Horacio Piña
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Horacio (García) Piña [pee'-nyah] (born March 12, 1945 in Matamoros, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico) is a former relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between 1968 and 1978. He batted and threw right handed.
Piña reached the majors in 1968 with the Cleveland Indians, spending two years with them before moving to the new Washington Senators (1970-71), Texas Rangers (1972), Oakland Athletics (1973), Chicago Cubs (1974), California Angels (1974) and Philadelphia Phillies (1978). His most productive season came in 1972 with the last-place Rangers, when he posted career-numbers in saves (15), strikeouts (60) and games pitched (60). Traded to the Athletics before the 1973 season for Mike Epstein, he responded with a 6-3 mark, eight saves and career-highs in ERA (2.76) and innings (88.0), helping them to clinch the ALCS and the World Series Championship.
In an eight-season career, Piña posted a 23-23 record with a 3.25 ERA and 38 saves in 314 games. In three post-season games he had a perfect 0.00 ERA in five innings.
[edit] Mexican League highlights
- 1975: Threw a no-hitter
- 1978: Posted a 21-4 record with a 1.94 ERA and pitched a perfect game
- 1988: Gained induction in the Salón de la Fama del Béisbol de México
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