smart on the mound and mixes his pitches well. However, his endurance is an increasing concern, which is not surprising given his size.

	Career Stats
year	team	lg	level	org	age	w	l	%	era	g	gs	cg	sh	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	k/bb
1994	Burlington	App	Rk	Cle	21	7	4	0.636	3.14	12	12	0	0	0	66.0	46	32	23	3	44	84	1.91
1995	Kinston	Caro	A+	Cle	22	13	3	0.813	1.96	21	21	0	0	0	128.2	91	31	28	8	39	152	3.90
1996	Canton	East	AA	Cle	23	2	2	0.500	1.74	13	12	0	0	0	62.0	44	17	12	2	25	56	2.24
1996	Buffalo	Amer	AAA	Cle	23	0	0	---	6.00	8	0	0	0	0	15.0	16	10	10	2	8	19	2.38
1997	Buffalo	Amer	AAA	Cle	24	7	1	0.875	2.22	10	10	1	1	0	56.2	45	15	14	4	23	54	2.35
1997	Cleveland	AL	MLB	Cle	24	4	7	0.364	5.65	19	17	1	0	0	94.0	107	66	59	12	45	66	1.47
1998	Cleveland	AL	MLB	Cle	25	14	9	0.609	3.71	31	31	6	2	0	204.0	205	91	84	15	79	158	2.00
1999	Cleveland	AL	MLB	Cle	26	18	5	0.783	3.95	32	32	1	1	0	205.0	185	97	90	24	76	161	2.12
2000	Buffalo	IL	AAA	Cle	27	1	0	1.000	1.80	1	1	0	0	0	5.0	6	1	1	0	0	4	---
2000	Cleveland	AL	MLB	Cle	27	15	8	0.652	3.88	30	30	2	1	0	188.0	163	86	81	21	98	212	2.16
2001	Cleveland	AL	MLB	Cle	28	14	12	0.538	4.09	34	34	1	0	0	222.1	220	106	101	26	90	201	2.23
2002	Cleveland	AL	MLB	Cle	29	10	4	0.714	2.55	16	16	4	2	0	116.1	104	37	33	11	31	75	2.42
2002	Montreal	NL	MLB	Mtl	29	10	4	0.714	3.31	17	17	4	1	0	117.0	115	48	43	9	39	74	1.90
2003	Chicago	AL	MLB	CWS	30	15	13	0.536	3.87	34	34	9	0	0	242.0	223	107	104	30	67	173	2.58
2004	Anaheim	AL	MLB	Ana	31	18	12	0.600	5.01	34	34	0	0	0	208.1	215	122	116	38	71	158	2.23
2005	LA Angels	AL	MLB	LAA	32	21	8	0.724	3.48	33	33	2	0	0	222.2	215	93	86	26	43	157	3.65
2006	Rancho Cucamonga	Calif	A+	LAA	33	0	0	---	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	1	3	3.00
2006	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	33	0	1	0.000	6.17	2	2	0	0	0	11.2	14	8	8	4	2	3	1.50
2006	LA Angels	AL	MLB	LAA	33	1	5	0.167	5.11	10	10	1	1	0	56.1	71	39	32	11	11	31	2.82
2007	Rancho Cucamonga	Calif	A+	LAA	34	1	0	1.000	1.86	2	2	0	0	0	9.2	6	2	2	0	1	10	10.00
2007	Salt Lake	PCL	AAA	LAA	34	2	0	1.000	2.40	3	3	0	0	0	15.0	12	4	4	0	3	8	2.67
2007	LA Angels	AL	MLB	LAA	34	6	8	0.429	6.34	19	18	0	0	0	99.1	132	74	70	15	29	76	2.62
2008	Pawtucket	IL	AAA	Bos	35	3	1	0.750	2.27	9	9	0	0	0	31.2	23	9	8	2	6	21	3.50
2008	Boston	AL	MLB	Bos	35	4	2	0.667	3.92	7	7	0	0	0	39.0	44	23	17	5	10	27	2.70
2009	Kannapolis	SAL	A	CWS	36	0	1	0.000	2.57	1	1	0	0	0	7.0	7	2	2	0	1	8	8.00
2009	Charlotte	IL	AAA	CWS	36	1	1	0.500	3.75	2	2	0	0	0	12.0	10	5	5	2	4	1	0.25
2009	Chicago	AL	MLB	CWS	36	3	6	0.333	4.19	12	12	0	0	0	62.1	69	42	29	13	21	38	1.81
2010	DNP - Injury	---	---	---	37	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---	---
2011	New York	AL	MLB	NYY	38	8	10	0.444	4.00	29	26	1	1	0	164.1	172	85	73	21	40	135	3.38
2012	Oakland	AL	MLB	Oak	39	10	9	0.526	3.43	24	24	0	0	0	152.1	161	62	58	17	23	91	3.96
2013	Oakland	AL	MLB	Oak	40	18	6	0.750	2.65	30	30	3	3	0	190.1	193	60	56	14	29	117	4.03
2014	New York	NL	MLB	NYM	41	15	13	0.536	4.09	31	31	0	0	0	202.1	218	97	92	22	30	151	5.03
2015	New York	NL	MLB	NYM	42	14	13	0.519	4.16	33	31	1	1	0	194.2	217	94	90	25	24	136	5.67
2016	New York	NL	MLB	NYM	43	15	8	0.651	3.43	34	33	0	0	0	191.2	200	81	73	24	32	128	4.00
2017	Atlanta	NL	MLB	Atl	44	2	8	0.200	8.14	13	13	0	0	0	63.0	92	66	57	11	20	42	2.10
2017	Rochester	IL	AAA	Min	44	0	1	0.000	9.82	1	1	0	0	0	3.2	4	4	4	1	2	5	2.50
2017	Minnesota	AL	MLB	Min	44	5	6	0.455	5.18	15	15	1	0	0	80.0	100	46	46	17	15	47	3.13
2018	Texas	AL	MLB	Tex	45	7	12	0.368	5.78	28	24	1	0	0	146.1	172	97	94	32	25	81	3.24

	Additional Player Info
	Pronunciation: Kul-ohn First Pro Contract: June 26, 1993 (Cleveland) Signing Bonus: $3,000 MiLB Debut: June 1994 (Burlington)	Added to 40-man: - MLB Debut: April 4, 1997 (Cleveland)

	Awards 2013 American League All-Star 2005 AL Cy Young 2005 AL All-Star 1998 AL All-Star 1995 Carolina League Pitcher of the Year 1995 Indians ML Player of the Year	SoxProspects.com Awards -

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