José Leonel Silva (born December 19, 1973 in Tijuana, Mexico) is a Mexican former right-handed

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. He last played for the

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of the

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. He played all or part of six seasons in

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with the

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in 1996,

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from 1997 until 2001, and the

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in 2002. Silva was drafted out of Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, California. He last pitched in the affiliated minor leagues in 2006 for the

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, and has been playing in the Mexican League since then.

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1973 births Águilas Cibaeñas players Mexican expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic Altoona Curve players Baseball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Baseball players from Baja California Calgary Cannons players Cincinnati Reds players Diablos Rojos del México players Dorados de Chihuahua players Dunedin Blue Jays players Expatriate baseball players in Taiwan Gulf Coast Blue Jays players Hagerstown Suns players Iowa Cubs players Knoxville Smokies players Living people Louisville Bats players Major League Baseball pitchers Major League Baseball players from Mexico Mexican expatriate baseball players in Canada Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States Mexican League baseball pitchers Nashville Sounds players Oklahoma RedHawks players Olmecas de Tabasco players Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico Pan American Games medalists in baseball Piratas de Campeche players Pittsburgh Pirates players Portland Beavers players Rieleros de Aguascalientes players Sacramento River Cats players Sportspeople from Chula Vista, California Sportspeople from Tijuana Sultanes de Monterrey players Toronto Blue Jays players Tucson Sidewinders players Williamsport Crosscutters players Medalists at the 2007 Pan American Games {{Mexico-baseball-bio-stub