Bartolo Colon

1997–2018 · 21 seasons · Bats right, throws right · Born 1973

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Pitching: 14 of 18 columns. Folded away: HR, BFP, CG, SHO. Hitting: 17 of 26 columns. Folded away: CS, TB, HBP, wOBA, wRAA, WAR: Bat, WAR: Field, WAR: Run, WAR: Pos.

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Pitching

SeasonTeamLgGGSIPWLSVSOBBHERERAWHIPWARFIP
1997Cleveland IndiansAL191794.04706645107595.651.620.34.90
1998Cleveland IndiansAL3131204.0149015879205843.711.393.53.75
1999Cleveland IndiansAL3232205.0185016176185903.951.273.04.30
2000Cleveland IndiansAL3030188.0158021298163813.881.393.43.96
2001Cleveland IndiansAL3434222.314120201902201014.091.393.14.00
2002Montreal ExposNL3333233.3208014970219762.931.243.63.73
2003Chicago White SoxAL3434242.015130173672231043.871.203.14.11
2004Anaheim AngelsAL3434208.318120158712151165.011.370.64.97
2005CYLos Angeles Angels of AnaheimAL3333222.7218015743215863.481.163.13.75
2006Los Angeles Angels of AnaheimAL101056.3150311171325.111.460.05.33
2007Los Angeles Angels of AnaheimAL191899.36807629132706.341.620.64.70
2008Boston Red SoxAL7739.0420271044173.921.390.44.34
2009Chicago White SoxAL121262.3360382169294.191.44-0.35.70
2011New York YankeesAL2926164.3810013540172734.001.291.73.83
2012Oakland AthleticsAL2424152.310909123161583.431.211.63.82
2013Oakland AthleticsAL3030190.3186011729193562.651.172.83.23
2014New York MetsNL3131202.31513015130218924.091.231.93.57
2015New York MetsNL3331194.71413013624217904.161.241.53.84
2016New York MetsNL3433191.7158012832200733.431.212.23.99
2017Minnesota TwinsAL2828143.0714089351921036.481.59-0.15.21
2018Texas RangersAL2824146.371208125172945.781.35-0.55.47
Career21 seasons5655523461.724718802535948359315844.121.3135.5

Hitting

SeasonTeamLgGPAABRH2B3BHRRBIBBSOSBAVGOBPSLGOPSWAR
1997Cleveland IndiansAL1911000000010.000.000.000.0000.0
1998Cleveland IndiansAL3122010001010.500.500.5001.0000.0
1999Cleveland IndiansAL3287010000050.143.143.143.286-0.1
2000Cleveland IndiansAL3055000000050.000.000.000.000-0.1
2001Cleveland IndiansAL3477010000050.143.143.143.286-0.1
2002Montreal ExposNL3349451600030230.133.149.133.282-0.7
2003Chicago White SoxAL3476000000030.000.000.000.000-0.2
2004Anaheim AngelsAL3433000000010.000.000.000.000-0.1
2005Los Angeles Angels of AnaheimAL3333010001020.333.333.333.6670.0
2006Los Angeles Angels of AnaheimAL1021000000010.000.000.000.000-0.1
2007Los Angeles Angels of AnaheimAL1933000000000.000.000.000.000-0.1
2008Boston Red SoxAL722000000020.000.000.000.000-0.1
2009Chicago White SoxAL1200000000000
2011New York YankeesAL2921000000010.000.000.000.000-0.1
2012Oakland AthleticsAL2444000000030.000.000.000.000-0.1
2013Oakland AthleticsAL3066000000030.000.000.000.000-0.2
2014New York MetsNL3169623210000330.032.032.048.081-1.6
2015New York MetsNL3364582810040240.138.150.155.305-0.8
2016New York MetsNL3465604520121400.083.098.167.265-1.0
2017Atlanta BravesNL2820191000000100.000.000.000.000-0.5
2018Texas RangersAL2844000000030.000.000.000.000-0.1
Career21 seasons56532629911254011111660.084.093.107.200-5.8

Gold shading marks a top-five finish in that league that season. Filled for first, shaded for second and third, faint for fourth and fifth, with the exact place in the corner of the cell. These rankings are ours, not part of the source data: we work them out from the season lines on this site and count each league on its own, so a first in the American League is not a first across baseball. Rate statistics use the same qualifying line as the season tool, which is why a relief pitcher can have the lowest ERA in his league and still have no shading on it — he did not pitch enough innings to qualify. A ranking is only drawn when its column is on screen; press Show all columns for the rest. On a season where this player both batted and pitched, the WAR column is left unshaded either way: the data keeps one WAR ranking for the year and does not say which of the two it belongs to, and a guess here would put a league lead on the wrong line.

The dark chips beside a season are awards. Those are records rather than our arithmetic: MVP (Most Valuable Player), CY (Cy Young Award), ROY (Rookie of the Year), GG (Gold Glove), SS (Silver Slugger). Two of them are lettered in the metal they are named after — Gold Glove in gold, Silver Slugger in silver — but the letters say which is which, so nothing here depends on telling the two apart by colour.

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The WAR columns are worked out on this site — they are not part of the source data, and they will not match Baseball-Reference exactly.

Everything else on this page comes straight from the Lahman database. WAR is our own calculation from those same season lines: fielding is estimated from putouts and assists rather than measured, fielding innings are missing before 1954, and the fielding component is capped. Treat it as a reasonable estimate of value, not as a record. The season tool explains the method in full.

means the value is not in the source for that season, which is not the same as zero. In the Career and Subtotal rows it marks a statistic that cannot be added up across seasons — wOBA and FIP both need league constants that change every year, so we leave them blank rather than invent one. Leagues on this page: AL (American League), NL (National League).

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