Michael Pineda Baseball player

Michael Francisco Pineda Paulino (born January 18, 1989) is a Dominican professional baseball starting pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He signed as an international free agent with the Seattle Mariners in 2005, and made his MLB debut for the Mariners in 2011. In his rookie season, Pineda was named an All-Star and finished fifth in balloting for American League Rookie of the Year. After his rookie season, he was traded to the Yankees.Pineda is listed at 6 feet 7 inches (2.01 m) and 260 pounds (120 kg). His fastball in 2011 averaged 94.7 miles per hour (152.4 km/h), which was the highest among MLB rookies with at least 100 innings pitched, and fourth overall in MLB.

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Michael Pineda
Birth dateJanuary 18, 1989
Birth place
Dominican Republic , San Cristóbal Dominican Republic

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Baseball player

Career startApril 05, 2011
batting sideRight
former teams
Seattle Mariners
position
Starting pitcher
teams
Seattle Mariners
New York Yankees
throwing sideRight

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