Freddy Antonio García (born October 6, 1976), is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Tigres de Aragua of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. He is best known for his many seasons with seven Major League Baseball (MLB) franchises, including the Seattle Mariners, Chicago White Sox, and New York Yankees. However, Garcia has also pitched professionally in the Taiwanese, Mexican, and Venezuelan baseball leagues.\n', '

García threw a fastball that topped out in the 90s in his prime and a hard slider. He also threw a two-seam fastball, a curveball, a split-finger fastball and occasionally used a changeup. García\'s best year was in 2001 in which he led the American League in innings pitched and ERA. He made the All-Star team in 2001 and 2002. In 2005, he was a member of the World Series winning Chicago White Sox and started the series-winning Game 4.\n', '

Originally signed by the Houston Astros as a non-draft amateur free agent in 1993, García was acquired by Seattle in 1998, along with Carlos Guillén and John Halama in the trade that sent Randy Johnson to the Astros.\n', '

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