Armando Galarraga

Infobox MLB player
name = Armando Galarraga


width = 150
caption =
team = Detroit Tigers
number = 58
position = Starting pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1982|1|15
birthplace = Cumana, Venezuela
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = September 15
debutyear = 2007
debutteam = Texas Rangers
statyear = 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 13–7
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 3.84
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 132
teams =
*Texas Rangers (by|2007)
*Detroit Tigers (by|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. [ [http://detroit.tigers.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080205&content_id=2364741&vkey=news_det&fext=.jsp The Official Site of Major League Baseball: News: Tigers pull off minor trade with Rangers ] ] 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.

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