Héctor Rondón

Chicago Cubs – No. 56

Pitcher

Born: February 26, 1988
Guatire, Venezuela

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

MLB debut

April 3, 2013, for the Chicago Cubs

MLB statistics
(through May 6, 2015)

12–10

2.72

193

Teams

Chicago Cubs (2013–present)

Héctor Luis Rondón (born February 26, 1988) is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago Cubs of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Professional career

Cleveland Indians

Rondón signed as an international free agent with the Cleveland Indians. He had Tommy John surgery in 2010 and fractured his elbow in 2011.^[1]

Chicago Cubs

Rondón was selected by the Chicago Cubs from the Indians in the 2012 Rule 5 Draft.^[2] He made the Cubs' 2013 Opening Day roster and made his major league debut on April 3.

After struggles by Cubs closer José Veras early in the 2014 season, Rondón was named the new Cubs closer. He had a breakout 2014 season. He earned two saves in the 2015 National League Division Series against the St. Louis Cardinals, including a save in the series-clinching game 4.^[3]

References

External links

Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Pura Pelota website – Venezuelan League batting and fielding statistics

Chicago Cubs current roster

Active roster	2 Tommy La Stella 3 David Ross 9 Javier Báez 15 Tim Federowicz 17 Kris Bryant 18 Ben Zobrist 22 Jason Heyward 24 Dexter Fowler 27 Addison Russell 28 Kyle Hendricks 33 Clayton Richard 34 Jon Lester 37 Travis Wood 39 Jason Hammel 40 Spencer Patton 41 John Lackey 43 Adam Warren 44 Anthony Rizzo 46 Pedro Strop 49 Jake Arrieta 51 Ryan Kalish 52 Justin Grimm 53 Trevor Cahill 56 Héctor Rondón 68 Jorge Soler

Inactive roster	6 Carl Edwards, Jr. 7 Arismendy Alcántara 60 C. J. Riefenhauser 66 Munenori Kawasaki 74 Dan Vogelbach 75 Jeimer Candelario 76 Willson Contreras 79 Andury Acevedo 80 Pierce Johnson -- Giovanni Soto

Disabled list	12 Kyle Schwarber 13 Aaron Brooks 20 Matt Szczur 32 Dallas Beeler 47 Miguel Montero 59 Zac Rosscup 61 Christian Villanueva

Bereavement list	54 Neil Ramirez

Coaching staff	Manager 70 Joe Maddon Bench 4 Dave Martinez First base 16 Brandon Hyde Third base 1 Gary Jones Hitting 11 John Mallee Pitching 25 Chris Bosio Assistant hitting 77 Eric Hinske Bullpen 35 Lester Strode Catching 58 Mike Borzello Bullpen catcher 95 Chad Noble Quality control 64 Henry Blanco

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