Robinson Cancel Castro (born May 4, 1976) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball catcher. He made his Major League Baseball debut for the
Milwaukee Brewers on September 3, 1999. He would not appear at the major league level again until June 4, 2008, when he was called up by the
New York Mets
The New York Mets are an American professional baseball team based in the New York City borough of Queens. The Mets compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) East division. They are one of two major league ...
.
Career
On June 15, 2008, Cancel
pinch-hit
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for
Pedro Martínez
Pedro Jaime Martínez (born October 25, 1971) is a Dominican-American former professional baseball starting pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to , for five teams—most notably the Boston Red Sox from to .
At the time o ...
in the bottom of the sixth inning with the bases loaded. Cancel
singled to
center field
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, driving in two
runs; this single was the game-winning hit, giving Martínez his 211th career
win. It was Cancel's first
hit
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in the majors since 1999.
Cancel hit his first career
home run
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as a member of the Mets on August 11, 2008 against
Zach Duke
Zachary Thomas Duke (born April 19, 1983) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Arizona Diamondbacks, Washington Nationals, Milwaukee Brewers, Chicago White Sox, St. ...
of the
Pittsburgh Pirates
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, coming almost nine years after Cancel's Major-League debut with the Brewers. He began the 2009 season in the minors, and was called up on July 30.
Cancel spent the 2010 season with the
Long Island Ducks of the
Atlantic League of Professional Baseball until the
Houston Astros
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signed him in March 2011. On May 28, 2011, Cancel was called up after
Humberto Quintero was placed on the 15-day disabled list with a high right ankle sprain.
Cancel retired in 2013.
The
Atlanta Braves
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hired Cancel to manage the
Gulf Coast League Braves
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club for 2015 season.
[ Cancel is currently the manager of the Fresno Grizzlies minor league baseball team.] He became manager of the Tomateros de Culiacán
The Tomateros de Culiacán ( en, Culiacán Tomato Growers) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League based in Culiacán, Sinaloa. The ''Tomateros'' have won thirteen league titles and two Caribbean World Series in and . The ...
for the 2018-19 Mexican Pacific League
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following Lorenzo Bundy
Charles Lorenzo Bundy (born November 6, 1959) is a former Minor League Baseball player and current manager of the Winston-Salem Dash, the High-A Chicago White Sox affiliate. He has held Major League Baseball coaching positions with the Colorado ...
's departure.
See also
* List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico currently has the fourth-most active players in Major League Baseball (MLB) among Latin American jurisdictions, behind the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Cuba. More than three hundred players from the archipelago have played in t ...
References
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1976 births
Living people
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