Darwin Cubillán
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Darwin Harrikson Cubillán Salom (born November 15, 1972 in Bobures, Zulia State, Venezuela), better known as Darwin Cubillán (coo-be-YAHN), was a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who played for the Baltimore Orioles.
Originally signed as a free agent by the Yankees in 1993, Cubillán has played for the Toronto Blue Jays (2000), Texas Rangers (2000), Montreal Expos (2001) and Baltimore Orioles.
Cubillán's best pitch is a sharp 95 mph fastball, and he has a decent split-fingered and a straight changeup. His stuff is good enough to hold down his hits allowed total, but he walks too many batters. When he has to throw his fastball from behind in the count, he is going to get into trouble, as evidenced by the significant number of home runs he allowed in his career (13 in 69.2 innings pitched).
In three-season career, Cubillán has 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 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, however he soon left the team.
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- 2004 ESPN (profile and daily update)
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
