Jose Contreras Pitcher

     
 

Born: December 6, 1971
Las Martinas, Cuba
Height: 6-4
Weight: 255
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: Not drafted
How Acquired: Minor league free agent (July 2013)

Released (August 2013)

Scouting Report: Cuban righty began his career as a starter but moved to the bullpen in 2009. As a reliever, Contreras uses a low-90s fastball, a mid-80s slider and a high-70s forkball. Battled through elbow injuries the past two seasons.
 

  
   
    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs sv ip h r er hr bb so whip k/bb k/9
  2003 Staten Island NYPL A- NYY 31 0 0 --- -- 1 1 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 15 -- -- 19.29
  2003 Tampa FSL A+ NYY 31 0 0 --- 4.50 1 1 0 4.0 4 2 2 0 3 5 1.75 1.67 11.25
  2003 Trenton East AA NYY 31 0 0 --- -- 1 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 2 3 1.80 1.50 16.20
  2003 Columbus IL AAA NYY 31 2 0 1.000 1.20 3 3 0 15.0 10 2 2 1 2 18 0.80 9.00 10.80
  2003 NY Yankees AL MLB NYY 31 7 2 0.778 3.30 18 9 0 71.0 52 27 26 4 30 72 1.15 2.40 9.13
  2004 Columbus IL AAA NYY 32 2 0 1.000 3.29 2 2 0 13.7 11 5 5 2 5 19 1.17 3.80 12.51
  2004 NY Yankees AL MLB NYY 32 8 5 0.615 5.64 18 18 0 95.7 93 66 60 22 42 82 1.41 1.95 7.71
  2004 Chicago AL MLB CWS 32 5 4 0.556 5.30 13 13 0 74.7 73 48 44 9 42 68 1.54 1.62 8.20
  2005 Chicago AL MLB CWS 33 15 7 0.682 3.61 32 32 0 204.7 177 91 82 23 75 154 1.23 2.05 6.77
  2006 Chicago AL MLB CWS 34 13 9 0.591 4.27 30 30 0 196.0 194 101 93 20 55 134 1.27 2.44 6.15
  2007 Chicago AL MLB CWS 35 10 17 0.370 5.57 32 30 0 189.0 232 134 117 21 62 113 1.56 1.82 5.38
  2008 Charlotte IL AAA CWS 36 0 0 --- 5.40 1 1 0 5.0 4 3 3 0 3 4 1.40 1.33 7.20
  2008 Chicago AL MLB CWS 36 7 6 0.538 4.54 20 20 0 121.0 130 64 61 12 35 70 1.36 2.00 5.21
  2009 Charlotte IL AAA CWS 37 3 1 0.750 2.70 5 5 0 33.3 19 12 10 2 16 27 1.05 1.69 7.29
  2009 Chicago AL MLB CWS 37 5 13 0.278 5.42 21 21 0 114.7 121 83 69 11 45 89 1.45 1.98 6.99
  2009 Colorado NL MLB Col 37 1 0 1.000 1.59 7 2 0 17.0 20 3 3 2 8 17 1.65 2.13 9.00
  2010 Philadelphia NL MLB Phi 38 6 4 0.600 3.34 67 0 4 56.7 53 22 21 5 16 57 1.22 3.56 9.05
  2011 Clearwater FSL A+ Phi 39 0 1 0.000 40.50 1 1 0 0.7 4 3 3 0 0 0 --- --- ---
  2011 Reading East AA Phi 39 0 0 --- -- 1 0 0 1.0 2 0 0 0 1 1 3.00 1.00 9.00
  2011 Lehigh Valley IL AAA Phi 39 0 0 --- -- 1 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 --- --- ---
  2011 Philadelphia NL MLB Phi 39 0 0 --- 3.86 17 0 5 14.0 11 6 6 0 8 13 1.36 1.63 8.36
  2012 Clearwater FSL A+ Phi 40 0 1 0.000 8.31 5 1 0 4.3 5 4 4 1 1 7 1.38 7.00 14.54
  2012 Philadelphia NL MLB Phi 40 1 0 1.000 5.27 17 0 0 13.7 13 10 8 1 3 15 1.17 5.00 9.88
  2013 Bradenton FSL A+ Pit 41 0 1 0.000 9.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 2 2 0 1 2 1.50 2.00 9.00
  2013 Altoona East AA Pit 41 0 0 --- -- 2 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 -- --- 4.50
  2013 Indianapolis IL AAA Pit 41 2 0 1.000 0.93 16 0 1 19.3 13 3 2 1 5 24 0.93 4.80 11.17
  2013 Pittsburgh NL MLB Pit 41 0 0 --- 9.00 7 0 0 5.0 7 5 5 1 6 5 2.60 0.83 9.00
  2013 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 41 0 2 0.000 6.52 8 0 0 16.7 9 9 7 2 6 15 0.90 2.50 8.10
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: ---
First Pro Contract: February 6, 2003 (NYY)
Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: April 2006 (Staten Island)		 Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: March 31, 2003 (NYY)
     
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