Robert Zarate

This name uses Spanish naming customs: the first or paternal family name is Zarate and the second or maternal family name is Ladera.
Robert Zarate

Zarate with the Hanshin Tigers
Pittsburgh Pirates – No. 39
Pitcher
Born: (1987-02-01) February 1, 1987
Valencia, Venezuela
Bats: Left Throws: Left
NPB debut
2012, for the Hanshin Tigers
NPB statistics
(through 2013 season)
Wins-losses 0-0
Earned run average 7.36
Strikeouts 3
Teams

Robert Alexander Zarate Ladera (born February 1, 1987) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. From 2012 through 2013, he pitched for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball[1] (spending most of both seasons with Hanshin's Western League ni-gun team).

He was scouted by the Rays after spending the 2014 season with the Gunma Diamond Pegasus of Japan's Baseball Challenge League.[2]

References

  1. "Robert Zarate," Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed April 6, 2015.
  2. Topkin, Marc. "Rays manager Kevin Cash plans more stable lineup," Tampa Bay Times (February 7, 2015): "If LHP Robert Zarate contributes, credit the Rays' international scouts, who saw the 28-year-old Venezuelan pitch last year for a Japanese independent league club, the Gunma Diamond Pegasus."

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