- Jesús Colomé
Infobox MLB player
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caption = Colomé with the Nationals in 2008
name=Jesús Colomé
position=Relief Pitcher
team=Washington Nationals
number=43
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1977|12|23
debutdate=June 21
debutyear=2001
debutteam=Tampa Bay Devil Rays
statyear=August 12, 2008
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=18-25
stat2label=Saves
stat2value=6
stat3label=Earned Run Average | stat3value=4.56
stat4label=Strikeout s
stat4value=289
teams=
*Tampa Bay Devil Rays (2001-2006)
*Washington Nationals (2007-Present)Jesús Colomé de la Cruz (born on
December 23 ,1977 inSan Pedro de Macoris ,Dominican Republic ) is aMajor League Baseball pitcher . Colomé bats and throwsright-handed .Professional career
Oakland Athletics
Jesús Colomé was signed as a non-drafted free agent by the
Oakland Athletics at age 18, in 1996. He had made it to AA as a starting pitcher when, onJuly 28 ,2000 he was traded to theTampa Bay Devil Rays forTodd Belitz andJim Mecir .Tampa Bay Devil Rays
The Devil Rays converted him to a relief pitcher, and he made his major league debut with them on
June 21 , 2001. He finished with a solid 3.33 ERA. Colomé was one of the only pitchers to throw over 100 mph. But he had bad control. The next season, he posted an 8.27 ERA (his worst of his career). He returned to his old form in 2004, in 2003 he struck out a career high 69 batters.On February 6, 2003, Colomé was involved in a serious car accident in the Dominican Republic. Two months later, the Devil Rays released Colomé.
New York Yankees
Colomé and he signed a minor league contract with the
New York Yankees . At the end of the 2006 season, spent almost entirely in the minors, he opted for free agency.Washington Nationals
Colomé then signed with the
Washington Nationals .He came north with the Nationals following the spring season and started off pitching extremely well. By Memorial Day he was 4-0, and was fifth in the league with 26 appearances, posting a 2.20 ERA and prompting MLB writer Bill Ladson to write, "Jesus Colome is the Nationals' best reliever, and one could argue that he should be considered for the All-Star Game." [http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070527&content_id=1989261&vkey=news_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was] Ladson credited Colome's resurgence in his reliance on pitches other than his once dominating fastball.
External links
* [http://www2.sportsnet.ca/baseball/mlb/players/Jesus_Colome/ Sportsnet]
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