What years did Colby Lewis play?

Colby Lewis played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2016.

Was Colby Lewis a pitcher?

Yes. Colby Lewis pitched in the major leagues, recording 77 wins and 961 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Colby Lewis hit?

Colby Lewis hit 0 career home runs with 7 hits.

What teams did Colby Lewis play for?

Colby Lewis played for 3 teams: the Texas Rangers (2002–2004, 2010–2012, 2014–2016), the Detroit Tigers (2006), and the Oakland Athletics (2007).

What were Colby Lewis's career stats?

In 233 games, Colby Lewis went 77-72 with a 4.70 ERA, 961 strikeouts, and 1,215.0 innings pitched.

What was Colby Lewis's salary?

Colby Lewis's last recorded salary was $6,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $6,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $200,000, in 2002. The Salary History table lists each season from 2002 to 2016.

What position did Colby Lewis play?

Colby Lewis played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Colby Lewis and how much did he weigh?

Colby Lewis was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 240 pounds.

What was Colby Lewis's career ERA?

Colby Lewis finished with a 4.70 career ERA, going 77-72 with 961 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Colby Lewis have?

Colby Lewis recorded 961 career strikeouts.

Is Colby Lewis in the Hall of Fame?

No. Colby Lewis has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Colby Lewis

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2002-2016)

Colby Lewis was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2016 for the Texas Rangers, the Detroit Tigers, and the Athletics, a span of 15 seasons. Across 233 career appearances, he went 77-72 with a 4.70 ERA and 961 strikeouts.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 15, 2026

W–L 77–72

ERA 4.70

WHIP 1.34

SO 961

Pitcher PIV -12556.1

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'4" / 240 lb
Born: 8/2/1979 in Bakersfield, CA, USA
MLB Debut: 2002-04-01
Last Game: 2016-10-01

Full name: Colby Preston Lewis

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Career Pitching Statistics

Colby Lewis — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
77	72	233	195	10	3	0	1215.0	1,255	635	178	377	961	4.70	-12556.1

Career ERA 4.70 vs. league average 4.19 across their career seasons — 12.3% worse than league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

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Colby Lewis Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2002	TEX	AL	1	3	15	4	0	0	34.1	42	24	26	28	6.29	4.28 (-47%)	-870.4
2003	TEX	AL	10	9	26	26	0	0	127.0	163	103	70	88	7.30	4.40 (-66%)	-4356.0
2004	TEX	AL	1	1	3	3	0	0	15.1	13	7	13	11	4.11	4.46 (+8%)	-282.4
2006	DET	AL	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	8	1	1	5	3.00	—	0.0
2007	OAK	AL	0	2	26	1	0	0	37.2	44	27	14	23	6.45	4.47 (-44%)	-1238.5
2010	TEX	AL	12	13	32	32	1	0	201.0	174	83	65	196	3.72	4.08 (+9%)	2789.6
2011	TEX	AL	14	10	32	32	2	1	200.1	187	98	56	169	4.40	3.94 (-12%)	-2982.2
2012	TEX	AL	6	6	16	16	2	0	105.0	99	40	14	93	3.43	4.01 (+15%)	372.6
2014	TEX	AL	10	14	29	29	2	1	170.1	211	98	48	133	5.18	3.74 (-38%)	-3084.3
2015	TEX	AL	17	9	33	33	2	1	204.2	211	106	42	142	4.66	3.96 (-18%)	-1088.9
2016	TEX	AL	6	5	19	19	1	0	116.1	103	48	28	73	3.71	4.19 (+11%)	-1815.6
Career · 11 seasons			77	72	233	195	10	3	1,215.0	1,255	635	377	961	4.70	—	-12,556

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Colby Lewis — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
233	27	1	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	11	.259	.259	.296	.556	0

Career AVG .259 vs. league average .260 across their career seasons — near league average.

Career OBP .259 vs. league average .326 across their career seasons — 20.5% below league average.

Career SLG .296 vs. league average .412 across their career seasons — 28.2% below league average.

Career OPS .556 vs. league average .739 across their career seasons — 24.8% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Colby Lewis Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2002	TEX	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2003	TEX	AL	26	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2004	TEX	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2006	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2007	OAK	AL	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2010	TEX	AL	32	7	1	2	0	2	2	.286	—	—	—	—	0.0
2011	TEX	AL	32	8	0	1	1	0	2	.125	—	—	—	—	0.0
2012	TEX	AL	16	4	0	2	0	2	2	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2014	TEX	AL	29	5	0	2	0	1	2	.400	—	—	—	—	0.0
2015	TEX	AL	33	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	TEX	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 11 seasons			233	27	1	7	1	5	11	.259	—	—	—	—	0

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Colby Lewis — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
10	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Colby Lewis — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	SO	AVG
2016	ALDS1	TEX	1	0	0	.000
2015	ALDS2	TEX	1	0	0	.000
2011	ALCS	TEX	1	0	0	.000
2011	ALDS2	TEX	1	0	0	.000
2011	WS	TEX	2	5	2	.000
2010	ALCS	TEX	2	0	0	.000
2010	ALDS1	TEX	1	0	0	.000
2010	WS	TEX	1	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Colby Lewis — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
4	1	10	9	0	55.0	40	19	25	47	3.11

Playoff Pitching by Year

Colby Lewis — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2016	ALDS1	TEX	0	0	1	1	2.0	5	5	0	2	22.50
2015	ALDS2	TEX	0	0	1	0	3.0	3	1	3	1	3.00
2011	ALCS	TEX	0	1	1	1	5.2	8	4	2	6	6.35
2011	ALDS2	TEX	1	0	1	1	6.0	1	1	2	6	1.50
2011	WS	TEX	0	0	2	2	12.0	7	3	5	8	2.25
2010	ALCS	TEX	2	0	2	2	13.2	9	3	6	13	1.98
2010	ALDS1	TEX	0	0	1	1	5.0	2	0	5	5	0.00
2010	WS	TEX	1	0	1	1	7.2	5	2	2	6	2.35

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Colby Lewis — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	118	0	0	0	0	0	—
Away	115	27	1	7	0	5	.259

Pitching — Home / Away

Colby Lewis — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	118	595.0	643	334	188	447	5.05
Away	115	620.0	612	301	189	514	4.37

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Colby Lewis — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2016-10-01	TEX	TBR	L	6.1	5	4	0	1	3	1
2016-09-25	TEX	OAK	L	1.1	7	7	7	1	0	1
2016-09-18	TEX	OAK	L	5.1	3	3	3	5	4	1
2016-09-11	TEX	LAA	L	5.1	7	3	3	2	5	3
2016-06-21	TEX	CIN	L	5.0	5	6	6	1	3	1
2016-06-16	TEX	OAK	W	9.0	2	1	1	1	4	0
2016-06-11	TEX	SEA	—	8.0	3	1	1	0	3	1
2016-06-06	TEX	HOU	—	6.0	8	4	3	2	4	1
2016-05-31	TEX	CLE	W	6.0	2	0	0	2	2	0
2016-05-25	TEX	LAA	W	5.0	8	6	6	1	1	0

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Colby Lewis — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	233	195	42	84	14	5

Season-by-Season Fielding

Colby Lewis — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2002	TEX	P	15	4	5	7	0	2
2003	TEX	P	26	26	8	13	0	1
2004	TEX	P	3	3	1	2	0	0
2006	DET	P	2	0	0	0	0	0
2007	OAK	P	26	1	1	3	0	1
2010	TEX	P	32	32	8	12	5	0
2011	TEX	P	32	32	3	13	4	1
2012	TEX	P	16	16	4	7	2	0
2014	TEX	P	29	29	3	10	1	0
2015	TEX	P	33	33	8	10	1	0
2016	TEX	P	19	19	1	7	1	0

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Colby Lewis Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	233

Awards & Honors

Colby Lewis — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2010	Player of the Week	Week of 2010-06-13

Salary History

Colby Lewis's recorded salaries total $18,929,500 over 9 seasons, 2002 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Lewis's career ran from 2002 to 2016. No salary is recorded for 2006, 2007, and 2014.

Colby Lewis — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	TEX	AL	$6,000,000
2015	TEX	AL	$4,000,000
2012	TEX	AL	$4,000,000
2011	TEX	AL	$2,000,000
2010	TEX	AL	$1,750,000
2005	DET	AL	$339,500
2004	TEX	AL	$337,500
2003	TEX	AL	$302,500
2002	TEX	AL	$200,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$18,929,500

College History

Colby Lewis — College History
School Name	City	State	Years Attended
Bakersfield College	Bakersfield	CA	1998, 1999

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Colby Lewis: the record in brief

April 1, 2002 and October 1, 2016 bracket Colby Lewis's time in the majors: the debut and the last game on record. Lewis played for the Texas Rangers (2002 to 2016), the Detroit Tigers (2006), and the Oakland Athletics (2007). Lewis, born on August 2, 1979, in Bakersfield, CA, USA, is listed as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. Lewis's listed size is 6'4" and 240 pounds. Lewis's full given name, per the bio, is Colby Preston Lewis.

The pitching table credits Lewis with a 77-72 record and a 4.70 ERA in 233 games. The same table counts 961 strikeouts and 10 complete games. The league ERA over Lewis's seasons was 4.19, so the 4.70 figure ran 12.3% worse than average. Lewis won 17 games in 2015, the most of any season listed. The strikeout high was 196 in 2010. In 2010, one of the busiest seasons, Lewis posted a 3.72 ERA; the league figure that year was 4.08.

Lewis's awards table lists Player of the Week (2010).

Frequently Asked Questions about Colby Lewis

What years did Colby Lewis play?: Colby Lewis played in Major League Baseball from 2002 to 2016.
Was Colby Lewis a pitcher?: Yes. Colby Lewis pitched in the major leagues, recording 77 wins and 961 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Colby Lewis hit?: Colby Lewis hit 0 career home runs with 7 hits.
What teams did Colby Lewis play for?: Colby Lewis played for 3 teams: the Texas Rangers (2002–2004, 2010–2012, 2014–2016), the Detroit Tigers (2006), and the Oakland Athletics (2007).
What were Colby Lewis's career stats?: In 233 games, Colby Lewis went 77-72 with a 4.70 ERA, 961 strikeouts, and 1,215.0 innings pitched.
How much did Colby Lewis earn in his career?: Colby Lewis's recorded salaries total $18,929,500 over 9 seasons, 2002 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Lewis's career ran from 2002 to 2016. No salary is recorded for 2006, 2007, and 2014.
What was Colby Lewis's salary?: Colby Lewis's last recorded salary was $6,000,000, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $6,000,000, in 2016, and his lowest was $200,000, in 2002. The Salary History table lists each season from 2002 to 2016.
What position did Colby Lewis play?: Colby Lewis played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Colby Lewis and how much did he weigh?: Colby Lewis was listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 240 pounds.
What was Colby Lewis's career ERA?: Colby Lewis finished with a 4.70 career ERA, going 77-72 with 961 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Colby Lewis have?: Colby Lewis recorded 961 career strikeouts.
Is Colby Lewis in the Hall of Fame?: No. Colby Lewis has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.