Darwin Cubillán
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Family name hatnote Template:Infobox baseball biography Darwin Harrikson Cubillán Salom [coo-be-yahn' / sah-lom']Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". (born November 15, 1972) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, and Baltimore Orioles. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers, and in the KBO League for the SK Wyverns.
Career
Originally signed as a free agent by the Yankees in 1993, Cubillán has played in the MLB for the Toronto Blue Jays (2000), Texas Rangers (2000), Montreal Expos (2001) and Baltimore Orioles (2004). In three-season career, Cubillán compiled a 1–0 record with 54 strikeouts and a 6.85 ERA.
Cubillán played in Japan for the Hanshin Tigers of the Central League, Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 2005 until 2007. He played using his first name "Darwin", because his last name Cubillán sounds like "Kubi yan" (クビやん) meaning "He is fired, isn't he?" in Japanese Kansai dialect, and "Darwin" has the same spelling as the last name of an English naturalist, Charles Darwin. In 2008, he signed with the SK Wyverns in South Korea, but was released during the season.
Cubillán also pitched winter ball for the Tigres de Aragua and Leones del Caracas clubs of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.
See also
External links
- Career statistics from Script error: No such module "String".Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters"., or Retrosheet
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- Baltimore Orioles players
- Diablos Rojos del México players
- Dorados de Chihuahua players
- Greensboro Bats players
- Guerreros de Oaxaca players
- Gulf Coast Yankees players
- Hanshin Tigers players
- KBO League pitchers
- Leones del Caracas players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Major League Baseball players from Venezuela
- 20th-century Venezuelan sportsmen
- Mexican League baseball pitchers
- Montreal Expos players
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Oklahoma RedHawks players
- Ottawa Lynx players
- Baseball players from Zulia
- Rimini Baseball Club players
- SSG Landers players
- Syracuse SkyChiefs players
- T & A San Marino players
- Tampa Yankees players
- Texas Rangers players
- Tigres de Aragua players
- Toronto Blue Jays players
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Canada
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Italy
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Mexico
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in South Korea
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in San Marino