- Aquilino Lopez
Infobox MLB player
name = Aquilino Lopez
width = 150
caption =
team = Detroit Tigers
number = 45
position = Relief pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1975|4|21
birthplace =Villa Altagracia ,Dominican Republic
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = April 2
debutyear = 2003
debutteam = Toronto Blue Jays
statyear = August 17, 2008
stat1label = Win–Loss
stat1value = 5–6
stat2label =Earned run average
stat2value = 3.79
stat3label =Strikeout s
stat3value = 145
teams =
*Toronto Blue Jays (by|2003–by|2004)
*Colorado Rockies (by|2005)
*Philadelphia Phillies (2005)
*Detroit Tigers (by|2007–present)Aquilino Roa López (born April 21, 1975 in
Villa Altagracia ,Dominican Republic ) is aMajor League Baseball relief pitcher for theDetroit Tigers . López currently plays for the Triple-AToledo Mud Hens . He bats and throwsright-handed .Professional career
Lopez was first signed by the
Seattle Mariners on July 3, 1997 and made his Major League debut on April 2, 2003 after being signed by theToronto Blue Jays on December 16, 2002 as aRule 5 draft ee. He made 72 appearances in 2003 for the Blue Jays, posting a 3.42 ERA over 73 2/3 innings.In 2004, Lopez was still in Toronto where he pitched only 21 innings in 18 appearances. Since then, he was involved with the
Los Angeles Dodgers and thePhiladelphia Phillies organizations, mostly as a Minor League player until he signed a minor-league contract with the Detroit Tigers before the 2007 season. He has since been called up to and sent down from the major-league team several times.In 2008, after spending most of the season with the Tigers, Lopez was sent down to Toledo when
Fernando Rodney was activated from thedisabled list . [ [http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5gXK1h4_zCOcu_OnV1GZ_7SHDv3xA] Dead link|date=August 2008] Lopez was called up to Detroit July 2 whenZach Miner was sent to Toledo. [ [http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/02/sports/BBA-Tigers-Moves.php Tigers' Miner sent to Triple-A; Lopez recalled - International Herald Tribune ] ]References
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