Jesús Figueroa
Appearance
Jesús Figueroa | |
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Toronto Blue Jays – No. 65 | |
Outfielder / Batting practice pitcher | |
Born: Villa Mella, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | February 20, 1957|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
April 22, 1980, for the Chicago Cubs | |
Last MLB appearance | |
October 5, 1980, for the Chicago Cubs | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .253 |
Home runs | 1 |
Runs batted in | 11 |
Teams | |
As a player
As a batting practice pitcher
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Jesús Maria Figueroa (born February 20, 1957) is a Dominican former professional baseball player. He appeared in 115 games during the 1980 baseball season with the Chicago Cubs, mostly as a pinch hitter and defensive replacement. Figueroa also played 611 games in Minor League Baseball, over the course of nine seasons.
Figueroa works for the Toronto Blue Jays as their batting practice pitcher, a position he has held since 1989. He was a member of the 1992 and '93 teams that won back-to-back World Series.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Lott, John (February 23, 2013). "Jays' iron-man pitcher late arriving for spring training". nationalpost.com. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved September 21, 2013.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- 1957 births
- Living people
- Chicago Cubs players
- Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Fort Lauderdale Yankees players
- Knoxville Blue Jays players
- Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Phoenix Giants players
- West Haven Yankees players
- Wichita Aeros players
- Dominican Republic baseball biography stubs
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