Darwin Cubillán
| Darwin Cubillán | |
|---|---|
 Cubillán pitching for San Marino BBC in 2012 | |
| Relief pitcher | |
| Born: November 15, 1972 Bobures, Zulia State, Venezuela | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| May 20, 2000, for the Toronto Blue Jays | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| June 1, 2004, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 1-0 |
| Earned run average | 6.85 |
| Strikeouts | 54 |
| Teams | |
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Darwin Harrikson Cubillán Salom [coo-be-yahn' / sah-lom'] (born November 15, 1972) is a Venezuelan former Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher.
Career[]
Originally signed as a free agent by the Yankees in 1993, Cubillán has played in the MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays (2000), Texas Rangers (2000), Montreal Expos (2001) and Baltimore Orioles (2004). In three-season career, Cubillán compiled a 1–0 record with 54 strikeouts and a 6.85 ERA.
Cubillán played in Japan for the Hanshin Tigers of the Central League, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 2005 until 2007. He played using his first name "Darwin", because his last name Cubillán sounds like "Kubi yan" (クビやん) meaning "He is fired, isn't he?" in Japanese Kansai dialect, and "Darwin" has the same spelling as the last name of an English naturalist, Charles Darwin. In 2008, he signed with the SK Wyverns in South Korea, but was released during the season.
Cubillán also pitched winter ball for the Tigres de Aragua and Leones del Caracas clubs of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.
See also[]
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or The Baseball Gauge, or Pura Pelota (VPBL)
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Diablos Rojos del México players
- Dorados de Chihuahua players
- Greensboro Bats players
- Guerreros de Oaxaca players
- Gulf Coast Yankees players
- Hanshin Tigers players
- KBO League pitchers
- Leones del Caracas players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
- Mexican League baseball pitchers
- Montreal Expos players
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Oklahoma RedHawks players
- Ottawa Lynx players
- People from Zulia
- Rimini Baseball Club players
- SK Wyverns players
- Syracuse SkyChiefs players
- T & A San Marino players
- Tampa Yankees players
- Texas Rangers players
- Tigres de Aragua players
- Toronto Blue Jays players
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Italy
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in South Korea
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in San Marino
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