Danilo Enrique León Lineco (born April 3, 1967) is a

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n former professional

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. Listed at 6' 1" (1.85 m), 170 lb. (77 k), he batted and threw right handed. In addition, he pitched in the

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and

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. Born in La Cañada de Urdaneta,

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, León began his

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career at the age of 19 with the

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in . In , he posted a combined record of 10 wins with 3 losses along with a 1.38

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and 115

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in 130

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s pitched. León made his major league debut with the Texas Rangers in

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, but only managed to post a 5.89 earned run average in 18 innings and returned to play in the

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the following season. In between, he pitched in the Venezuelan league for 15 seasons, most notably for the

Águilas del Zulia The Águilas del Zulia ( en, Zulia Eagles) is a Venezuelan professional baseball team based in Maracaibo which plays in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League. History The team was founded in 1969 and debuted in the 1969–70 season. The fra ...

club. He ended his career in 2005 at the age of 37.

Highlights

On November 23, 1999, León hurled a 2–0

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against the

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at Estadio Luis Aparicio El Grande in Maracaibo. He also has the second most strikeouts in Águilas team history, being surpassed only by

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References

External links

"Danilo León Statistics".
''The Baseball Cube''. 15 January 2008.

1967 births Águilas del Zulia players Caribes de Oriente players Charros de Jalisco players Gulf Coast Expos players Jacksonville Expos players Jamestown Expos players Leones de Yucatán players Living people Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball players from Venezuela Mexican League baseball pitchers Nashville Sounds players Oklahoma City 89ers players Sportspeople from Zulia Petroleros de Cabimas players Charlotte Rangers players Texas Rangers players Tulsa Drillers players Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Mexico Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in the United States West Palm Beach Expos players {{Venezuela-baseball-pitcher-stub

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