| Ugueth Urbina | ||
|---|---|---|
| Relief pitcher | ||
| Born: February 15, 1974 Caracas, Venezuela | ||
| Batted: Right | Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | ||
| May 9, 1995 for the Montreal Expos | ||
| Final game | ||
| October 2, 2005 for the Philadelphia Phillies | ||
| Career statistics | ||
| Win-Loss Record | 44-49 | |
| ERA | 3. A relief pitcher or reliever is a Baseball or Softball Pitcher who enters the game after the Starting pitcher is removed due to injury Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Caracas (kaˈɾakas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. Events 1457 BC - Battle of Megiddo (15th century BC between Thutmose III and a large Canaanite coalition under the King of Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians (4-2 Tom Glavine, MVP Franchise history Creation of the franchise In 1960 Montreal lost its International League team the Montreal Royals (an affiliate of Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. A win is a Statistic in Major League Baseball credited to the Pitcher for the winning team who was in the game when his team last took the lead In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched 45 | |
| Saves | 237 | |
| Teams | ||
| Career highlights and awards | ||
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| Ugueth Urtaín Urbina Villarreal | |
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| Born | February 15, 1974 Caracas, Venezuela |
| Conviction(s) | Found guilty on March 28, 2007 |
| Penalty | 14 years in prison |
| Status | In custody |
Ugueth Urbina (pronounced [uˈgɛt urˈbinə]), born Ugueth Urtaín Urbina Villarreal (February 15, 1974 in Caracas, Venezuela), is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. In Baseball, a save (abbreviated SV or S) is credited to a Pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances Franchise history Creation of the franchise In 1960 Montreal lost its International League team the Montreal Royals (an affiliate of Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians (4-2 Tom Glavine, MVP Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens Florida. Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League For other events named "World Series" see World Series (disambiguation. The 2003 World Series marked the 99th baseball World Series event Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Caracas (kaˈɾakas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 590 - Khosrau II is crowned as king of Persia 1637 - Ferdinand III becomes Holy Roman Emperor Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Caracas (kaˈɾakas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. A relief pitcher or reliever is a Baseball or Softball Pitcher who enters the game after the Starting pitcher is removed due to injury A two-time All-Star, Urbina led the National League in saves with 41 in the 1999 season and helped the Florida Marlins win the 2003 World Series. The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also popularly known as the "Midsummer Classic" is an annual Baseball game between players from the National League The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs, or simply the National League ( NL) is the older of two leagues constituting Major League Baseball Champions Major League Baseball World Series: New York Yankees over Atlanta Braves (4-0 Mariano Rivera, MVP The 2003 World Series marked the 99th baseball World Series event
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Playing career
In 11 major league seasons, Urbina compiled a 44-49 record with 237 saves, 814 strikeouts, and a 3. In Baseball, a save (abbreviated SV or S) is credited to a Pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances In Baseball or Softball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by SO or K) occurs when a batter receives three strikes 45 ERA. In Baseball statistics, earned run average ( ERA) is the Mean of Earned runs given up by a Pitcher per nine Innings pitched He played with the Montreal Expos (1995-2001), Boston Red Sox (2001-2002), Texas Rangers (2003), Florida Marlins (2003), Detroit Tigers (2004-2005), and Philadelphia Phillies (2005). Franchise history Creation of the franchise In 1960 Montreal lost its International League team the Montreal Royals (an affiliate of Champions Major League Baseball World Series: Atlanta Braves over Cleveland Indians (4-2 Tom Glavine, MVP Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: The Boston Red Sox are a Professional baseball team based in Boston Massachusetts, and are the reigning (2007 World Series Champions. Champions Major League Baseball Regular Season Champions Other champions Caribbean World Series: The Texas Rangers are an American professional baseball team based in Arlington Texas, United States, representing the Dallas-Ft Headline event of the year The Florida Marlins become World Series champions holding off a dynastic New York Yankees team 4 games to The Florida Marlins are a professional baseball team based in Miami Gardens Florida. The Detroit Tigers are a professional baseball team based in Detroit, Michigan, USA Headline events of the year The Boston Red Sox win their first World Series since, ending the Curse of the Bambino. 2005 Major League Baseball season Headline events of the year Chicago White Sox swept the Houston Astros to win the World Series The Philadelphia Phillies are a Major League Baseball team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States.
