Horacio Pina Positions: Bats: R Throws: R Height: 74 Weight: 177 Born: Monday, March 12, 1945 in Matamoros, Coahuila Mexico Debut: 8/14/1968 Last Game: 10/1/1978 Full Name: Horacio Pina Horacio Pina was an underrated member of the 1973 World Series champion Oakland A’s (2.76 ERA, 0 unearned runs in 5 IP in the postseason). In his…
On July 12, 1978, former major league reliever Horacio Pina hurls a perfect game for Aguascalientes of the Mexican League. The side-arming Pina, a reliever on the 1973 world champion Oakland A’s, faces the minimum 27 batters in defeating Mexico City, 3-0. Pinterest Instagram Facebook Youtube {“dynamic”:true,”content”:”post_tags”,”settings”:{“before”:””,”after”:””,”link_to_term_page”:”on”,”separator”:” | “,”category_type”:”post_tag”}} [ngg src=”random_images” display=”basic_thumbnail” maximum_entity_count=”20″]
On November 30, 1972, major league teams pull off 12 trades involving 36 players. In the biggest deal of the day, the Baltimore Orioles trade onetime 20-game winner Pat Dobson, power-hitting second baseman Dave Johnson, and two other players to the Atlanta Braves for catcher Earl Williams and infielder Taylor Duncan. In another deal, the…