Jaime Navarro | |||
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Pitcher | |||
Born: Bayamón, Puerto Rico |
March 27, 1967 |||
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MLB debut | |||
June 20, 1989, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |||
Last MLB appearance | |||
July 26, 2000, for the Cleveland Indians | |||
MLB statistics | |||
Win–loss record | 116–126 | ||
Earned run average | 4.72 | ||
Strikeouts | 1,113 | ||
Teams | |||
Jaime Navarro Cintrón (born March 27, 1967 in Bayamón, Puerto Rico) is a former Puerto Rican baseball player and current pitching coach for the Tacoma Rainiers. Navarro was a 6-foot, 4-inch tall right-handed pitcher in the major leagues from 1989 to 2000, playing for the Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, and Cleveland Indians. His father is former Major League Baseball pitcher Julio Navarro.
After graduating from Luis Pales Matos High School in Santa Rosa, Puerto Rico, Navarro was drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the January 1986 amateur draft, but did not sign. On June 2, 1986, Navarro was drafted again by the Orioles in the 2nd round, but he still did not sign. Exactly a year later, in the 1987 June amateur draft, Navarro was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers as the 71st overall pick in the third round, and he signed with the team two days later. Navarro spent the rest of the 1987 season and the following two seasons playing in the Brewers minor league system, working his way up from rookie-level ball with the Helena Brewers to Triple-A (AAA) ball with the Denver Zephyrs.