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Win-loss record
  
9-6

Role
  
Baseball player

Name
  
Luis Aponte

Strikeouts
  
113

Earned run average
  
3.27


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Luis Eduardo Aponte Yuripe (born June 14, 1953) is a former right-handed middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Boston Red Sox and Cleveland Indians. In his career, Aponte compiled a 9–6 record with 113 strikeouts, seven saves, and a 3.27 ERA in 220 innings.

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Aponte was signed by Boston as an amateur free agent in 1973. He had his most effective season in 1982, earning three saves in 40 appearances with a 3.18 ERA.

He pitched four innings in the longest professional baseball game.

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  • This successful Venezuelan reliever retired for three years after four years in the Red Sox system. Playing in the Inter-American League in 1979, he developed an amazing fork ball and was re-signed by the Red Sox. - Ed Walton, at Baseball Library.
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