Antonio Alfonseca
| Antonio Alfonseca | |
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| Born: April 16, 1972 La Romana , Dominican Republic 
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| Strikes: Right | Throws: Right |
| Debut in Major League Baseball | |
| June 17, 1997 with the Florida Marlins | |
| Last MLB assignment | |
| September 23, 2007 at the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| MLB statistics (until end of career) |
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| Win-loss | 35-37 |
| Earned Run Average | 4.11 |
| Saves | 129 |
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Antonio Alfonseca (born April 16, 1972 in La Romana , Dominican Republic ) is a Dominican baseball player. He played in the Major League from 1997 to 2007 as a relief pitcher for the Florida Marlins , Chicago Cubs , Atlanta Braves , Texas Rangers and Philadelphia Phillies . He won the World Series with the Marlins in 1997 and the title of Best Relief Pitchers in 2000 ("MLB Relief Man of the Year"). He currently plays for the Bridgeport Bluefish , a professional team in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball .
Alfonseca has the nickname "El Pulpo" (English: the octopus ) because it has six fingers on its hands due to polydactyly . From a baseball point of view, his throwing hand is neither an advantage nor a disadvantage because the extra little finger does not touch the ball when throwing it. Alfonseca, in whose family polydactyly is widespread, carries his twelve fingers with pride and considers them a family symbol.
Web links
- Player information and statistics from MLB or ESPN or Baseball Reference or Fangraphs or The Baseball Cube or Baseball Reference (Minor League) (English)
- Article about Alfonseca's six fingers ( Memento from April 15, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ bridgeportbluefish.com: Roster . In: bridgeportbluefish.com . Archived from the original on October 26, 2010. Retrieved October 31, 2010.
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| SURNAME | Alfonseca, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dominican baseball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Romana , Dominican Republic |