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**Kelvim Escobar**
Kelvim Escobar
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	New York Mets — No. --
	Starting pitcher
	Born: April 11, 1976 (age 33); La Guaira, Venezuela
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
	June 29, 1997 for the Toronto Blue Jays
Career statistics; (through 2009 season)
Win-Loss	101-91
Earned run average	4.15
Strikeouts	1310
Teams
	Toronto Blue Jays (1997-2003); Anaheim/Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (2004-2007, 2009); New York Mets (2010-present);

Kelvim Jose Escobar Bolivar (born April 11, 1976 in La Guaira, Venezuela) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the New York Mets. He bats and throws right-handed.

After six seasons of switching Escobar in and out of the bullpen, the Blue Jays established him as a starter in 2003. He had an 8-3 record in 14 starts after the All-Star break, and for the season, he posted a 12-8 record with 159 strikeouts and a 3.92 ERA in 26 outings. Escobar is second on the Blue Jays all-time single season saves list with 38, set in 2001.

Escobar signed as a free agent with Anaheim before the 2004 season. As the second starter in the Angels rotation, Escobar went 11-12, but led his team in ERA (3.93), strikeouts (191, a career high), WHIP (1.29) and innings pitched (208.1, also a career high).

In 2006, Escobar had an 11-13 record with a 3.61 ERA. In 2007, Escobar went 18-7 with a 3.40 ERA and 160 strikeouts, his best year by far.

In March 2008, Escobar revealed a tear in his right shoulder that required season-ending surgery.^[1]

[edit] New York Mets

On December 26 2009, Escobar offically signed a 1 year contact with the New York Mets This deal will give him a $1.25M dollar base salary, with up to $3M total in incentives based on games pitched. ^[2]

On December 28, 2009, the New York Mets announced the Kelvim Escobar signing through a team press release.^[3]

[edit] Pitching Style

Escobar throws an 93-95 MPH four-seam fastball, an 90-92 MPH two-seamer, and a deceptive 83-85 MPH changeup. He has good command of a wide variety of other pitches, including an 79-83 MPH curve, and the occasional 86-88 slider or 85-87 MPH splitter. ^[4]^[5]

[edit] See also

List of Major League Baseball all-time saves leaders

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

[0] Angels' Escobar has torn shoulder

[1] ttp://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2009/12/kelvim-escobar-very-close-to-agreement-with-mets.html

[2] ttp://mlb.mlb.com/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20091228&content_id=7858342&vkey=pr_nym&fext=.jsp&c_id=nym

[3] ttp://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1298&position=P#pitchtype

[4] ttp://www.tsn.ca/mlb/teams/players/bio/?id=1550

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Contents

[edit] New York Mets

[edit] Pitching Style

[edit] See also

[edit] References

[edit] External links