Jorge Piedra
Jorge Piedra | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Sun Valley, California | April 17, 1979|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
MLB debut | |
August 7, 2004, for the Colorado Rockies | |
Last MLB appearance | |
August 10, 2006, for the Colorado Rockies | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .275 |
Home runs | 12 |
Runs batted in | 36 |
Teams | |
Jorge Moises Piedra (born April 17, 1979) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder.
On April 11, 2005, Piedra became the second baseball player after Alex Sanchez to be suspended for testing positive for illegal performance-enhancing drugs under Major League Baseball's new drug policy.[1] He was suspended for 10 days without pay as MLB's policy dictated for a first offense until November 2005. First offenses since that time now result in 80-game suspensions.
He signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics on June 12, 2007.
On January 4, 2008, Piedra signed a minor league contract with the Florida Marlins with an invitation to spring training. He was released on March 9, 2008.
See also[]
- List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences
References[]
- ^ "Players suspended under baseball's steroids policy". espn.com. 2006-06-07. Retrieved 2007-07-20.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Categories:
- 1979 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from California
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Colorado Rockies players
- People from Sun Valley, Los Angeles
- Colorado Springs Sky Sox players
- Sacramento River Cats players
- American sportspeople in doping cases
- Major League Baseball players suspended for drug offenses
- Long Island Ducks players
- Camden Riversharks players
- Great Falls Dodgers players
- San Bernardino Stampede players
- Vero Beach Dodgers players
- Daytona Cubs players
- West Tennessee Diamond Jaxx players
- Salem Avalanche players
- Tulsa Drillers players
- Notre Dame High School (Sherman Oaks, California) alumni
- American baseball outfielder, 1970s birth stubs