Ed Figueroa Notable

b. October 14, 1948 · California Angels 1974–1975, New York Yankees 1976–1980, Texas Rangers 1980, Oakland Athletics 1981

Ed Figueroa played for four clubs across eight seasons as a pitcher, opening with the California Angels in 1974 and closing with the Oakland Athletics in 1981. His longest stay was with the New York Yankees, from 1976 to 1980.

He went 80 and 67 with a 3.51 earned run average, pitching 1,309.7 innings in 200 games. He struck out 571, completed 63 of his 179 starts and threw 12 shutouts.

He was born in Ciales, P.R. on October 14, 1948. He batted right-handed and threw right-handed.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
Player of the Week	1	1978

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AVG
1974	CAL	25	—
1975	CAL	33	—
1976	NYY	34	—
1977	NYY	32	—
1978	NYY	35	—
1979	NYY	16	—
1980	NYY/TEX	23	—
1981	OAK	2	—
Career	—	200	—

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1974	CAL	2	8	25	12	0	105.1	119	43	36	49	3.67
1975	CAL	16	13	33	32	0	244.2	213	79	84	139	2.91
1976	NYY	19	10	34	34	0	256.2	237	86	94	119	3.02
1977	NYY	16	11	32	32	0	239.1	228	95	75	104	3.57
1978	NYY	20	9	35	35	0	253.0	233	84	77	92	2.99
1979	NYY	4	6	16	16	0	104.2	109	48	35	42	4.13
1980	NYY/TEX	3	10	23	17	1	97.2	152	71	36	25	6.54
1981	OAK	0	0	2	1	0	8.1	8	5	6	1	5.40
Career	—	80	67	200	179	1	1309.2	1299	511	443	571	3.51

On this day & linked events

1948

Born October 14, 1948

Ciales, , P.R.

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