Horacio Piña

Infobox MLB retired


bgcolor1=orange
bgcolor2=green
textcolor1=green
textcolor2=white
name=Horacio Piña
position=Pitcher
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1945|3|12
debutdate=August 14
debutyear=by|1968
debutteam=Cleveland Indians
finaldate=October 1
finalyear=by|1978
finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=23-23
stat2label=ERA
stat2value=3.25
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=278
teams=
*Cleveland Indians (by|1968-by|1969)
*Washington Senators (by|1970-by|1971)
*Texas Rangers (by|1972)
*Oakland Athletics (by|1973)
*Chicago Cubs (by|1974)
*California Angels (by|1974)
*Philadelphia Phillies (by|1978)
highlights=

Horacio (García) Piña [pee'-nyah] (born March 12, 1945 in Matamoros, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico) is a former relief pitcher who played in Major League Baseball between by|1968 and by|1978. Piña also played professionally in Mexico for several years. He batted and threw right handed.

Piña reached the Major Leagues in 1968 with the Cleveland Indians, spending two years with them before moving to the Washington Senators (by|1970-by|1971), Texas Rangers (by|1972), Oakland Athletics (by|1973), Chicago Cubs (by|1974), California Angels (by|1974) and Philadelphia Phillies (by|1978). His most productive season came in 1972 with the last-place Rangers, when he posted career-numbers in saves (15), strikeouts (60) and games pitched (60). Traded to the Athletics before the 1973 season for Mike Epstein, he responded with a 6-3 mark, eight saves and career-highs in ERA (2.76) and innings (88.0), helping them to clinch the ALCS and the World Series Championship.

In an eight-season career, Piña posted a 23-23 record with a 3.25 ERA and 38 saves in 314 games. In three post-season games he had a perfect 0.00 ERA in five innings.

Mexican League highlights

*by|1975: Threw a no-hitter
*by|1978: Posted a 21-4 record with a 1.94 ERA and pitched a perfect game
*by|1988: Gained induction in the "Salón de la Fama del Béisbol de México"

ee also

*Players from Mexico in MLB

External links

* [http://www.baseballlibrary.com/baseballlibrary/ballplayers/P/Pina_Horacio.stm Baseball Library]
* [http://www.salondelafama.com.mx/salondelafama/trono/alfasf.asp?x=79 Salón de la Fama del Béisbol de México (Spanish)]