Bartolo Colon, baseball player, 1997-2018

Bartolo Colon

Born: 5/24/1973 in Altamira, Puerto Plata, D.R.

MLB Debut: 1997-04-04 | Final Game: 2018-09-22

Bats: R | Throws: R | Height: 5'11" | Weight: 285 lbs

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Biography

Bartolo Colón, born in 1973, was a Dominican professional baseball pitcher whose career spanned from 1997 to 2018. Known for his impressive physique and a unique pitching style that combined power with finesse, Colón became a beloved figure in Major League Baseball. He finished his career with a record of 247-188 and an earned run average (ERA) of 4.12, solidifying his status as one of the more durable and effective pitchers of his era. Colón recorded a remarkable 2,535 strikeouts over his career, demonstrating his ability to dominate hitters throughout his time on the mound. Colón's accolades included four All-Star selections and the prestigious Cy Young Award, which he earned in 2005 while playing for the Los Angeles Angels. His career took him through several teams, including notable stints with the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and New York Mets, where he earned a reputation for being a workhorse pitcher, often defying age-related expectations. Colón was particularly celebrated for his resilience and longevity in the game, becoming a fan favorite for his charismatic personality and remarkable ability to continue competing at a high level well into his 40s. His legacy endures not only through his statistics but also through the impact he had on the game, especially as a symbol of perseverance and adaptability in a sport that often favors youth.

Career Pitching Statistics

W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA Pitcher PIV
247 188 565 552 38 13 0 3461.7 3593 1584 439 948 2535 4.12 0

Career ERA 4.12 vs. league average 4.29 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Year Team Lg W L G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER BB SO ERA Lg ERA Pitcher PIV
1997 CLE AL 4 7 19 17 1 0 0 94.0 107 59 45 66 5.65 4.39 (-29%) -1214.5
1998 CLE AL 14 9 31 31 6 2 0 204.0 205 84 79 158 3.71 4.43 (+16%) 3612.2
1999 CLE AL 18 5 32 32 1 1 0 205.0 185 90 76 161 3.95 4.71 (+16%) 2182.6
2000 CLE AL 15 8 30 30 2 1 0 188.0 163 81 98 212 3.88 4.77 (+19%) 3958.7
2001 CLE AL 14 12 34 34 1 0 0 222.3 220 101 90 201 4.09 4.42 (+7%) 2411.5
2002 CLE AL 10 4 16 16 4 2 0 116.3 104 33 31 75 2.55 4.28 (+40%) 1563.9
2002 WSN NL 10 4 17 17 4 1 0 117.0 115 43 39 74 3.31 4.28 (+23%) -
2003 CHW AL 15 13 34 34 9 0 0 242.0 223 104 67 173 3.87 4.40 (+12%) -
2004 LAA AL 18 12 34 34 0 0 0 208.3 215 116 71 158 5.01 4.46 (-12%) -
2005 LAA AL 21 8 33 33 2 0 0 222.7 215 86 43 157 3.48 4.29 (+19%) 3163.4
2006 LAA AL 1 5 10 10 1 1 0 56.3 71 32 11 31 5.11 4.53 (-13%) -1144.5
2007 LAA AL 6 8 19 18 0 0 0 99.3 132 70 29 76 6.34 4.47 (-42%) -573.3
2008 BOS AL 4 2 7 7 0 0 0 39.0 44 17 10 27 3.92 4.32 (+9%) -13.1
2009 CHW AL 3 6 12 12 0 0 0 62.3 69 29 21 38 4.19 4.32 (+3%) -
2011 NYY AL 8 10 29 26 1 1 0 164.3 172 73 40 135 4.00 3.94 (-1%) -
2012 OAK AL 10 9 24 24 0 0 0 152.3 161 58 23 91 3.43 4.01 (+15%) 751.1
2013 OAK AL 18 6 30 30 3 3 0 190.3 193 56 29 117 2.65 3.87 (+32%) 3133.6
2014 NYN NL 15 13 31 31 0 0 0 202.3 218 92 30 151 4.09 3.74 (-9%) 887.9
2015 NYN NL 14 13 33 31 1 1 0 194.7 217 90 24 136 4.16 3.96 (-5%) 628.3
2016 NYN NL 15 8 34 33 0 0 0 191.7 200 73 32 128 3.43 4.19 (+18%) 1012.7
2017 ATL NL 2 8 13 13 0 0 0 63.0 92 57 20 42 8.14 4.36 (-87%) -1174.5
2017 MIN AL 5 6 15 15 1 0 0 80.0 100 46 15 47 5.17 4.36 (-19%) -1930.5
2018 TEX AL 7 12 28 24 1 0 0 146.3 172 94 25 81 5.78 4.15 (-39%) -4980.3

Career Batting Statistics

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS PIV
565 299 11 25 4 0 1 11 0 1 166 0.084 0.092 0.107 0.199 -2136.1

Career AVG .084 vs. league average .261 across their career seasons — 68.0% below league average.

Career OBP .092 vs. league average .329 across their career seasons — 72.0% below league average.

Career SLG .107 vs. league average .417 across their career seasons — 74.3% below league average.

