Edgar Leyva

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  • Bats Right, Throws Right
  • Height 5' 11", Weight 196 lb.

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Biographical Information[edit]

Edgar Leyva pitched 14 seasons in the minors.

Leyva debuted in 1995 with the DSL Angels, going 4-2 with a 2.78 ERA. The California Angels farmhand was 4-7 with a 3.94 ERA for the 1996 AZL Angels. Despite an ERA almost exactly at league average (3.93), he led the Arizona League in losses. He was 5th in strikeouts (74), tied Steve Hoff for the most hit batsmen (9) and tied for the balk lead (3). He posted a 8-6, 4.69 record with one save for the 1997 Cedar Rapids Kernels, 2-2 with a 2.68 ERA for the 1997-1998 Guasave Cottoneers and was 8-5 with two saves and a 4.76 ERA for the 1998 Lake Elsinore Storm. The Albuquerque Dukes took him in the AAA phase of the 1998 Rule V Draft.

Edgar then returned to his native Mexico for the remainder of his career. He was 7-4 with a save and a 3.53 ERA for the 1999 Cafeteros de Cordoba. He went 7-5 with a save and a 5.12 ERA for the 2000 Cafeteros. He had a 7-5, 4.18 record that winter with Guasave. Moving to the Sultanes de Monterrey, he was very sharp in 2001 (10-5, 2.91 ERA, 125 K in 126 1/3 IP). He was 4th in the Mexican League in strikeouts (behind Ravelo Manzanillo, Francisco Campos and Danny Rios), 8th in ERA (between Leobardo Meza and Rios) and missed the top 10 in wins by one. He fell to 1-6, 4.14 for the 2001-2002 Cottoneers 8-4, 3.86 for the 2002 Sultanes. That winter, he had a 3-2, 3.29 record for Guasave.

In 2003, Leyva was 11-3 with a 3.28 ERA for Monterrey, tying for 6th in the league in wins. He was with the Mexican national team for the 2003 Pan American Games; they won the Bronze Medal. The Sinaloa native was 2-1 with a 4.82 ERA in limited action for the 2004 Sultanes. In '05, he moved to the Tuneros de San Luis and posted a 3-5, 4.95 record. He slumped to 7-10, 6.23 in 2006. He tied for third in the Liga in losses (behind only Juan Delgadillo and Hector Navarro) and tied Ignacio Montano for second with 11 hit batsmen (two behind Mario Mendoza Jr.). He wound down his career with the Dorados de Chihuahua in 2007 (2-0, 3.60 in 19 G) and 2008 (11 H, 5 R in 5 1/3 IP).