Pedro Figueroa

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This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Figueroa and the second or maternal family name is Vizcaíno.

Pedro Figueroa
Texas Rangers
Starting pitcher
Born: (1985-11-23) November 23, 1985 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
MLB debut
April 21, 2012 for the Oakland Athletics
Career statistics (through 2013 season)
Win–loss record	0–0
Earned run average	4.38
Strikeouts	17
Teams
Oakland Athletics (2012–2013)

Pedro José Figueroa Vizcaíno (born November 23, 1985) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher in the Texas Rangers organization. His has played in Major League Baseball for the Oakland Athletics.

Professional career

Figueroa signed with Oakland in 2006 and split time between the Dominican Summer League Athletics 1 and the Arizona Rookie League Athletics. For the 2007 and 2008 seasons, he played for the Vancouver Canadians, going 4–7 with a 4.07 ERA. For the 2009 season, he split time between Kane County and Stockton. For the 2010 season, Figueroa was ranked fifth in Oakland's farm system according to Baseball America.^[1] Despite not playing above Single-A, Oakland added him to their 40-man roster.^[2] He was recalled from Triple-A Sacramento after pitching a total of seven innings without allowing a run on April 21, 2012. He made his MLB debut later that day.

Figueroa was released by the Athletics on December 20, 2013. On January 2, 2014 he was claimed off waivers by the Tampa Bay Rays. ^[3] He was designated for assignment on January 23, 2014. He was claimed off waivers by the Texas Rangers on January 29, 2014.

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Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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Active roster	1 Elvis Andrus 2 Leonys Martín 8 Geovany Soto 9 Adam Rosales 11 Yu Darvish 13 Jurickson Profar 17 Shin-Soo Choo 18 Mitch Moreland 28 Joakim Soria 29 Adrián Beltré 30 Neftalí Feliz 33 Martín Pérez 35 Jim Adduci 41 Alexi Ogando 43 Engel Beltré 44 Jason Frasor 45 Derek Holland 46 Robbie Ross 49 Nick Tepesch 50 Michael Kirkman 51 Alex Ríos 52 Tanner Scheppers 53 Wilmer Font 54 Matt Harrison 55 Román Méndez 56 Neal Cotts 57 Cory Burns 58 Joseph Ortiz 61 Robinson Chirinos 75 Matt West 84 Prince Fielder – J. P. Arencibia – Lisalverto Bonilla – Alex Castellanos – Michael Choice – Pedro Figueroa – Miles Mikolas – Ben Rowen – Luis Sardiñas – Shawn Tolleson

Coaching staff	Manager: 38 Ron Washington Bench: – Tim Bogar First base: – Bengie Molina Third base: 24 Gary Pettis Hitting: 14 Dave Magadan Assistant Hitting: – Bobby Jones Pitching: 31 Mike Maddux Bullpen: 40 Andy Hawkins Bullpen catcher: 66 Josh Frasier

Persondata
Name	Figueroa, Pedro
Alternative names
Short description	Dominican Republic baseball player
Date of birth	1985-11-23
Place of birth	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Date of death
Place of death

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