Francisco Córdova

Francisco Córdova
Petroleros de Minatitlán – No. 23
Pitcher
Born: April 26, 1972 (1972-04-26) Veracruz, Mexico
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
April 2, 1996 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Career statistics (through 2008 season)
Win-Loss	42-47
Earned run average	3.96
Strikeouts	537
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1996-2000)
Career highlights and awards
1 combined no-hitter

Francisco Córdova (born April 26, 1972 in Veracruz, Mexico) is a former Major League Baseball left-handed starting pitcher who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1996-2000 and who is currently (2011) playing in the Mexican Triple-A League for the Petroleros de Minatitlán.

Career

On January 18, 1996, Córdova was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent. He made his major league debut on April 2, 1996. The following year, on July 12, 1997, at a sold out Three Rivers Stadium, he pitched nine innings of a combined 10-inning no-hitter for the Pirates. Ricardo Rincón pitched the 10th inning. The Pirates won the game on a dramatic three-run, pinch hit home run in the bottom of the 10th by Mark Smith. This game pitched by Córdova and Rincón is recognized as the only combined, extra-inning no-hitter in modern MLB history and is the last no-hitter in Pirates history to date. Córdova would go on the post an 11-8 record that season. He would post a 9–12 record in 1998, to go with a 3.31 ERA. His career was shorted by arm troubles, and he retired after the 2000 season with a 42–47 record.

Cordova now pitches in his native Mexico with the Petroleros de Minatitlán. In 2008, he went 1–3 with a 4.46 ERA with the Quintana Roo Tigres.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

Preceded by Kevin Brown

No-hit game July 12, 1997 (with Ricardo Rincón)

Succeeded by David Wells