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Place of Birth: Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Venezuela
About Carlos Zambrano
- Carlos Alberto Zambrano Matos (born June 1, 1981), nicknamed "Big Z" or "El Toro", is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Dogs of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.
- He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2001 to 2012 for the Chicago Cubs and Miami Marlins.
- Zambrano, who stands 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and weighs 275 pounds (125 kg), 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.
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