Dennys Reyes
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Reyes with the St. Louis Cardinals
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Born: April 19, 1977 Higuera de Zaragoza, Sinaloa, Mexico |
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 13, 1997, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| April 6, 2011, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 35–35 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.21 | ||
| Strikeouts | 642 | ||
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Dennys Reyes (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈdenis ˈreʝes]; born April 19, 1977) is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He played for ten teams over a more than decade-long major league career. Reyes throws left-handed and is considered a lefty specialist. He stands 6'3" and weighs 250 pounds. His nickname is "The Big Sweat."
Reyes was born in Higuera de Zaragoza, Mexico and attended Ignacio Zaragoza High School in Mexico. He is married to Claudia and has two sons: Dennys Alejando and Kris de Jesus. Reyes has been criticized about his weight.
He has a baseball stadium named after him in his native Higuera de Zaragoza, Mexico.
Reyes signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers as an undrafted free agent in 1993. He made his major league debut for the Dodgers on July 13, 1997 at age 20. He was the second youngest player in the league at the time, four days older than Atlanta Braves outfielder Andruw Jones. Reyes pitched with the Dodgers for parts of two seasons, compiling a record of 2–7 in 25 games, including eight starts. On July 4, 1998 Reyes was traded by the Dodgers along with Paul Konerko to the Cincinnati Reds for Jeff Shaw.
Reyes spent three and a half seasons with Cincinnati from 1998 to 2001. Over that span he pitched in 170 games, starting 14 of them while compiling a record of 9–10 with an earned run average of 4.40. On December 18, 2001 Reyes was traded by the Reds with Pokey Reese to the Colorado Rockies for Gabe White and Luke Hudson.
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