Virgil Vasquez
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Vasquez pitching for the AAA Toledo Mud Hens in 2008
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Born: June 7, 1982 Santa Barbara, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 13, 2007, for the Detroit Tigers | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| October 4, 2009, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 2–6 | ||
| Earned run average | 6.60 | ||
| Strikeouts | 36 | ||
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Virgil Matthew Vasquez (born June 7, 1982 in Santa Barbara, California) is a former right-handed professional baseball pitcher. He appeared in part of two Major League Baseball seasons with the Detroit Tigers and Pittsburgh Pirates. He and J.P. Martinez currently serve as the pitching coaches of the Gulf Coast League Twins.
He went 23-3 in his final two years of high school with 179 strikeouts while also hitting over .400. Vasquez was originally drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 7th round of the 2000 Major League Baseball Draft out of Santa Barbara High School, but chose to attend the University of California, Santa Barbara, instead. He finished his college career with 189 strikeouts, the eighth most in school history. Vasquez was then selected by the Detroit Tigers in the seventh round of the 2003 Major League Baseball Draft.
Vasquez began the 2006 season with the Double-A Erie SeaWolves of the Eastern League, where he finished in the top ten for earned run average, complete games, home runs allowed, innings pitched, games started and losses. He was promoted to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens in early September 2006.
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