Al Alburquerque

Alburquerque with the Detroit Tigers

Kansas City Royals – No. 62

Pitcher

Born: June 10, 1986 (age 30)
San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

MLB debut

April 15, 2011, for the Detroit Tigers

MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)

17–6

3.21

277

1.34

Teams

Alberto Jose Alburquerque (Spanish pronunciation: [alβurˈkerke]; born June 10, 1986) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Detroit Tigers and Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.

Signed by scout Jose Serra, Alburquerque began his professional career in 2006 with the AZL Cubs, in the Chicago Cubs farm system. He went 0–2 with a 5.98 ERA in eight games (five starts) that season. He also had 15 strikeouts in 12 ²⁄₃ innings. In 2007, he played for the Boise Hawks and Peoria Chiefs, going a combined 4–6 with a 5.83 ERA in 21 games (10 starts). In 66 ¹⁄₃ innings, he struck out 69 batters. He did not play at all in 2008.

Alburquerque began the 2009 season in the Cubs system, pitching for the Daytona Cubs. However, he was traded to the Colorado Rockies partway through the season as a player to be named later in a deal that sent Jeff Baker to the Cubs. He finished the season with the Tulsa Drillers. Overall, he went 2–3 with a 2.80 ERA in 47 relief appearances, striking out 75 batters in 61 innings. He pitched for the Drillers again in 2010, going 2–4 with a 4.98 ERA in 25 relief appearances.

Following the 2010 season, he became a free agent and signed a major league contract with the Detroit Tigers on November 19. The Tigers placed him on the team's 40-man roster despite having never appeared in a Major League game. Alburquerque was assigned to the Triple-A affiliate Toledo Mud Hens following spring training, where he appeared in 4 games, with a 1.93 ERA and 10 strikeouts in 4 ²⁄₃ innings pitched.

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