Career OPS 0.199 vs. league average 0.746 across their career seasons — 73.3% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Year Team Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO AVG Lg AVG Lg OBP Lg SLG Lg OPS PIV
1997 CLE AL 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
1998 CLE AL 31 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0.500 — — — — 0.0
1999 CLE AL 32 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.143 — — — — 0.0
2000 CLE AL 30 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2001 CLE AL 34 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.143 — — — — 0.0
2002 CLE AL 16 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.167 — — — — 0.0
2002 WSN NL 17 39 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 20 0.128 — — — — 0.0
2003 CHW AL 34 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2004 LAA AL 34 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2005 LAA AL 33 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0.333 — — — — 0.0
2006 LAA AL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2007 LAA AL 19 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2008 BOS AL 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2009 CHW AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 — — — — 0.0
2011 NYY AL 29 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2012 OAK AL 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2013 OAK AL 30 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2014 NYN NL 31 62 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 33 0.032 .251 (-87%) .313 (-90%) .386 (-87%) .700 (-88%) -893.4
2015 NYN NL 33 58 2 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 24 0.138 .254 (-46%) .316 (-53%) .404 (-62%) .721 (-58%) -571.2
2016 NYN NL 34 60 4 5 2 0 1 2 0 1 40 0.083 .255 (-67%) .321 (-69%) .417 (-60%) .738 (-64%) -671.5
2017 ATL NL 13 15 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2017 MIN AL 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0.000 — — — — 0.0
2018 TEX AL 28 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0.000 — — — — 0.0

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Batting by Year

Year Round Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
2015 NLCS NYN 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 NLDS2 NYN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2015 WS NYN 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2013 ALDS2 OAK 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2005 ALDS2 LAA 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2004 ALDS1 ANA 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
2001 ALDS1 CLE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1999 ALDS1 CLE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1998 ALCS CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
1998 ALDS1 CLE 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000

Playoff Career Pitching

W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
3 5 17 10 0 67.0 66 26 26 52 3.49

Playoff Pitching by Year

Year Round Team W L G GS SV IP H ER BB SO ERA
2015 NLCS NYN 1 0 1 0 0 1.3 0 0 1 1 0.00
2015 NLDS2 NYN 0 0 3 0 0 4.0 3 2 0 5 4.50
2015 WS NYN 0 1 3 0 0 3.3 4 0 3 1 0.00
2013 ALDS2 OAK 0 1 1 1 0 6.0 10 3 0 4 4.50
2005 ALDS2 LAA 0 1 2 2 0 8.0 10 4 2 7 4.50
2004 ALDS1 ANA 0 0 1 1 0 6.0 7 3 3 3 4.50
2001 ALDS1 CLE 1 1 2 2 0 14.7 12 3 6 13 1.84
1999 ALDS1 CLE 0 1 2 2 0 9.0 11 9 4 12 9.00
1998 ALCS CLE 1 0 1 1 0 9.0 4 1 4 3 1.00
1998 ALDS1 CLE 0 0 1 1 0 5.7 5 1 3 3 1.59

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Position G GS PO A E DP
P 565 552 188 456 48 47

Season-by-Season Fielding

Year Team Pos G GS PO A E DP
1997 CLE P 19 17 6 17 5 3
1998 CLE P 31 31 13 34 1 1
1999 CLE P 32 32 20 31 2 4
2000 CLE P 30 30 17 18 2 1
2001 CLE P 34 34 12 27 1 4
2002 CLE P 16 16 7 17 2 3
2002 MON P 17 17 6 15 1 1
2003 CHA P 34 34 12 17 3 3
2004 ANA P 34 34 8 30 3 4
2005 LAA P 33 33 8 16 0 0
2006 LAA P 10 10 4 7 1 0
2007 LAA P 19 18 3 8 1 1
2008 BOS P 7 7 2 4 2 0
2009 CHA P 12 12 1 12 1 0
2011 NYA P 29 26 10 18 1 1
2012 OAK P 24 24 6 18 4 2
2013 OAK P 30 30 6 22 1 1
2014 NYN P 31 31 11 27 5 2
2015 NYN P 33 31 9 32 3 6
2016 NYN P 34 33 12 40 3 5
2017 ATL P 13 13 3 19 2 3
2017 MIN P 15 15 5 5 0 0
2018 TEX P 28 24 7 22 4 2

Career Games by Position

Position Games
Pitcher 565

Awards & Honors

Year Award Notes
2016 Player of the Week Week of 2016-05-07
2015 Player of the Week Week of 2015-09-06
2013 Pitcher of the Month June
2005 Cy Young Award
2005 MLB Players Choice Outstanding Pitcher
2005 Pitcher of the Month August
2005 TSN Pitcher of the Year
2003 Player of the Week Week of 2003-09-13
2002 Pitcher of the Month May
2000 Player of the Week Week of 2000-09-23
1998 Pitcher of the Month June
1998 Player of the Week Week of 1998-06-20

Salary History

Year Team League Salary
2016 NYN NL $7,250,000
2015 NYN NL $11,000,000
2014 NYN NL $9,000,000
2013 OAK AL $3,000,000
2012 OAK AL $2,000,000
2011 NYA AL $900,000
2009 CHA AL $1,000,000
2007 LAA AL $16,000,000
2006 LAA AL $14,000,000
2005 LAA AL $10,000,000
2004 ANA AL $11,000,000
2003 CHA AL $8,250,000
2002 CLE AL $4,925,000
2001 CLE AL $2,625,000
2000 CLE AL $1,125,000
1999 CLE AL $625,000
1998 CLE AL $180,000
1997 CLE AL $150,000
Total Career Earnings $103,030,000

Award Voting History

Year Award League Finish Points Won Points Max Votes First
2013 Cy Young Award AL 6th 25.0 210 0
2005 Cy Young Award AL 1st 118.0 140 17
2005 Most Valuable Player AL 23th 3.0 392 0
2002 Cy Young Award NL 6th 1.0 160 0
1999 Cy Young Award AL 4th 14.0 140 0