David Cortés

This article is about the baseballer. For the footballer, see David Cortés Caballero.

David Cortés
Relief pitcher
Born: October 15, 1973 (1973-10-15) (age 38) Mexicali, Mexico
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
MLB debut
August 30, 1999 for the Atlanta Braves
Career statistics (through 2008 season)
Win-Loss	5-1
Earned run average	4.47
Strikeouts	53
Teams
Atlanta Braves (1999) Cleveland Indians (2003) Colorado Rockies (2005-2006) Lotte Giants (2008) (KBO)

David Cárdenas Cortés (born October 15, 1973 in Mexicali) is a Mexican retired professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball for the Atlanta Braves (1999), Cleveland Indians (2003), and Colorado Rockies (2005-2006).

On December 8, 2006, Cortés signed with the San Francisco Giants, but before pitching for the Giants, he was loaned to the Triple-A Mexican League where in 2008 he made the midseason All-Star team. Cortés signed with the Lotte Giants of the Korea Baseball Organization in August 2008 and served as their closer until the end of the season.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
• Baseball Almanac David Cortes Page

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Name	Cortes, David
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Date of birth	October 15, 1973
Place of birth	Mexicali, Mexico
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