Félix Heredia

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=Félix Heredia
team=Dorados de Chihuahua
number=49
position=Starting pitcher
birthdate=birth date and age|1975|6|18
birthplace=Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic
bats=Left
throws=Left
debutdate=August 9
debutyear=1996
debutteam=Florida Marlins
statyear=2007
stat1label=Win-loss
stat1value=28-19
stat2label=Earned run average
stat2value=4.42
stat3label=Strikeouts
stat3value=351
formerteams=
*Florida Marlins (by|1996–by|1998)
*Chicago Cubs (by|1998-by|2001)
*Toronto Blue Jays (by|2002)
*Cincinnati Reds (by|2003)
*New York Yankees (by|2003-by|2004)
*New York Mets (by|2005)

Félix Heredia Perez (born June 18, 1975 in Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher who currently plays for Dorados de Chihuahua of the Mexican League. On October 18, by|2005, he became the 11th MLB player to be suspended for testing positive for steroids. [cite web | title = Mets reliever Heredia suspended 10 games for steroids | publisher = Associated Press | date = 2005-10-18 | url = http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=2195137 | accessdate = 2007-07-20] He is also known as "El Gato Flaco" (Skinny Cat in Spanish) (jokingly referred to as "Run Fairy").

Heredia attended Escuela Dominical in Barahona. He was signed as a free agent by the Florida Marlins in by|1993 and made his major league debut with the Marlins on August 9, by|1995. Heredia went on to pitch for the Chicago Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays before having his best season in by|2003 with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees. That year, he was 5-3 with one save and a 2.69 ERA in 69 relief appearances. However, his performance declined rapidly in by|2004 with the Yankees, who traded him to the New York Mets for Mike Stanton prior to the 2005 season. However, he made just three appearances with the Mets in 2005 before going on the disabled list with an aneurysm in his left shoulder in June, and he missed the rest of the season. The following off-season, he signed with Arizona, but was released during spring training. Four days later, Heredia signed with the Cleveland Indians, appearing in eight games for their Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons, before being released on May 12. On December 16, by|2006, the Detroit Tigers signed him to a minor league deal, but despite a 2.00 ERA in spring training, Heredia was released.

Heredia is married with three children and resides in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

ee also

*List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences

References

External links

*baseball-reference|id=h/heredfe01
*espn mlb|id=5677|name=Felix Heredia