page_title: Armando Galarraga
section_title: 2008
hierarchical_section_title: Armando Galarraga / Playing career / Detroit Tigers / 2008
caption_attribution_description: Armando Galarraga
context_page_description: Armando Antonio Galarraga Barreto is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher. 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 where he spent three seasons and also played in MLB for the Arizona Diamondbacks and Houston Astros. In 2010, he pitched a perfect game which was spoiled when umpire Jim Joyce blew a call on what should have been the 27th and final out of the game at first base.
context_section_description: On February 5, 2008, Galarraga was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Michael Hernandez, an outfielder that had spent the last season playing for the AA Erie SeaWolves.  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 shutout innings in a 5–0 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers. He finished the 2008 campaign with a 13–7 record, a 3.73 earned run average (ERA), and 126 strikeouts in 178​²⁄₃ innings.  When batters did hit the ball against him, they only managed a .237 batting average on balls in play, the lowest in the Major Leagues.  Galarraga threw sliders 38.9% of the time in 2008, more than any other starting pitcher in the majors.
  After a superb rookie season, Galarraga finished fourth in the balloting for the 2008 American League Rookie of the Year Award.
caption: Galarraga pitching in June 2008
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