Armando Galarraga Baseball player

Armando Antonio Galarraga Barreto (born January 15, 1982) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher. Armando Galarraga made his Major League Baseball debut with the Texas Rangers on September 15, 2007. He was traded to the Detroit Tigers at the end of the 2007 season.On June 2, 2010, while playing for the Tigers, he was deprived of a perfect game by an incorrect call made by first-base umpire Jim Joyce in the top of the ninth inning with two outs.

Personal facts

Armando Galarraga
Birth dateJanuary 15, 1982
Birth place
Venezuela , Cumaná

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Baseball player

Career startSeptember 15, 2007
Awards
This Year in Baseball Awards
Armando Galarraga's near-perfect game
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former teams
Texas Rangers (baseball)
position
Pitcher
teams
Arizona Diamondbacks
Detroit Tigers
Houston Astros
Texas Rangers (baseball)
Brother Elephants
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Armando Galarraga on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://seamheads.com/baseballgauge/player.php?ID=451482
  2. http://www.purapelota.com/lvbp/mostrar.php?id=galaarm001
  3. http://www.retrosheet.org/boxesetc/G/Pgalaa002.htm