Julio Alberto Mañón '' ah'-nion' (born June 10, 1973) is a Dominican former professional baseball relief pitcher.

Career

Starting from the Dominican

Mañón was originally signed as an undrafted free agent by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1993. He did not make his debut until 2003 with the Montreal Expos. He went 1–2 with a 4.13

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in 23 games.

Asian baseball

After the 2003 season, his contract was sold to the Kia Tigers of the Korean Baseball League. He spent the 2005 season in Taiwan, with the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League.

Back in MLB

Mañón came back to baseball in the United States in 2006, when he signed a minor league contract with the Baltimore Orioles on March 6. He would later go on to go 0–1 with a 5.40 ERA in 22 games for the Orioles and played in the Triple A All-star game whilst playing for the Ottawa Lynx. He then was granted free agency after the 2006 season on November 19. On June 5, 2007, he signed a minor league contract with the

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. After that, he was traded to the Athletics on July 13 to complete an earlier deal that had sent pitchers Kirk Saarloos and Dan Denham to the Reds and pitcher David Shafer to the Athletics. He spent most of the 2008 season playing in the Orioles organization for the Double-A

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Independent & Mexican Leagues

On September 12, 2008, Mañón signed with the

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of the Atlantic League. He pitched the rest of 2008 for the Ducks. He played in 2009 World Baseball Classic representing his native country Dominican Republic who were upset by the Netherlands in the March Classic. In 2009, he continued to play for the Ducks. In 2010, he played

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of the Mexican League and the York Revolution of the Atlantic League. In 2011, his final season, he played for the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League and the Vaqueros Laguna of the Mexican League.

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Julio Mañón
at Pura Pelota (Venezuelan Professional Baseball League) {{DEFAULTSORT:Manon, Julio 1973 births Living people Arizona League Cardinals players Azucareros del Este players Baltimore Orioles players Bowie Baysox players Bridgeport Bluefish players Charleston RiverDogs players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Canada Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Mexico Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in South Korea Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Taiwan Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States Edmonton Trappers players Gulf Coast Expos players Harrisburg Senators players Johnson City Cardinals players KBO League pitchers Kia Tigers players Leones del Escogido players Long Island Ducks players Louisville Bats players Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Mexican League baseball pitchers Montreal Expos players Orlando Rays players Ottawa Lynx players Pastora de los Llanos players People from San Antonio de Guerra River City Rumblers players Sacramento River Cats players Sarasota Reds players St. Paul Saints players St. Petersburg Devil Rays players Sultanes de Monterrey players Toros del Este players Uni-President Lions players Vaqueros Laguna players World Baseball Classic players of the Dominican Republic York Revolution players 2009 World Baseball Classic players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in Venezuela