Robinson Tejeda

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**Robinson Tejeda**
Major League Baseball debut
Texas Rangers — No. 55
Starting pitcher
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
May 10, 2005 for the Philadelphia Phillies
Selected MLB statistics (through the end of the 2006 season)
Wins-Losses	9-8
ERA	3.90
Strikeouts	112
Teams
Philadelphia Phillies (2005)

Robinson Garcia Tejeda, born March 24, 1982 in Baní, Dominican Republic, is a starting pitcher for the Texas Rangers.

Tejeda was signed as an amateur free agent by the Philadelphia Phillies on November 24, 1998. He made his professional debut the following year with the GCL Phillies. Tejeda spent the 2001, 2002 and 2003 seasons with the Single-A Lakewood BlueClaws and Clearwater Threshers before being promoted to the Double-A Reading Phillies in 2004.

In 2005, Tejeda made the jump to the major league club. Starting with his debut against the Milwaukee Brewers on May 10, 2005, he appeared in 26 games – half of those as a starter.

Tejeda was a member of the Dominican Republic team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He only made two appearances during the tournament, a shutout inning against Australia and a rough ninth-inning appearance in the Domincan Republic's first game against Cuba.

Just prior to the start of the 2006 season, Tejada was dealt by the Phillies to the Texas Rangers along with Jake Blalock (the brother of Rangers' star Hank Blalock) in exchange for outfielder David Dellucci. He started the season with the Triple-A Oklahoma RedHawks, but was called up to the Rangers at the end of April. His first outings were shaky, and he was quickly reassigned back to Oklahoma. Aside from an emergency call-up in June, Tejeda stayed with the RedHawks until he was recalled for good in mid-August. Tejeda was in excellent form for the latter third of the season, going 4-1 over eight starts, with an ERA of 2.01.

Tejeda throws a quality fastball (96 mph) and changeup, and is developing a useful curveball.