| Alfredo Fígaro | |
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Fígaro pitching for the West Michigan Whitecaps, Single-A affiliates of the Detroit Tigers on May 9, 2008. |
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| Orix Buffaloes – No. 42 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: July 7, 1984 Samaná, Dominican Republic |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| June 20, 2009 for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Career statistics (through 2010 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 2–4 |
| Earned run average | 6.54 |
| Strikeouts | 21 |
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Alfredo Fígaro [fee'-gah-ro] (born July 7, 1984, in Samaná, Dominican Republic) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball. He made his Major League Baseball debut on June 20, 2009 with the Detroit Tigers.
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Fígaro was not drafted in the 2006 MLB Draft and signed with the Detroit Tigers. He was a signed to their Rookie league affiliate, the GCL Tigers. With GCL in 2006 he had a 3–1 win–loss record with a 0.70 ERA in 14 games, four of which were starts. In 2007, Fígaro started the season at Single-A Oneonta and went 4–2 with a 3.38 ERA in 11 starts before being called up to the Lakeland Tigers. At Lakeland he had a 0–2 win–loss ratio in four starts. To begin 2008, the Tigers sent Fígaro to another one of their three Single-A affiliates, the West Michigan Whitecaps. With the Whitecaps, Fígaro had a career high in wins (12), starts (19), complete games (2), innings pitched (123) and strikeouts (96). He was called back up to Lakeland and for a second season didn't have any wins, going 0 and 5 with a 4.91 ERA in five starts. Fígaro started 2009 with the Double-A Erie Seawolves and was named Eastern League player of the week for the week of April 20.[1] For the season he has a 5–2 record with a 4.10 ERA.[2]
Fígaro was called up on June 20, 2009, and to clear room for him, the Tigers designated Dane Sardinha for assignment.[3] Fígaro made his major league debut on June 20, 2009, replacing Willis in the starting rotation.[4] As of July 3, 2009, he had a 1–1 record with a 7.36 ERA and 12 strikeouts in 11 innings and two starts.[5] In his second start he gave up seven earned runs and 10 hits in three innings against the Houston Astros. Tigers manager Jim Leyland said of the outing, "He pitched very tentative until the horse was out of the barn. The one thing I thought he would be was aggressive. He pitched like he was caught up in the names on the back."[6] He was demoted to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens in favor of Luke French on June 29, 2009.
On December 14, 2010, the Tigers sold his contract to the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball.[7] He re-signed with Orix on November 14, 2011.
Fígaro is the cousin of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Fernando Rodney.[8]
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