In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Galarraga and the second or maternal family name is Barreto.
Baseball player
Armando Galarraga
Galarraga pitching for the Chinatrust Brothers in 2014
Pitcher
Born: (1982-01-15) January 15, 1982 (age 42) Cumaná, Venezuela
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
MLB: September 15, 2007, for the Texas Rangers
CPBL: April 26, 2014, for the Chinatrust Brothers
Last appearance
MLB: August 19, 2012, for the Houston Astros
CPBL: June 29, 2014, for the Chinatrust Brothers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record
26–34
Earned run average
4.78
Strikeouts
346
CPBL statistics
Win–loss record
1–5
Earned run average
4.47
Strikeouts
12
Teams
Texas Rangers (2007)
Detroit Tigers (2008–2010)
Arizona Diamondbacks (2011)
Houston Astros (2012)
Chinatrust Brothers (2014)
Career highlights and awards
Pitched the "28-out perfect game" on June 2, 2010
Armando Antonio Galarraga Barreto (born January 15, 1982) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. Galarraga made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Texas Rangers on September 15, 2007. He was traded to the Detroit Tigers at the end of the 2007 season where he spent three seasons. He then played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Houston Astros. In 2010, Galarraga was one out away from a perfect game when first base umpire Jim Joyce mistakenly called the runner safe.
Armando Antonio Galarraga Barreto (born January 15, 1982) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. Galarraga made his Major League Baseball...
players and coaches, Joyce is best known for his incorrect call in ArmandoGalarraga's near-perfect game in June 2010. He retired on January 16, 2017. Joyce...
1971), Spanish feminist Andrés Galarraga (born 1961), Venezuelan professional baseball first baseman ArmandoGalarraga (born 1982), Venezuelan professional...
played host to a near-perfect game by ArmandoGalarraga against the Cleveland Indians on June 2, 2010. Galarraga retired the first 26 batters he faced...
season (18–9 record, 3.37 ERA, 219 strikeouts). On June 2, 2010, ArmandoGalarraga was pitching a perfect game against the Cleveland Indians with 2 outs...
League Central tie-breaker game over Nate Robertson, Eddie Bonine, and ArmandoGalarraga. After the 2014 season, the Tigers traded Porcello to the Red Sox...
high. On August 25, Sizemore hit his 30th and 31st home run against ArmandoGalarraga of the Detroit Tigers, becoming the 32nd member of the 30–30 club...
was traded to the Detroit Tigers organization in a deal for pitcher ArmandoGalarraga, pitching through the 2014 season, finishing with a career mark of...
perfect game two years earlier as a Yankee. ArmandoGalarraga's near-perfect game: On June 2, 2010, ArmandoGalarraga of the Detroit Tigers was charged with...
along with Tigers teammates Magglio Ordóñez, Carlos Guillén, and ArmandoGalarraga. On Opening Day, Cabrera hit a grand slam in left-center that traveled...
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with outfielder Terrmel Sledge and minor league pitching prospect ArmandoGalarraga for second baseman Alfonso Soriano. While playing for the Rangers...
Scherzer to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens on May 16, replacing him with ArmandoGalarraga. On May 30, Scherzer was called back up and made his first start back...
White Sox. On May 7, 2009, Nix hit his 1st career home run off of ArmandoGalarraga. He followed with his second career home run just five days later...
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exchange for Brad Wilkerson, Terrmel Sledge, and minor league pitcher ArmandoGalarraga. On February 10, 2006, Soriano set a record for the highest salary...
sleeve of their uniforms, bearing "Sparky" and number 11. January 24 – ArmandoGalarraga, who rose to national stardom on June 2, 2010 when he was denied a...
Halladay's first were both perfect games. ArmandoGalarraga's near-perfect game (June 2), in which Galarraga set down the first twenty-six Cleveland Indians...
pitcher ArmandoGalarraga on a book about Galarraga's near perfect game. On June 2, 2010, Joyce called a play incorrectly, preventing Galarraga from pitching...