Fernando de la Cruz explained

Fernando de la Cruz
Position:Pitcher
Birth Date:25 January 1971
Birth Place:La Romana, Dominican Republic
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:CPBL
Debutyear:2001
Debutteam:Uni-President Lions
Finalleague:CPBL
Finalyear:2001
Finalteam:Uni-President Lions
Debut2league:NPB
Debut2year:1999
Debut2team:Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Final2league:NPB
Final2year:1999
Final2team:Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Statleague:CPBL
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:2–2
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:4.23
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:8
Stat2league:NPB
Stat21label:Win–loss record
Stat21value:0–1
Stat22label:Earned run average
Stat22value:4.50
Stat23label:Strikeouts
Stat23value:1
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Fernando de la Cruz (born January 25, 1971) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in various professional baseball leagues between 1995 and 2013. Listed at 6inchesft0inchesin (ftin) and 225lb, he threw and batted right-handed.

Career

De la Cruz was born in La Romana, Dominican Republic. He played in Minor League Baseball from 1995 to 2003, primarily for farm teams of the California Angels / Anaheim Angels. He played in two games at the Triple-A level, in 2003 while in the Detroit Tigers organization. De la Cruz played one game in Japan for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in 1999, and seven games in Taiwan for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 2001.

De la Cruz did not play professionally in 2004. He briefly played in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in 2005, and played in the Mexican League from 2005 through 2008. He played several seasons in the Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM), last playing professionally during the 2012–2013 winter season.

Overall, de la Cruz played professionally for 16 seasons, appearing in 377 total games (44 starts) while accruing a 5.26 earned run average (ERA) and a record of 36–41 with 92 saves and striking out 398 batters in 650 innings pitched.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fernando De La Cruz Minor, Japanese, CPBL, Mexican, Independent & Winter Leagues Statistics & History . . September 3, 2022.