Urbina started his career as a dominant closer with the Expos, then was traded to the Red Sox on July 31, 2001 for Tomo Ohka and Rich Rundles. Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. (Commonly referred as Tomo Ohka) (born March 18, 1976 in Kyoto Japan) is a Major League Baseball Starting pitcher in the Richard Lambert Rundles (born June 3, 1981 in Chattanooga Tennessee) is a Major League Baseball Relief pitcher for the Urbina left Boston as a free agent after the 2002 season, and signed with the Rangers for one year. He was traded on July 11, 2003 to the Marlins for Adrian Gonzalez, Will Smith and Ryan Snare. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Adrian Gonzalez (born May 8, 1982 in San Diego California) is a Mexican-American Major League Baseball First baseman Urbina signed a two-year contract with the Tigers after 2003. On June 8, 2005, the Tigers traded Urbina with Ramon Martinez to the Philadelphia Phillies for infielder Plácido Polanco. Events 68 - The Roman Senate accepts emperor Galba. 536 - St Silverius becomes Pope (probable Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Ramón E Martínez (born October 10, 1972 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania) is a utility Infielder in the New York Mets of Baseball teams take turns one "out" in the field and one "in" at bat Plácido Enrique Polanco (pronounced ˈplɑsiːdoː ɛnˈriːke poːˈlɑŋkoː (born October 10 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major He played his final game on October 2, 2005, for the Phillies. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
Pitching attributes
Urbina's pitches included a moving fastball and a slider that enabled him to hold left-handed hitters in check. For the American band of the same name see Fastball (band. For the game also known as fast-pitch softball see Softball. In Baseball, a slider is a pitch halfway between a Curveball and a Fastball. He also threw a changeup which tailed away from right-handers and a splitter that broke sharply. A changeup is a type of pitch in Baseball. Other names include change-of-pace and simply change. A split-finger fastball or splitter is a pitch in Baseball and a variant of the straight Fastball. He batted and threw right-handed.
Attempted murder conviction in Venezuela
On November 7, 2005, Urbina was arrested by Venezuelan authorities on a charge of attempted murder for an incident that occurred a few weeks earlier, on October 16. Events 1492 - The Ensisheim Meteorite the oldest Meteorite with a known date of impact strikes the Earth around noon in a Wheat Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Events 456 - Magister militum Ricimer defeats the Emperor Avitus at Piacenza and becomes master of the western [1] Urbina allegedly attacked five farm workers on his property and tried to injure them both with a machete and by attempting to pour gasoline on them. The machete (məˈʃɛti is a large cleaver -like cutting tool On March 28, 2007, Urbina was convicted of attempted murder. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Murder is the unlawful killing of another human person with Malice aforethought, as defined in Common Law countries [2] Additional charges included illegal deprivation of liberty and violating a prohibition against taking justice into his own hands. He was sentenced to 14 years in prison. [3]
See also
- List of players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball
- List of Major League Baseball saves champions
- List of Major League Baseball all-time saves leaders
- Montreal Expos all-time roster
- Boston Red Sox all-time roster
- Florida Marlins all-time roster
References
- ^ Urbina caught in legal limbo as he faces murder charges. Players from Venezuela in Major League Baseball Between 1939 and 2007, 205 baseball players born in Venezuela had Major League Baseball recognizes saves champions in the American League and National League each season This is a list of the top 300 Major League Baseball leaders in career saves. The following is a list of players and who appeared in at least one game for the Montreal Expos franchise of Major League Baseball from through The following is a list of players past and present who have appeared in at least one competitive game for the Boston Red Sox American League franchise (1908-present The following is a list of players both past and current who appeared at least in one game for the Florida Marlins franchise as listed on MLB CBS Sports (December 15, 2005). CBS Sports is a division of CBS which airs many of the sports telecasts in the United States. Events 533 - Byzantine general Belisarius defeats the Vandals, commanded by King Gelimer, at the Battle of Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Retrieved on 2006-10-15. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 533 - Byzantine General Belisarius makes his formal entry into Carthage, having conquered it from the
- ^ Urbina sentenced to 14 years. Sports Illustrated (March 28, 2007). Sports Illustrated is an American Sports Magazine owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-03-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
- ^ Report: Urbina sentenced to 14 years. Associated Press (March 28, 2007). The Associated Press ( AP) is an American News agency. The AP is a Cooperative owned by its contributing Newspapers radio Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Retrieved on 2007-03-28. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
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