- Arnie Muñoz
Infobox MLB player
name=Arnie Muñoz
width=300
caption=Muñoz with the Washington Nationals in 2007
position=Relief pitcher
team=Washington Nationals
number=54
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1982|06|21
debutdate=June 19
debutyear=2004
debutteam=Chicago White Sox
statyear=2007
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=0-1
stat3label=Earned run average | stat3value=9.15
stat4label=Strikeout s
stat4value=14
teams=
*Chicago White Sox (by|2004)
*Washington Nationals (by|2007-present)Arnaldo Rafel "Arnie" Muñoz (born on
June 21 ,1982 in Mao,Dominican Republic ) is aMajor League Baseball pitcher . Muñoz bats and throws left-handed.Muñoz made his Major League debut in by|2004 in a start against the
Montreal Expos . [cite web | author = Moussette, Pierre | title = Muñoz to debut against Expos | date = 2004-06-19 | url = http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20040619&content_id=774550&vkey=news_cws&fext=.jsp&c_id=cws | accessdate = 2007-09-04 ]2007
Muñoz's contract was purchased by the
Washington Nationals in September by|2007. Muñoz became the Nationals'left-handed specialist after the team tradedRay King to theMilwaukee Brewers . [cite web | author = Ladson, Bill | title = Nationals trade King to Brewers | date = 2007-09-04 | url = http://washington.nationals.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20070904&content_id=2188359&vkey=news_was&fext=.jsp&c_id=was | accessdate = 2007-09-04 ]2008
As of
February 1 , it was not certain whom the Nationals would use as their left-handed specialist. Although neither was on the 40-man roster, both Muñoz [cite web | author = Svrluga, Barry | title = Calm before the storm? (With some minor news) | date = 2007-11-27 | url = http://blog.washingtonpost.com/nationalsjournal/2007/11/calm_before_the_storm.html | accessdate = 2008-02-02 ] and Ray King [cite web | title = Nats Agree to Terms With King, Orr for Spring Training | date = 2007-12-16 | url = http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/15/AR2007121501719.html | accessdate = 2008-02-02 ] were invited tospring training . However, Munoz was assigned to the Class AAHarrisburg Senators of the Eastern League at the end of the preseason.External links
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