Pedro Borbón

Infobox MLB retired
bgcolor1=black
bgcolor2=#c6011f
textcolor1=white
textcolor2=white
name=Pedro Borbón
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
debutdate=April 9
debutyear=1969
debutteam=California Angels
finaldate=May 25
finalyear=1980
finalteam=St. Louis Cardinals
stat1label=Record
stat1value=69-39
stat2label=Earned Run Average
stat2value=4.09
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=352
teams=
*California Angels (by|1969)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|1970-by|1979)
*San Francisco Giants (by|1979)
*St. Louis Cardinals (by|1980)
highlights=
*National League pennant: 1972, 1975, 1976
*World Series champion: 1975, 1976

Pedro Borbón Rodriguez (born December 2, 1946 in Valverde, Dominican Republic ) is a former pitcher. He played Major League Baseball for 12 seasons (by|1969 - by|1980) for four teams, including 10 seasons for the Cincinnati Reds (by|1970 - by|1979), playing on two World Series winning teams. Borbón was mainly known for being a relief pitcher, pitching 4⅓ scoreless innings during the 1976 National League Championship Series, when the Reds won the series 3-0.

Borbon currently lives in San Juan, TX

Borbón's son, Pedro Borbón, Jr. is also a former MLB pitcher who played in the majors from 1992 to 2003, and played on the World Series champion 1995 Atlanta Braves.

Cultural References

Borbon was referenced in a joke in the movie Airplane! As Ted Striker's inner-dialogue is heard echoing in his mind, it resembles a stadium public address and he is heard thinking "Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon...Manny Mota...Mota...Mota" (though Mota and Borbon never actually played on the same team).

External links

*baseball-reference|id=b/borbope01
*ESPN's recollection of Pedro Borbón [http://espn.go.com/page2/s/list/basebrawl.html in a brawl] during the 1973 NLCS.