Armando Galarraga

Armando Galarraga
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Armando Galarraga

Detroit Tigers — No. 58
Starting pitcher
Born: January 15, 1982 (1982-01-15) (age 26) Cumana, Venezuela
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
September 15, 2007 for the Texas Rangers
Selected MLB statistics (through 2008)
Win-Loss	13–7
Earned run average	3.84
Strikeouts	132
Teams
Texas Rangers (2007) Detroit Tigers (2008–present)

Armando Antonio Galarraga (born January 15, 1982 in Cumana, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball pitcher for the Detroit Tigers. Galarraga made his Major League Baseball debut with the Texas Rangers on September 15, 2007.

Galarraga originally signed as a free agent with the Montreal Expos on October 31, 1998. He was acquired by the Rangers from the Washington Nationals as part of the deal that sent Alfonso Soriano to the Nationals in 2005.

Armando is not related to former major league player Andres Galarraga, though they are both from Venezuela.

Detroit Tigers

On February 5, 2008, Galarraga was traded to the Detroit Tigers.^[1] As a minor league call up for the injured Dontrelle Willis, Galarraga earned his first career win April 16, 2008 in a 13–2 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

On June 13, 2008 Galarraga pitched seven innings in a 5–0 shutout victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers, the first of his career, and first of the season for the Tigers.

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

References

^ The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Tigers pull off minor trade with Rangers

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Disabled list	13 Vance Wilson \| 38 Jeremy Bonderman \| 54 Joel Zumaya

Coaching staff	Manager 10 Jim Leyland \| 1st Base Coach 18 Andy Van Slyke \| 3rd Base Coach 22 Gene Lamont \| Hitting Coach 12 Lloyd McClendon \| Pitching Coach – vacant \| Bullpen Coach – vacant \| Infield Coach 17 Rafael Belliard

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