Frankie de la Cruz

Frankie de la Cruz
Eulogio de la Cruz pitching for the Marlins
Pitcher
Born: March 12, 1984 Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
June 18, 2007, for the Detroit Tigers
Last MLB appearance
September 26, 2011, for the Milwaukee Brewers
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	0–0
Earned run average	8.16
Strikeouts	20
Teams
Detroit Tigers (2007) Florida Marlins (2008) San Diego Padres (2009) Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2010) (NPB) Milwaukee Brewers (2011)

Eulogio "Frankie" de la Cruz Martinez (pronounced "ay oo low HEE oh") (born March 12, 1984 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a retired pitcher in professional baseball. He played in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Career

Detroit Tigers

In 2006, he went 5–6 with a 3.43 ERA with the Erie SeaWolves and 0–0 in 2 ¹⁄₃ innings with an 11.57 ERA with the Toledo Mud Hens.

Florida Marlins

On December 5, 2007, the Tigers traded Cruz, Andrew Miller, Cameron Maybin, Mike Rabelo, Dallas Trahern, and Burke Badenhop to the Florida Marlins for Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera.^[1]

San Diego Padres

On March 25, 2009, the San Diego Padres acquired De La Cruz for a player to be named later or cash from the Marlins.^[2]

Yakult Swallows

He played with the Yakult Swallows in 2010.

Milwaukee Brewers

On January 13, 2010, De La Cruz signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers.

Chicago Cubs

On March 16, 2012, He was claimed off waivers by the Chicago Cubs.

References

1. Passan, Jeff (December 4, 2007). "Cabrera, Willis dealt to Tigers". Yahoo!Sports. Retrieved 2007-12-14.
2. Brock, Corey (March 25, 2009). "Another day, another new pitcher ...". mlb.com. Retrieved 2009-03-25.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)