Marco Estrada (baseball)
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Estrada with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2016
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| Toronto Blue Jays – No. 25 | |||
| Starting pitcher | |||
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Born: July 5, 1983 Ciudad Obregón, Sonora, Mexico |
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| MLB debut | |||
| August 20, 2008, for the Washington Nationals | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 45–43 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.86 | ||
| Strikeouts | 804 | ||
| WHIP | 1.14 | ||
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Marco René Estrada (born July 5, 1983) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Washington Nationals and Milwaukee Brewers.
Estrada graduated from Sylmar High School in Sylmar, California, and then attended Glendale Community College and Long Beach State University. He was selected by the Washington Nationals in the sixth round of the 2005 Major League Baseball draft.
After being drafted by Washington, Estrada began his minor league career pitching for the Vermont Expos in the short-season New York–Penn League. In three starts and six relief appearances, he pitched 33⅔ innings, compiling a win–loss record of 1–3 and an ERA of 5.08. During that time, he struck out 37 batters while issuing 16 walks.
Estrada spent the 2006 season with the GCL Nationals, Washington's affiliate in the rookie-level Gulf Coast League, and the Savannah Sand Gnats of the Class A South Atlantic League. He posted a record of 3 wins and 4 losses and a 3.98 ERA over 61 innings, consisting of 12 starts and 1 appearance in relief, striking out a total of 56 batters and walking 20.
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