Horacio Piña
| Horacio Piña | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: March 12, 1945 Matamoros, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 14, 1968, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 1, 1978, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 23–23 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.25 | ||
| Strikeouts | 278 | ||
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Horacio Piña García [pee'-nyah] (born March 12, 1945 in Matamoros, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico) is a former relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between 1968 and 1978. Piña also played professionally in Mexico for several years. He batted and threw right-handed.
Piña reached the major leagues in 1968 with the Cleveland Indians, spending two years with them before moving to the Washington Senators (1970-1971), Texas Rangers (1972), Oakland Athletics (1973), Chicago Cubs (1974), California Angels (1974) and Philadelphia Phillies (1978). His most productive season came in 1972 with the last-place Rangers, when he posted career-numbers in saves (15), strikeouts (60) and games pitched (60). Traded to the Athletics before the 1973 season for Mike Epstein, he responded with a 6–3 mark, eight saves and career-highs in ERA (2.76) and innings (88.0), helping them to clinch the ALCS and the World Series Championship. In an eight-season career, Piña posted a 23–23 record with a 3.25 ERA and 38 saves in 314 games. In three post-season games he had a perfect 0.00 ERA in five innings.
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