Félix Heredia
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Félix Heredia Perez is a Major League Baseball pitcher who was born on June 18, 1975 in Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic and last played in the MLB with the Arizona Diamondbacks. Currently, he is on the Buffalo Bisons (AAA affiliate of the Cleveland Indians) active roster. On October 18, 2005 he became the 11th MLB player to be suspended for testing positive for steroids. He is also known as "El Gato Flaco" (Skinny Cat in Spanish) (jokingly referred to as "Run Fairy").
Heredia attended Escuela Dominical in Barahona. He was signed as a free agent by the Florida Marlins in 1993 and made his major league debut with the Marlins on August 9, 1995. Heredia went on to pitch for the Chicago Cubs and Toronto Blue Jays before having his best season in 2003 with the Cincinnati Reds and New York Yankees. That year, he was 5-3 with one save and a 2.69 ERA in 69 relief appearances. However, his performance declined rapidly in 2004 with the Yankees, who traded him to the New York Mets prior to the 2005 season. However, he made just three appearances with the Mets in 2005 before going on the disabled list with an aneurysm in his left shoulder in June, and he missed the rest of the season. The following off-season, he signed with Arizona.
Heredia is married with three children and resides in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.
External links
- [Baseball-Reference.com] - career statistics and analysis
- [Felix Heredia] at ESPN.com
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