Aroldis Chapman

Chapman with the New York Yankees in 2016

New York Yankees – No. 54

Relief pitcher

Born: February 28, 1988 (age 28)
Holguín Province, Cuba

Bats: Left

Throws: Left

MLB debut

August 31, 2010, for the Cincinnati Reds

MLB statistics
(through 2016 season)

23–21

2.08

636

182

Teams

Career highlights and awards

4× All-Star (2012–2015)
World Series champion (2016)

MLB records

Fastest pitch in MLB history – 105.1 mph (169.1 km/h)
Most consecutive relief appearances with a strikeout – 49
Fastest MLB pitcher to reach 500 strikeouts

Aroldis Chapman
Medal record
Men's Baseball
Representing Cuba
Pan American Games
	2007 Rio de Janeiro	Team
Baseball World Cup
	2007 Taipei	Team

Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz (Spanish: [aˈɾoldis ˈtʃapman]; born February 28, 1988) is a Cuban-American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs and in the Cuban National Series for Holguín. Chapman bats and throws left-handed, and is nicknamed the Cuban Missile or the Cuban Flame Thrower.

Chapman pitched for Holguín domestically and internationally for the Cuban national baseball team. He defected from Cuba in 2009 and signed a contract with the Reds in 2010. Chapman made his MLB debut that season. He won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award as the best relief pitcher for July 2012, and has been named to four straight National League All-Star teams from 2012 to 2015. The Reds traded Chapman to the Yankees after the 2015 season, and the Yankees traded Chapman to the Cubs during the 2016 season.

Chapman holds the record for the fastest recorded pitch speed in MLB history at 105.1 mph (169.1 km/h) as well as the Guinness World Record for fastest baseball pitch for a male.

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