Julio Mateo

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Julio Mateo
Seattle Mariners — No. 40
Relief Pitcher
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Major League Baseball debut
May 7, 2002 for the Seattle Mariners
Selected MLB statistics
(through August 31, 2006)
Record     17-12
ERA     3.67
WHIP     1.19
Strike Outs     212

Julio Cesar Mateo (born August 2, 1977 in Baní, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball Pitcher for the Seattle Mariners. The 6’ tall 220lb Julio Mateo bats and throws with his right hand. He made his MLB debut May 7, 2002 against the Toronto Blue Jays.

On August 28, 2006 Julio Mateo broke his fourth metacarpal (ring finger) on his left hand while lifting weights, and he will miss the reminder of the 2006 MLB season. [1]

[edit] Personal life

Julio Mateo has one son, Julio Mateo Jr.

The Seattle Mariners reliever left spring training, after learning his older brother had died in an automobile accident in the Dominican Republic.

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