Edward Mujica

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**Edward Mujica**
Major League Baseball debut
Cleveland Indians — No. 49
Relief Pitcher
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
June 21, 2006 for the Cleveland Indians
Selected MLB statistics (through 2006)
Wins-Losses	0-1
ERA	2.95
Innings pitched	18 1/3
Strikeouts	12
Former teams
Cleveland Indians (2006–present)

Edward José Mujica [moo-HE-cah] (b. May 10, 1984 in Valencia, Venezuela) is a right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Cleveland Indians. Mujica was signed by the Indians as an undrafted free agent in 2001. He quickly became one of the top pitching prospects in the Cleveland organization.

After successful campaigns with San Felipe, Burlington and Lake County in 2002, 2003 and 2004, Mujica dominated the Carolina League as the closer with Kinston in 2005, with a 2.08 ERA, 14 saves, 32 strikeouts and just 2 walks in 26 innings before being promoted to Akron. He didn't miss a beat with the Aeros, going 2-1 with 10 saves, a 2.88 ERA, 33 strikeouts and only five walks in 34⅓ innings.

Mujica began 2006 in Akron, where he recorded eight saves without surrendering an earned run, 17 strikeouts and nine walks in 19 innings before getting promoted to Triple-A Buffalo. For Buffalo, he was 3-1 with five saves, a 2.48 ERA, 29 strikeouts and five walks in 32⅔ innings. He made his major league debut with Cleveland on June 21, 2006. Mujica didn't surrender an earned run in 2006 until his fourth appearance with the Indians on July 14, a streak of 43⅓ consecutive innings (19 for Akron, 19⅔ for Buffalo and 4⅔ for Cleveland).