Jon Coutlangus

Infobox MLB player
name = Jon Coutlangus


width = 150px
caption =
team = Arizona Diamondbacks
number = --
position = Relief pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1980|10|21
birthplace = city-state|Fort Lauderdale|Florida
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = April 7
debutyear = 2007
debutteam = Cincinnati Reds
statyear = 2007
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 4-2
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 4.39
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 38
teams =
*Cincinnati Reds (by|2007)

Jonathan Thomas Coutlangus (born October 21, 1980 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida) is an American baseball pitcher in the Arizona Diamondbacks organization. Coutlangus made his major league debut in by|2007. He attended the University of South Carolina.

Coutlangus was drafted in the 33rd round of the by|2000 amateur draft, but did not sign. In by|2003, the San Francisco Giants drafted Coutlangus in the 19th round. After three years in the Giants organization, Coutlangus was claimed off waivers by the Cincinnati Reds on March 31, by|2006 and played in the minor leagues with the Chattanooga Lookouts and Louisville Bats. During a 2007 game with the NY Mets, SNY announcer Gary Cohen stated that Jon's name is "very carefully pronounced," presumably because the name Coutlangus bares a resemblance, in appearance and in sound, to the word cunnilingus.

After being designated for assignment at the end of spring training, Coutlangus was traded to the Diamondbacks on April 7, by|2008.

External links

* [http://thebaseballcube.com/players/C/Jon-Coutlangus.shtml Stats from thebaseballcube.com]