Juan Pizarro (baseball)

Juan Pizarro
Pizarro with the Milwaukee Braves in 1957
Pitcher
Born: (1937-02-07) February 7, 1937 (age 80) Santurce, Puerto Rico
Batted: Left Threw: Left
MLB debut
May 4, 1957, for the Milwaukee Braves
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 1974, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	131–105
Earned run average	3.43
Strikeouts	1,522
Teams
Milwaukee Braves (1957–1960) Chicago White Sox (1961–1966) Pittsburgh Pirates (1967–1968) Boston Red Sox (1968–1969) Cleveland Indians (1969) Oakland Athletics (1969) Chicago Cubs (1970–1973) Houston Astros (1973) Pittsburgh Pirates (1974)
Career highlights and awards
2× All-Star (1963, 1964) World Series champion (1957)

Juan Ramon Pizarro Cordova a.k.a. "Terín" (born February 7, 1937) is a former Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher. He played for 18 seasons on 9 teams, from 1957 through 1974. In 1964, he won 19 games (19–9) and pitched 4 shutouts for the Chicago White Sox. He also was an All-Star player in 1963 and 1964.

Pizarro was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico. He began his baseball career in 1955 in Puerto Rico as a pitcher for the Cangrejeros de Santurce. During the 1957–1958 Winter League of Puerto Rico of the Liga de Béisbol Profesional de Puerto Rico (Puerto Rico Baseball League), he played for the Criollos de Caguas and was selected as the Most Valuable Player of the season. From 1959 to 1960 he pitched for the last time in Puerto Rico for the Cangrejeros del Santurce.

Pizarro signed with the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1956. After going 27–6 with a 2.06 earned run average in the minors, he made his major league debut on May 4, 1957 against the Pittsburgh Pirates at only twenty years old. He pitched seven strong innings, giving up only one run, however, the Braves managed only two hits off opposing pitcher Vern Law, and Pizzarro lost his debut, 1–0. For the season, he went 5–6 with a 4.62 ERA. The Braves beat the New York Yankees in a seven-game World Series that year; Pizarro's only appearance came in Milwaukee's 12–3 loss in game three.

He split 1958 between Milwaukee and the triple A Wichita Braves, and was again included on the Braves' post-season roster as they faced the Yankees in the World Series for the second year in a row. This time the Yankees won the Series in seven games. Pizarro's only appearance again came in a loss in game five.