Bartolo Colón, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Bartolo Colón

Dominican professional baseball pitcher

Date of Birth: 24-May-1973

Place of Birth: Altamiramata chiva, Puerto Plata, Puerto Plata Province, Dominican Republic

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States, Dominican Republic

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Bartolo Colón

  • Bartolo Colón (born May 24, 1973), nicknamed "Big Sexy", is a Dominican-American professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent.
  • He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians (1997–2002), Montreal Expos (2002), Chicago White Sox (2003, 2009), Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004–2007), Boston Red Sox (2008), New York Yankees (2011), Oakland Athletics (2012–2013), New York Mets (2014–2016), Atlanta Braves (2017), Minnesota Twins (2017), and Texas Rangers (2018). Colón made four MLB All-Star Games: for the Indians (1998), Angels (2005), Athletics (2013), and Mets (2016).
  • He won the American League Cy Young Award with the Angels in 2005, when he led the American League in wins. Early in the 2016 season, Colón was 42 when he became the oldest MLB player to hit his first career home run.
  • At age 45 during the 2018 season, Colón was the oldest active MLB player and the last active Major Leaguer who played for the Montreal Expos.
  • He holds the record for most career wins by a Latin American-born pitcher.With the retirement of Rangers teammate Adrián Beltré, he was the last active MLB player to have played in the 1990s.

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