Sergio Valdez

Infobox MLB retired
name=Sergio Valdez
position=Pitcher


bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1964|9|7
Elías Piña Province, Dominican Republic
debutdate=September 10
debutyear=by|1986
debutteam=Montreal Expos
finaldate=September 26
finalyear=by|1995
finalteam=San Francisco Giants
stat1label=Win-Loss Record
stat1value=12-20
stat2label=Strikeouts
stat2value=190
stat3label=ERA
stat3value=5.06
teams=
*Montreal Expos (1986, 1992-93)
*Atlanta Braves (1989-90)
*Cleveland Indians (1990-91)
*Boston Red Sox (1994)
*San Francisco Giants (1995)

Sergio Valdez (born September 7, 1964 in Elias Piña, Dominican Republic) is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from by|1986 through by|1995 for the Montreal Expos (1986, 1992-93), the Atlanta Braves (1989-90), the Cleveland Indians (1991-92) the Boston Red Sox (1994), and the San Francisco Giants (1995).

Career

On September 10, by|1986, Valde;z made his major league debut against the New York Mets giving up five earned runs and nine hits in six innings to earn his first major league lost. In 1986, he started five games and lost four of them.

He returned to the majors after leaving in by|1989 as a reliever, starting just one in 19 appearances, and earning a 6.06 ERA with a 1-2 record.

Waivers

He was selected off waivers from the Braves by the Indians on April 30, by|1990. The Indians used him mainly as a starter (13 of 24 appearances with the Indians were starts) and overall that year he went 6-6 with a 4.85 ERA.

He had his best year in by|1992, when he went 0-2 with a 2.41 ERA. His WHIP was a microscopic 0.991. However, in by|1993 he only pitched three innings.

Giants

The Giants used Valdez as a starter once again, despite his having been used as a reliever throughout most of his career. He went 4-5 with a 4.75 ERA.

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