Dalier Hinojosa
| Dalier Hinojosa | |||
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Born: February 10, 1986 Isla de la Juventud, Cuba |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 3, 2015, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Win–loss record | 2–1 | ||
| Earned run average | 1.51 | ||
| Strikeouts | 31 | ||
| WHIP | 1.09 | ||
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| Men's baseball | ||
Representing  Cuba
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| Pan American Games | ||
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2011 Guadalajara | Team competition |
Dalier Hinojosa Hernández [dahl-yair' / eeno-hoe'-sah] (born February 10, 1986) is a Cuban professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. Hinojosa pitched for the Indios de Guantánamo of the Cuban National Series and for the Cuban national baseball team before he defected from Cuba in 2012. He signed with the Boston Red Sox of MLB in 2013, and made his MLB debut with them in 2015.
Hinojosa played for the Indios de Guantánamo of the Cuban National Series from 2005 through 2012. As a 19-year-old rookie, he posted a 2–6 record with a 6.25 earned run average for Guantánamo in the 2005–2006 season. He then went 4–7 with a 4.83 ERA in 2006–2007, followed with a 1–2 mark and a 6.44 ERA in 2007–2008.
Hinojosa improved to 7–4 with a 3.61 ERA in 2008–2009, which included one shutout and 48 strikeouts in 87 innings, while tying for sixth in the Cuban Series with four complete games. After that, he was 9–6 with a 4.07 ERA in 2009–2010, ending fourth in the league with 99 strikeouts, trailing only Vladimir García, Odrisamer Despaigne and Yulieski González. Besides, he posted career numbers in starts (18) and innings pitched (126), while tying for the lead with six complete games, even with Maikel Folch, Norberto González, Fidel Romero, and the aforementioned González.
In the 2010 World University Baseball Championship, Hinojosa threw a seven-inning mercy rule perfect game against the Sri Lanka squad, striking out 16 in the process. In his only other appearance in the event, he walked the two batters he faced. Cuba went on to take the Gold Medal. Besides, he played for Cuba in the 2010 Pan American Games Qualifying Tournament, as the team won spots in both the 2011 Baseball World Cup and 2011 Pan American Games. He then threw another mercy rule perfecto against a third-rate Asian power, blanking the Hong Kong national team in a five-inning perfect game at the 2010 Intercontinental Cup.
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