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b. February 7, 1937 · Milwaukee Braves 1957–1960, Chicago White Sox 1961–1966, Pittsburgh Pirates 1967–1968, 1974, Boston Red Sox 1968–1969, Cleveland Indians 1969, Oakland Athletics 1969, Chicago Cubs 1970–1973, Houston Astros 1973

He went 16-8 with a 2.39 earned run average in 1963 and 19-9 with a 2.56 in 1964, which were the two best seasons any Puerto Rican pitcher had had to that point. Chicago won 98 games in 1964 and finished a game behind New York.

Eighteen seasons gave him 131 wins against 105, a 3.43 earned run average, 2,034 innings and 1,522 strikeouts, with two All-Star selections. He threw hard and left-handed and was traded six times.

He came up with the Milwaukee Braves at twenty and pitched in the 1957 and 1958 World Series before he was twenty-two. He went home to Santurce afterward and pitched winter ball there for years. The 1980 ballot gave him no votes. He died in 2021, at eighty-four.

Honors

Award	Times	Years
All-Star selection	2	1963, 1964

Batting, season by season

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG
1957	MLN	25	36	5	9	1	0	1	2	1	10	0	.250
1958	MLN	16	32	4	8	2	0	0	6	3	9	0	.250
1959	MLN	29	41	2	5	2	0	0	5	2	14	0	.122
1960	MLN	23	40	4	11	1	1	0	2	0	11	0	.275
1961	CHW	40	69	10	17	3	1	0	5	5	19	1	.246
1962	CHW	37	69	10	11	1	0	0	5	4	17	0	.159
1963	CHW	32	73	10	13	2	0	2	10	3	26	0	.178
1964	CHW	33	90	6	19	1	0	3	15	1	34	0	.211
1965	CHW	19	34	5	8	0	0	1	4	2	10	0	.235
1966	CHW	34	26	2	4	1	0	0	2	1	5	0	.154
1967	PIT	50	27	1	7	1	0	0	3	1	5	0	.259
1968	BOS/PIT	33	33	5	5	2	0	0	3	3	9	0	.152
1969	BOS/CLE/OAK	57	20	3	5	0	0	0	2	1	4	0	.250
1970	CHC	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.000
1971	CHC	16	34	3	6	1	0	1	2	2	11	0	.176
1972	CHC	16	21	2	3	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	.143
1973	CHC/HOU	17	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000
1974	PIT	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333
Career	—	496	658	72	133	18	2	8	66	32	191	1	.202

Pitching, season by season

Year	Team	W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
1957	MLN	5	6	24	10	0	99.1	99	51	51	68	4.62
1958	MLN	6	4	16	10	1	96.2	75	29	47	84	2.70
1959	MLN	6	2	29	14	0	133.2	117	56	70	126	3.77
1960	MLN	6	7	21	17	0	114.2	105	58	72	88	4.55
1961	CHW	14	7	39	25	2	194.2	164	66	89	188	3.05
1962	CHW	12	14	36	32	1	203.1	182	86	97	173	3.81
1963	CHW	16	8	32	28	1	214.2	177	57	63	163	2.39
1964	CHW	19	9	33	33	0	239.0	193	68	55	162	2.56
1965	CHW	6	3	18	18	0	97.0	96	37	37	65	3.43
1966	CHW	8	6	34	9	3	88.2	91	37	39	42	3.76
1967	PIT	8	10	50	9	9	107.0	99	47	52	96	3.95
1968	BOS/PIT	7	9	31	12	2	118.2	111	47	54	90	3.56
1969	BOS/CLE/OAK	4	5	57	4	7	99.1	84	37	58	52	3.35
1970	CHC	0	0	12	0	1	15.2	16	8	9	14	4.60
1971	CHC	7	6	16	14	0	101.1	78	39	40	67	3.46
1972	CHC	4	5	16	7	1	59.1	66	26	32	24	3.94
1973	CHC/HOU	2	3	17	1	0	27.1	34	22	12	13	7.24
1974	PIT	1	1	7	2	0	24.0	20	5	11	7	1.88
Career	—	131	105	488	245	28	2034.1	1807	776	888	1522	3.43

On this day & linked events

1937

Born February 7, 1937

Santurce, , P.R.

2021

Died February 18, 2021

1957

Major-league debut: Juan Pizarro

Juan Pizarro made a major-league debut on May 4, 1957.

1974

Final major-league game: Juan Pizarro

Juan Pizarro played a final major-league game on September 26, 1974.

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