| Horacio Piña | |
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| Pitcher | |
| Born: (1945-03-12)March 12, 1945 (age 80) Matamoros, Coahuila de Zaragoza,Mexico | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 14, 1968, for the Cleveland Indians | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 1, 1978, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Win–loss record | 23–23 |
| Earned run average | 3.25 |
| Strikeouts | 278 |
Stats atBaseball Reference  | |
| Teams | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Member of the Mexican Professional | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 1988 |
Horacio Piña García [pee'-nyah] (born March 12, 1945) is a Mexican formerrelief pitcher who played inMajor League Baseball over eight seasons between1968 and1978. Piña also played professionally in Mexico for all or portions of nine years. He batted and threw right-handed, and was listed as 6 feet 2 inches (1.88 m) tall and 177 pounds (80 kg).
Piña reached the major leagues in 1968 with theCleveland Indians, spending two years with them before moving to theWashington Senators/Texas Rangers (1970–1972),Oakland Athletics (1973),Chicago Cubs (1974),California Angels (1974) andPhiladelphia Phillies (1978). His most productive season came in 1972 with the last-place Rangers, when he posted career-numbers insaves (15),strikeouts (60) andgames pitched (60). Traded to theOakland Athletics forMike Epstein on December 1, 1972,[1] he responded with a 6–3 mark, eight saves and career-highs inERA (2.76) andinnings (88.0), helping them to clinch theALCS and theWorld Series Championship. He was dealt from theAthletics to theCubs forBob Locker at theWinter Meetings on December 3, 1973.[2] In an eight-season career, Piña posted a 23–23 record with a 3.25 ERA and 38 saves in 314 games. In three post-season games he had a perfect 0.00 ERA in five innings.
As a pitcher in theMexican League, Piña threw ano-hitter in 1975 and aperfect game in 1978 while posting a 21–4 record with a 1.94 ERA that year. Piña gained induction in the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.
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