Johan Oviedo
| Johan Oviedo | |
|---|---|
| St. Louis Cardinals – No. 59 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 2, 1998 Havana, Cuba | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 19, 2020, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| MLB statistics (through 2021 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 0–8 |
| Earned run average | 5.07 |
| Strikeouts | 67 |
| Teams | |
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Johan Oviedo (born March 2, 1998) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher for the St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Career[]
On July 2, 2016, Oviedo signed with the St. Louis Cardinals as an international free agent and was assigned to the DSL Cardinals. He split 2017 with the Johnson City Cardinals and the State College Spikes. In 2018 he was promoted to the Peoria Chiefs, where he would spend the season and spent the 2019 season with the Springfield Cardinals.
Oviedo was assigned to the Triple-A Memphis Redbirds to begin the 2020 season, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Minor League Baseball did not have a season and was added to the newly formed 60-man player pool.
Oviedo was selected to the active roster on August 19, 2020 and made his MLB debut that day.[1] Over five starts with St. Louis, he went 0-3 with a 5.47 ERA, striking out 16 over 24+2⁄3 innings.
References[]
- ^ "A promise kept: Cardinals, Cubs, an MLB debut and a Peoria Chiefs host family". Canton Daily Ledger - Canton, IL.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Dominican Summer League Cardinals players
- Cuban expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic
- Johnson City Cardinals players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Cuba
- Cuban expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Palm Beach Cardinals players
- Peoria Chiefs players
- Sportspeople from Havana
- Springfield Cardinals players
- St. Louis Cardinals players
- State College Spikes players
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