Ricardo Hernández (born January 23, 1988) is a

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professional

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player, who is currently with

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of the Italian Baseball League. He signed as an amateur free agent with the Florida Marlins in 2006. After a year in the Venezuelan Summer League and another in the Dominican Summer League he moved to the U.S. and played for the Gulf Coast Marlins in 2008 and the

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in 2009. He moved to Spain and joined the

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. After winning the league championship in 2011 (with a record of 15-0 and a 0.82 ERA in 17 games) he jumped to the Italian Baseball League in 2012 to play for Danesi Nettuno.Ricardo Hernandez from FC Barcelona to Danesi Nettuno
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in the

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and the

2019 European Baseball Championship The 2019 European Baseball Championship was an international baseball tournament organized by the Confederation of European Baseball. The 2019 Championship was held September 7–15, 2019, in Bonn and Solingen, Germany. The tournament contributed ...

. He then played for the team at the Africa/Europe 2020 Olympic Qualification tournament, in Italy in September 2019.

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1988 births Baseball pitchers Living people 2013 World Baseball Classic players 2019 European Baseball Championship players Caribes de Anzoátegui players Gulf Coast Marlins players Jupiter Hammerheads players Rimini Baseball Club players Venezuelan expatriate baseball players in Italy {{Venezuela-baseball-pitcher-stub