Colby Preston Lewis (born August 2, 1979), popularly nicknamed "Cobra", is an American former professional baseball pitcher.

[1][2] Lewis attended Bakersfield College, where, as a sophomore, he won first team Western State Conference honors, going 4–5, striking out 108, and posting a 2.86 ERA.

Lewis suffered an injury early in the 2004 season and missed most of the year after undergoing rotator cuff surgery.

At the end of April, he led the American League in strikeouts and was tied for second in the majors with Dan Haren behind Tim Lincecum.

On October 16, Lewis started Game 2 of the 2010 American League Championship Series at home against the New York Yankees.

On October 22, Lewis started Game 6 of the American League Championship Series, also at home, against the New York Yankees.

On October 30, Lewis started game 3 of the 2010 World Series, at home against the San Francisco Giants.

In April 2011 Lewis was the first MLB player to go on the league's newly created paternity leave list to attend the birth of his child.

He was expected to return after the All-Star break, but was subsequently announced to be out for the rest of the season due to bone spurs in his right hip.

[9] Lewis pitched for the Rangers in 2014 spring training, include a shutout start versus the Seattle Mariners.

[10] On May 20, 2016, in the bottom of the seventh inning, a line drive from Carlos Correa hit Lewis in the back of the head, which proceeded to bounce high enough into the air to allow Rougned Odor to catch it from behind the second base to make the first out.

[11] On June 16, 2016, Lewis again flirted with perfection against the Oakland, not allowing a baserunner until the 8th inning, when he walked Yonder Alonso.

Max Muncy later broke up the no-hitter in the 9th with a double that was nearly caught, and Lewis finished out the 5–1 complete game victory.

[12] The start improved Lewis's record to 6–0, and his ERA dropped to 2.81, good for 5th in the American League, and best in the Rangers AL-leading rotation at the time.

[13] However, Lewis lost all of his next five starts between June and September (missing all of July and August due to a lat strain),[14] finishing the year with a 6–5 record and a 3.71 ERA.