Mike Fornieles

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Full Name: Jose Miguel (Torres) Fornieles	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/155	First Game: September 2, 1952
Birthdate: January 18, 1932	Final Game: July 14, 1963
Birthplace: Havana, Cuba	MLB Experience: 12 years
Died: February 11, 1998
Deathplace: St. Petersburg, Florida
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on January 18, 1932 in Havana, Cuba, Mike Fornieles (Jose Miguel (Torres) Fornieles) played for the Washington Senators, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Boston Red Sox and Minnesota Twins over the course of his 12 year career. Fornieles broke into the bigs on September 2, 1952 with the Washington Senators, and put up a 3.59 ERA in 153 innings pitched in 1953, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Mike Fornieles's best season was 1960, when he posted a 2.64 ERA, won 10 games, notched 14 saves and struck out 64 batters.

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[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1952	WAS	A	4	2	2	2	1.37	12	4	4	2	1	0	26.1	13	1	11	0	0	0
1953	CHI	A	39	16	8	7	3.59	72	68	61	5	0	3	153	160	8	61	0	2	2
1954	CHI	A	15	6	1	2	4.29	18	24	20	0	0	1	42	41	4	14	0	0	0
1955	CHI	A	26	9	6	3	3.86	23	37	37	2	0	2	86.1	84	12	29	3	2	2
1956	CHI	A	6	0	0	1	4.60	6	9	8	0	0	0	15.2	22	1	6	1	0	0
1956	BAL	A	30	11	4	7	3.97	53	59	49	1	1	1	111	109	7	25	2	3	0
1956	TOT	A	36	11	4	8	4.05	59	68	57	1	1	1	126.2	131	8	31	3	3	0
1957	BOS	A	25	18	8	7	3.52	64	61	49	7	1	2	125.1	136	7	38	3	1	3
1957	BAL	A	15	4	2	6	4.26	43	30	27	1	1	0	57	57	4	17	2	2	0
1957	TOT	A	40	22	10	13	3.75	107	91	76	8	2	2	182.1	193	11	55	5	3	3
1958	BOS	A	37	7	4	6	4.96	49	62	61	1	0	1	110.2	123	10	33	0	2	6
1959	BOS	A	46	0	5	3	3.07	54	29	28	0	0	11	82	77	6	29	3	2	1
1960	BOS	A	70	0	10	5	2.64	64	38	32	0	0	14	109	86	6	49	7	5	6
1961	BOS	A	57	2	9	8	4.68	70	65	62	1	0	15	119.1	121	18	54	7	5	2
1962	BOS	A	42	1	3	6	5.36	36	57	49	0	0	5	82.1	96	14	37	4	6	8
1963	MIN	A	11	0	1	1	4.76	7	14	12	0	0	0	22.2	24	0	13	0	4	2
1963	BOS	A	9	0	0	0	6.43	5	10	10	0	0	0	14	16	0	5	0	0	0
1963	TOT	A	20	0	1	1	5.40	12	24	22	0	0	0	36.2	40	0	18	0	4	2
Total			432	76	63	64	3.96	576	567	509	20	4	55	1156.2	1165	98	421	32	34	32

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1952	WAS	A	P	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1953	CHI	A	P	39	0	0	16	30	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	.958
1954	CHI	A	P	15	0	0	1	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1955	CHI	A	P	26	0	0	1	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	.950
1956	CHI	A	P	6	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	BAL	A	P	30	0	0	4	28	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1956	TOT	A	P	36	0	0	5	30	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1957	BOS	A	P	25	18	125.1	8	15	3	1	0	1	6	3	0	.885
1957	BAL	A	P	15	4	57	5	10	0	1	0	1	1	4	0	1.000
1957	TOT	A	P	40	22	182.1	13	25	3	2	0	2	7	7	0	.927
1958	BOS	A	P	37	7	110.2	5	18	1	1	0	1	4	2	0	.958
1959	BOS	A	P	46	0	82	5	13	1	0	0	0	1	3	1	.947
1960	BOS	A	P	70	0	109	7	19	3	3	0	0	5	4	0	.897
1961	BOS	A	P	57	2	119	12	25	1	2	0	4	4	0	0	.974
1962	BOS	A	P	42	1	82.1	5	14	1	1	0	0	3	1	0	.950
1963	MIN	A	P	11	0	22.2	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.000
1963	BOS	A	P	9	0	14	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.000
1963	TOT	A	P	20	0	36.2	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	1.000
Total			P	432	32	722	74	209	15	17	0	7	27	17	1	.950

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1952	WAS	A	4	10	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1953	CHI	A	39	41	2	4	0	5	.098	.119	.122	1	0	1	5	0	9	0	0	1
1954	CHI	A	16	11	2	3	0	0	.273	.273	.273	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
1955	CHI	A	28	29	6	3	0	1	.103	.103	.138	1	0	0	5	0	2	0	0	0
1956	CHI	A	6	5	0	1	0	0	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1956	BAL	A	33	30	2	5	0	0	.167	.167	.200	1	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	1
1956	TOT	A	39	35	2	6	0	0	.171	.171	.229	2	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	1
1957	BOS	A	26	44	3	6	0	2	.136	.174	.136	0	0	2	4	0	2	0	0	0
1957	BAL	A	16	18	1	5	0	0	.278	.278	.278	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0
1957	TOT	A	42	62	4	11	0	2	.177	.203	.177	0	0	2	9	0	3	0	0	0
1958	BOS	A	37	29	2	6	0	1	.207	.207	.207	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	1
1959	BOS	A	46	19	0	3	0	1	.158	.158	.211	1	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0
1960	BOS	A	70	15	2	6	0	1	.400	.400	.400	0	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0
1961	BOS	A	57	32	2	5	1	4	.156	.156	.281	1	0	0	8	0	1	0	0	0
1962	BOS	A	42	16	1	3	0	0	.188	.188	.188	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	1
1963	MIN	A	11	6	1	1	0	1	.167	.167	.500	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1963	BOS	A	9	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.667	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1963	TOT	A	20	9	1	2	0	1	.222	.222	.556	1	1	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Total			440	308	25	52	1	16	.169	.177	.208	7	1	3	63	0	21	1	0	5

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Washington Senators (1950).
Traded by Washington Senators to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Chuck Stobbs (December 10, 1952).
Traded by Chicago White Sox with Bob Nieman, Connie Johnson and George Kell to Baltimore Orioles in exchange for Jim Wilson and Dave Philley (May 21, 1956).
Traded by Baltimore Orioles to Boston Red Sox in exchange for Billy Goodman (June 14, 1957).
Sold by Boston Red Sox to Minnesota Twins (June 14, 1963).
Released by Minnesota Twins (July 22, 1963).
Signed by Cincinnati Reds (1964).
Released by Cincinnati Reds (April 7, 1964).

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