Denny Bautista
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| Detroit Tigers — No. 52 | |
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| Born: August 23, 1980 Sánchez, Dominican Republic |
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| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| May 25, 2004 for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through May 4, 2008) |
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| Win–Loss | 4–11 |
| Earned run average | 6.63 |
| Strikeouts | 85 |
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Denny M. Bautista (born August 23, 1980 in Sánchez, Dominican Republic) is a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers.
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[edit] Career
[edit] Florida Marlins
Bautista had an early connection to Major League Baseball: as a teenager he pitched in a park built by professional baseball players Pedro Martínez, Ramon Martinez and Juan Guzmán. Pedro, then one of baseball's outstanding starting pitchers, mentored Bautista and trained with him during the off-season. The relationship between the two has been reported, variously, as first cousin and second cousin, with Bautista at one point denying there was a connection at all. Bautista finally confirmed that he and Martínez are second cousins through Bautista's mother.[1][2][3]
The Florida Marlins signed Bautista on June 21, 2000, and assigned him to the Gulf Coast Marlins, their rookie-level minor league affiliate. He started 11 games for the Marlins, posting a 6-2 record with an ERA of 2.43. He split 2001 between the A Utica Blue Sox and the A Kane County Cougars, going a combined 6-2 with an ERA of 3.23. 2002 found him with another single-A team, the Jupiter Hammerheads, where he went 4-6 with an ERA of 5.01. He recovered in 2003, pitching for first the Hammerheads and then the AA Carolina Mudcats, going 12-9 on the year with an improved ERA of 3.42.[4]
[edit] Baltimore Orioles
On August 31, 2003 the Marlins traded Bautista and fellow minor-leaguer Don Levinski to the Baltimore Orioles for veteran Jeff Conine. The Orioles assigned Bautista to the AA Bowie Baysox, where he went 3-5 with a 4.71 ERA during the 2004 season. It was during this year that Bautista made his major league debut: the Orioles called him up as part of a roster reshuffle, and he made his first appearance, in relief, on May 25, 2004 against the New York Yankees. He managed to retire the side in order the first inning he pitched, but later got into difficulties and surrendered four runs on three hits. After a second relief appearance amid a three-game sweep of the Orioles by the Yankees Bautista was sent back to Bowie. A month later the Orioles traded him to the Kansas City Royals for veteran relief pitcher Jason Grimsley.[5][6][7]
[edit] Kansas City Royals
The Royals assigned Bautista to the AA Wichita Wranglers, where he went 4-3 with an ERA of 2.52. After a productive spring training in 2005 Bautista was named to the Royals' starting rotation; he started seven games, going 2-2 with an ERA of 5.80 before tendinitis in his shoulder put him on the disabled list for the remainder of the season. On April 8, 2005, Bautista won his first major-league game, holding the Los Angeles Angels to one run in eight innings pitched.[8][9]
At the start of the 2006 season Bautista was again on the Royals' starting rotation, but after a poor start, going 0-2 with an ERA of 5.66, the Royals sent him to the AAA Omaha Royals. There he continued to struggle, and on August 1 the Royals traded him with Jeremy Affeldt to the Colorado Rockies for Ryan Shealy and Scott Dohmann.[10]
[edit] Colorado Rockies
The Rockies assigned Bautista to the AAA Colorado Springs Sky Sox, where he started six games before being called up to the Rockies in September. He appeared in four games, three of them in relief. He began the 2007 season in the bullpen, but was optioned to the Sky Sox in May, and spent the remainder of the season there. On December 4 the Rockies traded Bautista to the Detroit Tigers for pitcher José Capellán.[11]
[edit] Detroit Tigers
Bautista began the 2008 with the Tigers in a relief role, often pitching in the eighth-inning as the "setup man" for veteran closer Todd Jones.[12]
[edit] References
- ^ Gutierrez, Israel. "ROOKIE-LEAGUER'S GOAL: BE LIKE PEDRO", Palm Beach Post, September 3, 2000, p. 7C. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Buckley, Steve. "Baseball; A SLICE OF BASEBALL HEAVEN; Dominican field of dreams; Young duotrains eyes on the bigs", Boston Herald, March 10, 2000, p. 106. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Kaegel, Dick (March 27, 2003). Bautista gets tips from special cousin. MLB.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Denny Bautista Statistics (Minor Leagues). Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Loverro, Thom. "Pitching troubles continue for O's", Washington Times, May 26, 2004, p. C7. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Loverro, Thom. "Orioles' bosses are losers, too", Washington Times, May 29, 2004, p. C1. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Sheinin, Dave. "Orioles Get a Bit of Relief; Team Acquires Grimsley From Royals for D. Bautista", Washington Post, June 22, 2004, p. D6. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Dutton, Bob. "Royals' Bautista brilliant in first career win", Kansas City Star, April 9, 2005. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ "American League team notes", Sporting News, December 9, 2005, p. 57. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Dutton, Bob. "Out with the old: Royals deal three players: GM Dayton Moore continues roster overhaul, acquiring first baseman Ryan Shealy and more pitching.", Kansas City Star, August 1, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Morosi, Jon Paul. "TIGERS-ROCKIES TRADE: Bautista coming to Detroit, Capellan going", Detroit Free Press, December 5, 2007. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
- ^ Morosi, Jon Paul. "Denny Bautista adjusting as late reliever", Detroit Free Press, April 20, 2008. Retrieved on 2008-04-24.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
