On January 10, 2010, Chapman signed a six-year contract with the Cincinnati Reds worth $30.25 million. Cincinnati Reds Ĭhapman pitching for the Cincinnati Reds in 2010 spring training
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Chapman eventually established residency in Andorra and petitioned MLB to be granted free agent status. Gerardo Concepción defected from the Cuban national team in the same tournament.
Ĭhapman successfully defected from Cuba while in Rotterdam, Netherlands where the Cuban national team was participating in the World Port Tournament on JChapman walked out the front door of the team hotel and entered into an automobile driven by an acquaintance.
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Ĭhapman was part of the Cuban national team at the 2007 Pan American Games and the 2009 World Baseball Classic.Īmerican career Defection Īfter a failed attempt to defect in the spring of 2008, Chapman reported to Havana to meet with Cuban president Raúl Castro who gave him a conditional reprieve, suspending him for the remainder of the National Series season and also keeping him off Cuba's national team for the 2008 Summer Olympics but allowing him to return to the National Series and play in the WBC in 2009. He was used mainly as a starting pitcher, although he made 11 relief appearances in the 2007 season. In 327 2⁄ 3 career innings, Chapman compiled a 24–19 win–loss record, a 3.74 earned run average (ERA), and 365 strikeouts. ( December 2009)Ĭhapman joined the Holguín Sabuesos of the Cuban National Series League in 2006. He began playing as a first baseman until the coach noticed that Chapman could throw well enough to become a pitcher, which Chapman began in 2003. Ī friend of Chapman invited him to join a local baseball team at the age of 15. The Chapmans, whose last name can be traced to English settlers in Jamaica in the late 1600s, were not a prominent family. Chapman's paternal grandparents had emigrated from Jamaica to Cuba in order to get a better education. His mother did not work outside the home. Chapman's father was a boxing trainer and then later worked for the city. He lived in a three-room house with his parents and two sisters. Early life Ĭhapman was born in Holguín, Cuba, on February 28, 1988. Chapman currently has the record for the fastest recorded pitch speed in MLB history, at 105.1 miles per hour (169.1 km/h), as well as the Guinness World Record for fastest baseball pitch. Chapman's streak began on August 21, 2013, and lasted 49 consecutive games over two seasons, with the 49th and final game being on August 13, 2014. On July 11, 2014, Chapman broke the record, previously held by Bruce Sutter, for the most consecutive relief appearances with a strikeout, having struck out at least one batter in 40 consecutive appearances. He signed with the Yankees after the 2016 season. With the Cubs, Chapman won Game 7 of the 2016 World Series. The Reds traded Chapman to the Yankees after the 2015 season, and the Yankees traded Chapman to the Cubs during the 2016 season.
He won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award as the best relief pitcher for July 2012, was named to four straight National League All-Star teams from 2012 to 2015. He defected from Cuba in 2009 and signed a contract with the Reds in 2010. Chapman bats and throws left-handed, and is nicknamed the " Cuban Missile" or the " Cuban Flame Thrower".Ĭhapman pitched for Holguín domestically and internationally for the Cuban national baseball team. He has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, and Chicago Cubs, and in the Cuban National Series for Holguín.
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Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz ( Spanish: born Febru) is a Cuban-born American professional baseball relief pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).
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