Fernando de la Cruz

Fernando de la Cruz
Fernando de la Cruz
	Pitcher
	Born: January 25, 1971 (age 53); La Romana, Dominican Republic
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Professional debut
	CPBL: 2001, for the Uni-President Lions
	NPB: 1999, for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Last appearance
	CPBL: 2001, for the Uni-President Lions
	NPB: 1999, for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
CPBL statistics
Win–loss record	2–2
Earned run average	4.23
Strikeouts	8
NPB statistics
Win–loss record	0–1
Earned run average	4.50
Strikeouts	1
Teams
	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1999); Uni-President Lions (2001);

Fernando de la Cruz^[a] (born January 25, 1971) is a Dominican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in various professional baseball leagues between 1995 and 2013. Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 225 pounds (102 kg), he threw and batted right-handed.

Career

De la Cruz was born in La Romana, Dominican Republic.^[2] He played in Minor League Baseball from 1995 to 2003, primarily for farm teams of the California Angels / Anaheim Angels.^[2] He played in two games at the Triple-A level, in 2003 while in the Detroit Tigers organization.^[2] De la Cruz played one game in Japan for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in 1999, and seven games in Taiwan for the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) in 2001.^[2]

De la Cruz did not play professionally in 2004.^[2] He briefly played in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball in 2005, and played in the Mexican League from 2005 through 2008.^[2] He played several seasons in the Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM), last playing professionally during the 2012–2013 winter season.^[2]

Overall, de la Cruz played professionally for 16 seasons, appearing in 377 total games (44 starts) while accruing a 5.26 earned run average (ERA) and a record of 36–41 with 92 saves and striking out 398 batters in 650 innings pitched.^[2]

Notes

^ His name often appeared as Fernando DeLaCruz in newspaper reports.^[1]

References

^ "Deals". Philadelphia Daily News. May 6, 1996. p. 60. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Fernando De La Cruz Minor, Japanese, CPBL, Mexican, Independent & Winter Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 3, 2022.

External links

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

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[2] His name often appeared as Fernando DeLaCruz in newspaper reports.^[1]

[1] "Deals". Philadelphia Daily News. May 6, 1996. p. 60. Retrieved September 3, 2022 – via newspapers.com.

[brm-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "Fernando De La Cruz Minor, Japanese, CPBL, Mexican, Independent & Winter Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 3, 2022.

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