Question: Facts: - statyear: 2013 season - statlabel: win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts - number: 52 - position: pitcher - statvalue: 78 -- 67 4.57 889 - caption: contreras with the philadelphia phillies - throws: right - bats: right - debutdate: march 31 - debutteam: new york yankees - team: brother elephants - birth date: 6 december 1971 - name: jose contreras - image: img 1341 jose contreras.jpg - birth place: las martinas , pinar del rio , cuba - debutyear: 2003 Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jose contreras .
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jose ariel contreras camejo -lrb- born december 6 , 1971 -rrb- is a cuban professional baseball pitcher for the brother elephants of the chinese professional baseball league .he has played in the cuban national series -lrb- cns -rrb- , major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- , and internationally for the cuban national baseball team .contreras played for pinar del rio vegueros of the cns , and competed for the cuban national team in the summer olympics , the pan american games , the baseball world cup , and the 1999 exhibition series against the baltimore orioles .recognized as the best cuban baseball player , contreras defected from cuba in 2002 .contreras signed with the new york yankees of mlb after defecting , and played for them in 2003 and 2004 .he has since played in mlb for the chicago white sox -lrb- 2004 -- 2009 -rrb- , colorado rockies -lrb- 2009 -rrb- , and philadelphia phillies -lrb- 2010 -- 2012 -rrb- .