Chico Escárrega
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Chico Escárrega | |
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Relief pitcher | |
Born: Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico | December 27, 1949|
MLB debut | |
April 26, 1982, for the Chicago White Sox | |
Last MLB appearance | |
September 27, 1982, for the Chicago White Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Saves | 1 |
Earned run average | 3.67 |
WHIP | 1.21 |
Teams | |
Member of the Mexican | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 2001 |
Ernesto "Chico" Escárrega (born December 27, 1949) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox in their 1982 season.
Baseball career[]
Escárrega was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chicago White Sox.
Escárrega entered major league baseball in 1982, as a 32-year-old rookie, the year that future Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken, Jr. ended up winning the AL rookie of the year title. He played as a starter, and a reliever, starting 2 games and collecting 1 save, pitching 73.2 innings, with an ERA of 3.67 and a WHIP of 1.21 to go 1-3 with 33 strikeouts, while appearing in a respectable 38 games.
Escárrega retired the year after his rookie season, before the start of the next season in early 1983, at the age of 33, along with four other White Sox teammates, including Sparky Lyle.
References[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Baseball Almanac, or Retrosheet
- 1949 births
- Living people
- Acereros de Monclova players
- Algodoneros de Unión Laguna players
- Angeles de Puebla players
- Baseball players from Sinaloa
- Chicago White Sox players
- Diablos Rojos del México players
- Edmonton Trappers players
- Ganaderos de Tabasco players
- Leones de Yucatán players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Mexico
- Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
- Mexican expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Mexican League baseball pitchers
- Pericos de Puebla players
- Piratas de Campeche players
- Rieleros de Aguascalientes players
- Sportspeople from Los Mochis
- Mexican baseball biography stubs
- Baseball pitcher stubs