- Michael Tejera
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Michael Tejera Olmecas de Tabasco Pitcher Born: October 18, 1976
Havana, CubaBats: Left Throws: Left MLB debut September 8, 1999 for the Florida Marlins Career statistics
(through 2008 season)Win-Loss 11-13 Earned run average 5.14 Strikeouts 172 Teams Career highlights and awards - World Series champion (2003)
Michael Tejera (born October 18, 1976 in Havana, Cuba) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He has played all or part of five seasons in the majors, and currently is a pitching coach for the Gulf Coast League Nationals.
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Playoff appearances
Tejera made two playoff appearances in 2003 for the Florida Marlins, both in the NLCS against the Chicago Cubs. After pitching a scoreless inning in game two,[1] he took the loss in game three. He gave up just one hit in the latter game, a single to Kenny Lofton in the 11th inning. Lofton came around to score on a triple by Doug Glanville, which turned out to be the winning run.[2] In the 2003 NLCS, some fans humorously remember Tejera for throwing a ball into the stands from the mound after a pitch slipped from his hand midway through his delivery.
Recent career
After starting the 2009 season in the Mexican League, Tejera signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Indians on July 10, 2009. He was let go at the end of the season, and in 2010 returned to the Mexican League with Tabasco.
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- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Florida Marlins 2003 World Series Champions 1 Luis Castillo | 7 Iván Rodríguez | 9 Juan Pierre | 10 Lenny Harris | 11 Álex González | 12 Mike Mordecai | 14 Todd Hollandsworth | 18 Jeff Conine | 19 Mike Lowell | 20 Miguel Cabrera | 21 Josh Beckett (World Series MVP) | 22 Brian Banks | 25 Derrek Lee | 31 Brad Penny | 35 Dontrelle Willis | 38 Rick Helling | 40 Nate Bump | 41 Braden Looper | 43 Juan Encarnación | 45 Carl Pavano | 49 Chad Fox | 52 Mike Redmond | 55 Mark Redman | 58 Michael Tejera | 74 Ugueth Urbina
Manager 15 Jack McKeon
Coaches: Brad Arnsberg | Jeff Cox | Ozzie Guillén | Perry Hill | Bill RobinsonRegular season • National League Division Series • National League Championship Series Categories:- 1976 births
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- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Cuba
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- Oklahoma RedHawks players
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