Braves agree to terms with Aaron Harang on one-year contract

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The Atlanta Braves have agreed to terms with free-agent right-handed pitcher Aaron Harang on a one-year Major League contract. Financial terms of the deal were not announced. Harang will wear uniform number 34.

Harang, 35, went 5-12 with a 5.40 ERA in 26 starts between the Seattle Mariners and New York Mets last season. He began 2014 spring training with the Cleveland Indians. 

Over 12 Major League seasons, Harang owns a 110-116 record with a 4.28 ERA in 325 appearances (319 starts). Over the last 10 seasons (2004-13), he averaged 29 starts per year and logged at least 140 innings pitched nine times. Harang led the league in 2006 in both strikeouts (216) and wins (16). Since 2004, he ranks 10^th in the majors with 1790.2 innings pitched and ninth in games started with 289. 

Harang was originally selected by the Texas Rangers in the sixth round of the 1999 draft and has made Major League appearances with the Oakland Athletics, Cincinnati Reds, San Diego Padres, Los Angeles Dodgers, Seattle Mariners and New York Mets.

AARON HARANG'S MAJOR LEAGUE RECORD

YEAR TEAM             W   L    PCT    G   SV      IP     H    R   ER HR   BB   SO   ERA

2002 Oakland-AL       5   4   .556   16    0    78.1    78   44   42   7   45   64 4.83

2003 Oakland-AL       1   3   .250    7    0    30.1    41   19   18   5    9   16 5.34

     Cincinnati-NL    4   3   .571    9    0    46.0    48   28   27   6   10   26 5.28

2004 Cincinnati-NL   10   9   .526   28    0   161.0   177   90   87 26   53 125 4.86

2005 Cincinnati-NL   11 13   .458   32    0   211.2   217   93   90 22   51 163 3.83

2006 Cincinnati-NL   16 11   .593   36    0   234.1   242 109   98 28   56 216 3.76

2007 Cincinnati-NL   16   6   .727   34    0   231.2   213 100   96 28   52 218 3.73

2008 Cincinnati-NL    6 17   .261   30    0   184.1   205 104   98 35   50 153 4.78

2009 Cincinnati-NL    6 14   .300   26    0   162.1   186   82   76 24   43 142 4.21

2010 Cincinnati-NL    6   7   .462   22    0   111.2   139   71   66 16   38   82 5.32

2011 San Diego-NL    14   7   .667   28    0   170.2   175   73   69 20   58 124 3.64

2012 Los Angeles-NL 10 10   .500   31    0   179.2   167   85   72 14   85 131 3.61

2013 Seattle-AL       5 11   .313   22    0   120.1   133   81   77 21   28   87 5.76

     New York-NL      0   1   .000    4    0    23.0    20   10    9   5   12   26 3.52

MAJOR TOTALS        110 116   .487 325    0 1945.1 2041 989 925 257 590 1573 4.28