Ed Figueroa
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Born: October 14, 1948 Ciales, Puerto Rico |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 9, 1974, for the California Angels | |||
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| September 27, 1981, for the Oakland Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 80–67 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.51 | ||
| Strikeouts | 571 | ||
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Eduardo Figueroa Padilla (born October 14, 1948) is a former Major League Baseball player. Listed at 6' 1" (1.86 m), 190 lb. (86 k), Padilla batted and threw right handed. He was born in Ciales, Puerto Rico.
Padilla holds the distinction of being the only pitcher from Puerto Rico to win twenty games in a regular major league season.
Figueroa originally signed with the New York Mets as a seventeen-year-old amateur free agent in 1966. He went 12–5 with a 2.05 earned run average with the Winter Haven Mets in 1967, and seemed well on his way to the majors when was called to take a draft physical in Puerto Rico. After three weeks away from his team, the Raleigh-Durham Mets, he hurt his arm in his first game back. The Mets released him, and Figueroa joined the United States Marine Corps, spending the next year in Vietnam.
Upon his discharge from the Marine Corps in 1970, Figueroa signed with the San Francisco Giants. After three seasons in their organization, he was traded to the California Angels for Bruce Christensen and Don Rose on July 6, 1973.
Figueroa made his major league debut on April 9, 1974. After Nolan Ryan had already given up three earned runs to the Texas Rangers, he was yanked in the second inning with the bases loaded and no outs. Skip Lockwood struck out the first batter he faced, then gave up a grand slam to Jeff Burroughs. The Angels were already behind 10–2 when Figueroa was called into the game in the eighth inning. He gave up one hit in two innings.
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