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Horacio Pina

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Full Name: Horacio (Garcia) Pina Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 2"/177 First Game: August 14, 1968
Birthdate: March 12, 1945 Final Game: October 1, 1978
Birthplace: Matamoros, Coahuila (Mexico) MLB Experience: 8 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right
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Contents

  • 1 Biography
  • 2 Statistics
    • 2.1 Pitching Stats
    • 2.2 Fielding Stats
    • 2.3 Batting Stats
  • 3 Transactions
  • 4 Trivia
  • 5 Video Gallery
  • 6 Picture Gallery
  • 7 See Also
  • 8 Categories

[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

Year Team G GS W L ERA K R ER CG SHO SV IP H HR BB IB WP HBP
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

Year Team POS G GS INN PO A ERR DP TP PB SB CS PkO AVG
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

Year Team G AB R H HR RBI AVG OBP SLG 2B 3B BB SO HBP SH SB IBB GDP
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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