Geno Espineli

Geno Espineli

Infobox MLB player
name = Geno Espineli


width = 150
caption =
team = San Francisco Giants
number = 43
position = Relief pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1982|9|8
birthplace = city-state|Houston|Texas
bats = Left
throws = Left
debutdate = July 20
debutyear = 2008
debutteam = San Francisco Giants
statyear = September 5, 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 1-0
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 5.40
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 5
teams =
*San Francisco Giants (by|2008)

Eugene Macalalag "Geno" Espineli (born September 8, 1982 in Houston, Texas) is a Major League Baseball relief pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. Espineli is of Filipino ancestry and played baseball in college for the University of Texas and Texas Christian University. He was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 14th round of the 2004 Major League Baseball Draft.

A full-time reliever in his first two professional seasons, Espineli started some games for Double-A Connecticut in by|2006 and became a full-time starter for Connecticut in by|2007. Espineli, a reliever again in by|2008, started the season with the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies. He was named a PCL All-star and also to the U.S. Olympic team before being called up to the majors on July 20. He made his debut that same day, pitching one scoreless inning.

When Espineli made his debut with San Francisco on July 23, mlby|2008, with 0.2 innings of perfect relief against the visiting Washington Nationals, many believe he became the first full-blooded Filipino to ever play in the Major Leagues. [ Hayes, A.J.(2008-07-31). [http://www.asianweek.com/2008/07/31/giants-rookie-is-first-full-blooded-filipino-in-big-leagues/ "Giants Rookie is First Full-Blooded Filipino in Big Leagues"] .AsianWeek. Retrieved on 2008-08-01.]

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*baseballstats |mlb=457910 |espn=29194 |br=e/espinge01 |fangraphs=7405 |cube=E/Geno-Espineli
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/20/SPTS11S924.DTL San Francisco Chronicle article]

Persondata
NAME= Espineli, Geno
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=Espineli, Eugene Macalalag
SHORT DESCRIPTION= Filipino-American baseball pitcher
DATE OF BIRTH= 1982-9-8
PLACE OF BIRTH= city-state|Houston|Texas, United States
DATE OF DEATH=
PLACE OF DEATH=


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