Diomedes Olivo

Diomedes Olivo
Pitcher
Born: January 22, 1919(1919-01-22) Guayubín, Dominican Republic
Died: February 15, 1977(1977-02-15) (aged 58) Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
September 5, 1960 for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
June 12, 1963 for the St. Louis Cardinals
Career statistics
Win-loss record	5-6
Strikeouts	85
Earned run average	3.10
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1960, 1962) St. Louis Cardinals (1963)

This name uses Spanish naming customs; the first or paternal family name is Olivo and the second or maternal family name is Maldonado.

Diomedes Antonio Olivo Maldonado (January 22, 1919 - February 15, 1977) was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched all or part of three seasons in the majors, between 1960 and 1963, for the Pittsburgh Pirates and St. Louis Cardinals. Prior to his major league career, Olivo spent many years playing in his native Dominican Republic.

Olivo debuted with the Pittsburgh Pirates at age 41 on September 5, 1960.^[1] His age at debut is the oldest with the exception of Satchel Paige in the post-World War II era.^[2]

Olivo was the brother of fellow major leaguer Chi-Chi Olivo, and the father of major league pitcher Gilberto Rondón.

References

1. ^ Curry, Jack (May 13, 2000). "BASEBALL; Never Too Late To Make Debut In the Majors". The New York Times. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30717FA395F0C708DDDAC0894D8404482. Retrieved September 15, 2010. 
2. ^ Singer, Tom (August 24, 2009). "Mets recall Takahashi, option Misch". MLB.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090824&content_id=6593100&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=mlb. Retrieved September 15, 2010. 

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

Persondata
Name	Olivo, Diomedes
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	January 22, 1919
Place of birth	Guayubín, Dominican Republic
Date of death	February 15, 1977
Place of death	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic