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Biographical information

Danny Rios enters his 15th season in professional baseball in 2007 even though he was undrafted out of college. The University of Miami (also known as Miami of Florida, UM, or just The U) is a private non-sectarian University founded in 1925 Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Events 308 - The Congress of Carnuntum: Attempting to keep peace within the Roman Empire, the leaders of the Tetrarchy declare Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Madrid (pronounced in English in Spanish and colloquially in Spain) is the Capital and largest city of Spain. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. He was the third major league player to have been born in Spain. Rios had one of the best pitching seasons in Korea Baseball Organization history in 2007. The Korea Baseball Organization ( KBO) of South Korea is the country's Professional baseball league

Youth

Rios's parents were Cuban and he was born in Spain. At age 2, his family immigrated to the United States, where he grew up and went to college.

Yankees organization

Rios signed as an amateur free agent with the New York Yankees in 1993. The New York Yankees are a professional baseball team based in the borough of The Bronx, in New York City, New York. He debuted with the GCL Yankees, going 2-1 with a 3. The Gulf Coast Yankees (or GCL Yankees) are the Rookie League affiliate of Major League Baseball's New York Yankees. 52 ERA and six saves in 24 games. He had the rare honor of being the closer on a team which briefly featured Mariano Rivera (then a starter). Mariano Rivera (born November 29, 1969 in Panama City, Panama) is a Professional baseball player In 1994, Rios had his first year in full-season ball, going 3-2 with 17 saves and a 0. 87 ERA in 37 games for the Greensboro Bats and allowing no earned runs (2 runs overall) in 10 1/3 IP for the Tampa Yankees (2 saves in 9 games). The Greensboro Grasshoppers (formerly the Greensboro Bats and the Greensboro Hornets are a Minor league baseball team in Greensboro North Carolina, USA The Tampa Yankees are a Minor league baseball team based in Tampa, Florida. Rios's composite ERA of 0. 70 was presumably one of the lowest in all of the minor leagues that year.

Rios remained dazzling in 1995. With Tampa, he had a 2. 00 ERA, 0-4 record, 24 saves and 72 strikeouts in 67 1/3 IP. He finished 53 games, most in the Florida State League. The Florida State League is a Class A Advanced Minor League Baseball league which operates in the state of Florida.

Rios moved to the cusp of the major leagues in 1996. He went 3-1 with 17 saves and a 2. 09 ERA for the Norwich Navigators and 4-1 with a 1. The Connecticut Defenders are a Minor league baseball team based in Norwich Connecticut. 95 ERA in 24 games for the Columbus Clippers. The Columbus Clippers are a Minor league baseball team based in Columbus, Ohio. Baseball America rated him as the #9 prospect in the Yankee system, one spot ahead of fellow right-hander Tony Armas, Jr.

Rios spent most of 1997 with Columbus, doing an effective job, if not as impressive as his prior three years. Baseball America is a Magazine which covers Baseball at every level with a particular focus on up-and-coming players in High school, College Antonio José Armas (born April 29, 1978 in Puerto Píritu, Anzoátegui State, Venezuela) better known as Tony Armas Jr In 58 games, he went 7-4 with 3 saves and a 3. 08 ERA. He was four games pitched behind teammate Dale Polley for the International League lead. The International League ( IL) is a Minor league baseball league which operates in the eastern United States. He made his major league debut in rough form on May 30, relieving Ramiro Mendoza with two on and one out against the Red Sox. Events 1416 - The Council of Constance, called by the Emperor Sigismund a supporter of Antipope John XXIII burns Jerome of Prague following Ramiro Mendoza (born June 15, 1972 in Panama City Panama) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher. He promptly served up back-to-back home runs to Wil Cordero and Mo Vaughn, the first two batters he faced. Wilfredo Cordero Nieva ( aka "Coco") (born October 3, 1971 in Mayagüez Puerto Rico) is a First baseman / Maurice Samuel 'Mo' Vaughn (born December 15, 1967 in Norwalk, Connecticut) nicknamed "Hit Dog is a former Major League Baseball An inning later, Scott Hatteberg added another homer. Scott Allen Hatteberg (born December 14, 1969 in Salem Oregon) is an American Major League Baseball First baseman He had allowed 3 runs in 1 2/3 IP, all on homers. He returned to Columbus but came back to the Yankees for a game late in the year, replacing Hideki Irabu with one on and one out in the 7th inning on September 5. Hideki Irabu ( Japanese: 伊良部 秀輝 born in Hirara (now Miyakojima) Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on May 15, Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. He allowed three straight singles, bringing in one inherited runner and one another score. After back-to-back singles to open the 8th, he was replaced by Graeme Lloyd, ending a horrible rookie year in the majors - 9 hits and 5 runs in 2 1/3 innings plus three inherited runners plated. Graeme John Lloyd (born April 9, 1967 in Victoria, Australia) is a former Major League Baseball Pitcher who had a ten

Royals System

The Yankees waived Rios in March of 1998 and he was picked up by the Kansas City Royals. The Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. He threw in five games early in the year for Kansas City, but struggled. He went 0-1 with a 6. 14 ERA and would never again pitch in the major leagues, though he was just 25. He went 6-7 with one save and a 5. 63 ERA for the 1998 Omaha Royals, being used regularly as a starting pitcher for the first time in his professional career. The Omaha Royals are a Minor league baseball team based in Omaha Nebraska, United States.

Rios was moved back to the bullpen in 1999 but the results were not good. He went 10-4 with Omaha to tie for the team lead in wins and saved four games, but had a 6. 07 ERA.

Independent leagues and Mexico

In 2000, Rios moved to the Newark Bears, going 2-3 with a 4. The Newark Bears are a professional baseball team based in Newark New Jersey, in the United States 26 ERA. He went southbound - and his career went north for the first time in several years. He was 6-3 with a 3. 12 ERA for the Union Laguna Cottoneers

Dan was 18-5 with a 2. 98 ERA for Union Laguna, finishing 9th in the Mexican League in ERA. He led the Liga in victories.

South Korea

Rios drew notice overseas and was picked up by the KIA Tigers. The Kia Tigers (기아 타이거즈 are a Korean professional Baseball team founded in 1982. He helped the club finish second in his first season there, going 14-5 with 13 saves and a 3. 14 ERA. He was 4th in the Korea Baseball Organization in ERA. The Korea Baseball Organization ( KBO) of South Korea is the country's Professional baseball league He fell to 10-13 in 2003, but his 3. 82 ERA still ranked 9th in the KBO.

In 2004, Danny led the KBO with 223 innings pitched. He went 17-8 with a 2. 87 ERA, finishing 4th in ERA behind Park Myung-hwan, Gary Rath and Bae Young-soo. Gary Rath (born January 10, 1973, in Gulfport Mississippi) was a Major League Baseball left-handed Pitcher for the Los He tied Rath and Bae for the league lead in wins, though Bae had six fewer losses than Rios and Rath.

At age 32, the right-hander was traded mid-season to the Doosan Bears. Doosan Bears ( are a Korean professional Baseball team founded in. Cumulatively, he was 15-12 with a 3. 51 ERA, third in the KBO in ERA behind Son Min-han and Kim Won-hyung. Son Min-Han (born January 2, 1975) is a South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the He battled control problems, walking 147 in 205 1/3 IP, but also tied Bae for the KBO lead in strikeouts (also 147).

Rios was 12-16 with a 2. 90 ERA in 2006 for Doosan.

The veteran started 2007 with a splash - through September 23, he is 20-5 with a 1. Events 1122 - Concordat of Worms. 1459 - Battle of Blore Heath, the first major battle of the English 96 ERA, leading the league in wins and ERA. He became the sixth pitcher in KBO history to have won 10+ games in six consecutive seasons, following Kim Si-jin (1983-1988}, Sun Dong-yeol (1986-1991), Lee Kang-chul (1989-1998), Jung Min-chul (1992-1999) and Chung Min-tae (1996-2000). Chung Min-Tae (born March 1 1970) is a retired South Korean Baseball player who competed in the 2000 Summer Olympics. At that point, his career KBO record was 88-59, 3. 00. He became the first 20-game winner in the KBO since Chung won that many in 1999; KBO schedules are only 126 games, making 20-game winners rarer than in the US. He was the first foreigner to win 20 games in a year (not counting Japanese natives of South Korean descent).

Rios finished 22-5 with a 2. 07 ERA. He won five more games than runners-up Ryu Hyun-jin and Kenny Rayborn and his ERA was . 77 was ahead of runner-up Chae Byung-ryong. He whiffed 147, second in the KBO to Ryu, to miss out on the pitching Triple Crown. It was the highest win total by a starter since Hiroaki Fukushi in 1983. Rios continued his dominance in the post-season. In game one of the 2007 Korean Series, Danny threw a four-hit shutout against the SK Wyverns. See also 2007 Korea Baseball Organization season The 2007 Korean Series began on Monday the 22nd of October at the Munhak Baseball Stadium in Incheon In team sports in American English a shutout (a clean sheet in Soccer) refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring SK Wyverns ( is a Korean professional baseball team founded in 2000

Rios's repertoire includes a sharp slider, change-up and fastball around 90 mph. In Baseball, a slider is a pitch halfway between a Curveball and a Fastball. A changeup is a type of pitch in Baseball. Other names include change-of-pace and simply change. For the American band of the same name see Fastball (band. For the game also known as fast-pitch softball see Softball.

Japan

In December 25,2007,Rios signed with Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Japan. are a professional Baseball team in Japan 's Central League. The Swallows are named after their corporate owners the Yakult Corporation

KBO Statistics

Year Team G CG SHO W L SV HLD IP HA HRA BB HBP SO R ER WPCT ERA
2002 KIA 54 3 0 14 5 13 1 157 2/3 140 14 44 24 102 59 55 0. 519 3. 14
2003 KIA 30 2 0 10 13 0 0 188 2/3 186 19 62 28 121 93 80 0. 435 3. 82
2004 KIA 32 3 2 17 8 0 0 222 2/3 209 10 70 25 145 75 71 0. 680 2. 87
2005 KIA 19 2 0 6 10 0 0 113 2/3 140 17 35 14 71 72 66 0. 375 5. 23
2005 Doosan 13 1 0 9 2 0 0 91 2/3 63 3 22 3 76 16 14 0. 818 1. 37
2005 Total 32 3 0 15 12 0 0 205 1/3 203 20 57 17 147 88 80 0. 556 3. 51
2006 Doosan 33 3 1 12 16 0 0 233. 0 204 14 50 14 145 86 75 0. 429 2. 90
2007 Doosan 33 6 4 22 5 0 0 234 2/3 191 8 58 16 147 69 54 0. 815 2. 07
KBO Totals 215 20 7 90 59 13 1 1242. 0 1133 85 341 124 807 470 415 0. 604 3. 01

Sources: June 25 Korea Times article on Rios by Kang Seung-woo, Rios's KBO page, 1994-2007 Baseball Almanacs, 1995 Baseball Guide, Korea Times on Rios's 20-win season, Korea Beat story on Rios

Related Sites

Rios's KBO page

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