page_title: Carlos Zambrano
section_title: Miami Marlins
hierarchical_section_title: Carlos Zambrano / Professional career / Miami Marlins
caption_attribution_description: English: Carlos Zambrano
context_page_description: Carlos Alberto Zambrano Matos, nicknamed "Big Z" or "El Toro", is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball from 2001 to 2012 for the Chicago Cubs and Miami Marlins. Zambrano, who stands 6 feet 4 inches and weighs 275 pounds, was signed by the Cubs as a free agent in 1997 and made his debut in 2001. After being used in both starting and relief duties, he enjoyed his first full season as a starter in 2003, finishing with a 13–11 record, 168 strikeouts and a 3.11 ERA.
  Zambrano is known as one of the best hitting pitchers of recent times. He was a switch-hitter with a career .238 batting average with 24 home runs, 71 RBIs and a slugging percentage of .396. The 24 home runs are the most ever by a Cubs pitcher. He also tied with Ferguson Jenkins for the club record for home runs by a pitcher in a single season, hitting six in 2006. Zambrano was called on to pinch hit 20 times in his career and won a Silver Slugger Award three times for his hitting.
  Zambrano was the only National League pitcher to win at least 13 games in each year from 2003 to 2008. In 2006, he became the first player from Venezuela to lead the National League in wins.
context_section_description: On January 5, 2012, the Cubs traded Zambrano to the Miami Marlins in return for pitcher Chris Volstad.
  His first start as a member of the Marlins was against the Cincinnati Reds. He pitched six innings with six strikeouts, allowed four hits, including a home run in a no decision. In that same game, Zambrano also got his first base hit as a Marlin. After an 0–2 start in his first four starts, Zambrano got his first win as a Marlin against the Houston Astros. He pitched a complete game shutout with nine strikeouts, a walk, and only three hits. Zambrano finished the 2012 season with a 7–10 record with a 4.49 ERA.
caption: Zambrano pitching for the Miami Marlins in 2012
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