Showing posts with label Mark Portugal. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mark Portugal. Show all posts

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Happy Birthday - 10/30

No future Astros with birthdays today, but these former Astros celebrate the day ~

2B/SS Anderson Hernandez (32)
Hernandez was first signed by the Tigers in 2001 as a NDFA out of the Dominican Republic and was picked up from Cleveland by the Astros as a waiver claim in 2010.  In 132 games for Houston in 2010, he hit .188/.304/.229. Hernandez played for the Chunichi Dragons in the Japan Central League in 2014.

RHP Mark Portugal (52)
Portugal came to Houston in a December 1988 trade with the Twins. In 135 games (123 starts) for the Astros from 1989 to 1993, he went 52-30 with a 3.34 ERA and a 1.268 WHIP. Portugal was first in the National League in win percentage in 1993, going 18-4.

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Happy Birthday - 10/30

No future Astros, only former Astros with birthdays today ~

2B/SS Anderson Hernandez (31)
Hernandez was first signed by the Tigers in 2001 as a NDFA out of the Dominican Republic and was picked up from Cleveland by the Astros as a waiver claim in 2010.  In 132 games for Houston in 2010, he hit .188/.304/.229. Hernandez played for Campeche in the Mexican League in 2013.

RHP Mark Portugal (51)
Portugal came to Houston in a December 1988 trade with the Twins. In 135 games (123 starts) for the Astros from 1989 to 1993, he went 52-30 with a 3.34 ERA and a 1.268 WHIP. Portugal was first in the National League in win percentage in 1993, going 18-4.

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Happy Birthday - 10/30

No future Astros, only former Astros with birthdays today ~

2B/SS Anderson Hernandez (30)
Hernandez was first signed by the Tigers in 2001 as a NDFA out of the Dominican Republic and was picked up from Cleveland by the Astros as a waiver claim in 2010.  In 132 games for Houston in 2010, he hit .188/.304/.229. Hernandez played for the Pirates AAA team in Indianapolis in 2012.

RHP Mark Portugal (50)
Portugal came to Houston in a December 1988 trade with the Twins. In 135 games (123 starts) for the Astros from 1989 to 1993, he went 52-30 with a 3.34 ERA and a 1.268 WHIP. Portugal was first in the National League in win percentage in 1993, going 18-4.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

Happy Birthday - 10/30

LHP Andres Feliz (21)
A non-drafted free agent from the Dominican Republic, Feliz has spent two seasons with the DSL Astros.  In 15 games (26.1 IP) in 2011, he was 1-5 with a 6.15 ERA and a 1.860 WHIP.  Feliz had a 0.77 ERA with the bases empty.

2B Anderson Hernandez (29)
Anderson was first signed by the Tigers in 2001 as a NDFA and was picked up from Cleveland by the Astros as a waiver claim in 2010.  In 136 games for Oklahoma City in 2011, Anderson hit .300 with 25 doubles, four triples, six home runs and a 30-game hitting streak.  He is currently playing for Licey in the Dominican League during the off-season where he is hitting .275 with a .356 OBP in his first ten games.

One former Astro with a birthday today

RHP Mark Portugal (49)
Played for Houston from 1989 to 1993
Was 52-30 with a 3.34 ERA and a 1.268 WHIP
Was 1st in the National League in win percentage in 1993, going 18-4