Franquelis Osoria

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=Franquelis Osoria

position=Relief pitcher
team=Pittsburgh Pirates
number=52
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1981|9|12
debutdate=June 7
debutyear=2005
debutteam=Los Angeles Dodgers
statyear=2007
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=0-6
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=41
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=5.00
teams=
*Los Angeles Dodgers (by|2005-by|2006)
*Pittsburgh Pirates (by|2007-by|2008)

Franquelis Antonio Osoria (born September 12, 1981, in Santiago, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball pitcher.

Osoria made his Major League Baseball debut with the Los Angeles Dodgers on June 7, 2005. In December 2006, he was claimed off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

After spending most of the season with the Pirates' AAA club in Indianapolis, going 2-5 with a 2.63 ERA in 39 games as a reliever, he was called up by the Pirates on August 4, 2007.

Like fellow reliever Antonio Alfonseca, Osoria has an extra digit on his throwing hand.

On July 31, 2008 he was designated for assignment after the Pirates traded Jason Bay for four players.

External links

* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/o/osorifr01.shtml Franquelis Osoria at "Baseball Reference.com"]