Pedro Luis Lazo Explained

Pedro Luis Lazo
Full Name:Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias
Nickname:Jíbaro
National Team:Cuba national baseball team
Birth Date:May 15, 1973
Birth Place:Río Feo, Pinar del Río, (Cuba)
Occupation:Pitcher (1990-2010)
Pitching coach (2012-present)
Years Active:1990-2010
Country:Cuba
League:Cuban National Series
League Type:League
Team:
Retired:December 18, 2010
Pb:2,335 strikeouts

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Hofdate:September 29, 2016
Hoflink:Baseball
Hofcolor:Blue
Hoftype:Cuban
Hall of Fame Information

Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias (born May 15, 1973 in Pinar del Río Province, Cuba) is a top pitcher in Cuban baseball. He is used predominantly as a reliever in international competition, although he is a starter in the Cuban National Series, where he plays for Pinar del Río. His fastball has been clocked at 97 mph, and he combined it with a mid 80s slider.[1]

Career

Lazo was part of the gold medal-winning Cuban teams at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and 2004 Athens games, and won silver at the 2000 Sydney and 2008 Beijing Olympics.[2] He also appeared in the exhibition series between the Cuban national team and the Baltimore Orioles in 1999.

During the World Cup of Baseball in 2005 in the Netherlands, Lazo had 2 wins, 0 losses with 2 saves, a 0.54 earned run average, and just 7 hits against in innings. He also pitched for Cuba in the World Baseball Classic in March 2006 and recorded an impressive 5 inning save against Dominican Republic in the semifinals matchup.[3]

Lazo is the current and active wins leader in the Cuban National Series with 249 wins.[4]

Personal life

His cousin, Raudel Lazo, defected from Cuba to play in Major League Baseball.[5]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/features/060317wbcfinalpreview.html baseball america
  2. https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/pedro-luis-lazo-1.html. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045946/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/pedro-luis-lazo-1.html. dead. 2020-04-17.
  3. http://mlb.mlb.com/wbc/2009/stats/boxscore.jsp?gid=2006_03_12_cubint_venint_1 World Baseball Classic stats at MLB.com
  4. Web site: Historical pitching statistics . 2010-06-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100109012602/http://www.baseballdecuba.com/HISTORICALPITCHING.ASP . 2010-01-09 . dead .
  5. http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/2013-03-01/sports/fl-marlins-spring-training-notes-0302-20130301_1_raudel-lazo-marlins-vice-president-handers Marlins' prospect Lazo unlike iconic Cuban cousin