Armando Antonio Galarraga Barreto (born January 15, 1982) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher.

Galarraga made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut with the Texas Rangers on September 15, 2007.

In 2010, Galarraga was one out away from a perfect game when first base umpire Jim Joyce incorrectly called the runner safe.

[2] On February 5, 2008, Galarraga was traded to the Detroit Tigers for Michael Hernandez, an outfielder that had spent the last season playing for the AA Erie SeaWolves.

[3] As a minor league call up for the injured Dontrelle Willis, Galarraga earned his first career win April 16, 2008 in a 13–2 victory over the Cleveland Indians.

Tigers manager Jim Leyland said Galarraga deserved to pitch Opening Day after having an impressive 2008 season.

On April 29, prior to a game against the New York Yankees, Galarraga received his 2008 Tigers Rookie of the Year award from the Detroit Sports Broadcasters Association.

Rookie Jason Donald hit a ground ball to first baseman Miguel Cabrera, who tossed to Galarraga—who was covering first base—but first base umpire Jim Joyce incorrectly called Donald safe, ending the perfect game and no-hitter bids.

Galarraga retired the next batter, completing the one-hitter, though many in the Tiger press preferred to call it "the 28-out perfect game.

Joyce, who later received death threats from Tigers fans, issued a direct apology to Galarraga, saying that the call was incorrect.

[16] On January 24, 2011, he was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks in exchange for pitchers Kevin Eichhorn and Ryan Robowski.

In between, Galarraga played winter ball with the Leones del Caracas club of the Venezuelan League in parts of seven seasons spanning 2009–2014.

[27] Armando and his wife Christin met when he was a minor league player for the Montreal Expos and she was a strength and conditioning coach for the team.