Horacio Pina
[edit] Biography
Born on March 12, 1945 in Matamoros, Coahuila (Mexico), Horacio Pina (Horacio (Garcia) Pina) played for the Cleveland Indians, Washington Senators, Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, Chicago Cubs, California Angels and Philadelphia Phillies over the course of his 8 year career. Pina broke into the bigs on August 14, 1968 with the Cleveland Indians, and put up a 2.79 ERA in 71 innings pitched in 1970, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Horacio Pina's best season was 1972, when he posted a 3.20 ERA, notched 15 saves and struck out 60 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1968
| CLE
| A
| 12
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 1.72
| 24
| 7
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 31.1
| 24
| 0
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 1
|
| 1969
| CLE
| A
| 31
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 5.21
| 32
| 29
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 46.2
| 44
| 6
| 27
| 2
| 5
| 5
|
| 1970
| WAS
| A
| 61
| 0
| 5
| 3
| 2.79
| 41
| 25
| 22
| 0
| 0
| 6
| 71
| 66
| 4
| 35
| 9
| 4
| 3
|
| 1971
| WAS
| A
| 56
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 3.59
| 38
| 26
| 23
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 57.2
| 47
| 2
| 31
| 7
| 3
| 4
|
| 1972
| TEX
| A
| 60
| 0
| 2
| 7
| 3.20
| 60
| 33
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 15
| 76
| 61
| 3
| 43
| 7
| 3
| 8
|
| 1973
| OAK
| A
| 47
| 0
| 6
| 3
| 2.76
| 41
| 31
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 88
| 58
| 8
| 34
| 5
| 3
| 8
|
| 1974
| CHI
| N
| 34
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 3.99
| 32
| 22
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 47.1
| 49
| 4
| 28
| 4
| 0
| 2
|
| 1974
| CAL
| A
| 11
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 2.31
| 6
| 3
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11.2
| 9
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 2
| 0
|
| 1974
| Total
|
| 45
| 0
| 4
| 6
| 3.66
| 38
| 25
| 24
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 59
| 58
| 5
| 31
| 6
| 2
| 2
|
| 1978
| PHI
| N
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .00
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2.1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 36
| 0
| 3
| 4
| 3.81
| 36
| 22
| 21
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 49.2
| 49
| 4
| 28
| 4
| 0
| 2
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 278
| 7
| 20
| 19
| 3.18
| 242
| 154
| 135
| 0
| 0
| 34
| 382.1
| 309
| 24
| 188
| 33
| 20
| 29
|
| Total
|
|
| 314
| 7
| 23
| 23
| 3.25
| 278
| 176
| 156
| 0
| 0
| 38
| 432
| 358
| 28
| 216
| 37
| 20
| 31
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1968
| CLE
| A
| P
| 12
| 3
| 31.1
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1969
| CLE
| A
| P
| 31
| 4
| 46.2
| 3
| 8
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 3
| 2
| 3
| 1.000
|
| 1970
| WAS
| A
| P
| 61
| 0
| 71
| 5
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 3
| 1
| .952
|
| 1971
| WAS
| A
| P
| 56
| 0
| 57.2
| 3
| 14
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 4
| 2
| 2
| 1.000
|
| 1972
| TEX
| A
| P
| 60
| 0
| 76
| 5
| 22
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 5
| 0
| .931
|
| 1973
| OAK
| A
| P
| 47
| 0
| 88
| 6
| 26
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 1
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| CHI
| N
| P
| 34
| 0
| 47.1
| 4
| 9
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 4
| 0
| .929
|
| 1974
| CAL
| A
| P
| 11
| 0
| 11.2
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1974
| Total
|
| P
| 45
| 0
| 59
| 4
| 15
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 8
| 4
| 0
| .950
|
| 1978
| PHI
| N
| P
| 2
| 0
| 2.1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 314
| 7
| 432
| 28
| 104
| 4
| 12
| 0
| 5
| 32
| 21
| 6
| .971
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1968
| CLE
| A
| 12
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1969
| CLE
| A
| 31
| 6
| 0
| 3
| 0
| 1
| .500
| .500
| .500
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1970
| WAS
| A
| 61
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1971
| WAS
| A
| 56
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1972
| TEX
| A
| 60
| 5
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .333
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1973
| OAK
| A
| 47
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| CHI
| N
| 34
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| CAL
| A
| 11
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1974
| Total
|
| 45
| 5
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .200
| .200
| .200
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1978
| PHI
| N
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| NL
|
| 36
| 6
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .167
| .167
| .167
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
| AL
|
| 278
| 21
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 1
| .190
| .227
| .190
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 10
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| Total
|
|
| 314
| 27
| 1
| 5
| 0
| 1
| .185
| .214
| .185
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 11
| 0
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Sold by Puebla (Mexican) to Cleveland Indians (1967).
- Traded by Cleveland Indians with Dave Nelson and Ron Law to Washington Senators in exchange for Dennis Higgins and Barry Moore (December 5, 1969).
- Traded by Texas Rangers to Oakland Athletics in exchange for Mike Epstein (November 30, 1972).
- Traded by Oakland Athletics to Chicago Cubs in exchange for Bob Locker (November 3, 1973).
- Traded by Chicago Cubs to California Angels in exchange for Rick Stelmaszek (July 28, 1974).
- Released by California Angels (March 31, 1975).
- Sold by Aguascalientes (Mexican) to Philadelphia Phillies (September 14, 1978).
- Returned to Aguascalientes (Mexican) (October 13, 1978).
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