Horacio Piña

Horacio Piña Garcia

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 177 lb.

• Debut August 14, 1968
• Final Game October 1, 1978
• Born March 12, 1945 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas Mexico

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Biographical Information

"Once, we saw the Senators' flamboyant submarine pitcher, Horacio Pina, as he caught his spikes and tripped in mid-delivery. He rolled down the mound in a sideways tangle as though he'd somehow nailed his own hand to the ground. For years, when somebody tried to be too flashy and fell on his face, my mother would intone, 'Horaaaacio Piiiina.'" Thomas Boswell: "The Church of Baseball", in Geoffrey C. Ward and Ken Burns: Baseball: An Illustrated History, Alfred A. Knopf, New York, NY, 1994, p. 191.

Notable Achievement

• Won a World Series with the Oakland Athletics in 1973

Further Reading

• Rory Costello and Francisco Rodríguez Lozano: "Horacio Piña", in Chip Greene, ed.: Mustaches and Mayhem, Charlie O's Three-Time Champions: The Oakland Athletics 1972-74, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2015, pp. 470-477. ISBN 978-1-943816-07-1
• Rory Costello and Francisco Rodríguez Lozano: "Horacio Piña", in Steve West and Bill Nowlin, eds.: The Team That Couldn't Hit: The 1972 Texas Rangers, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2019, pp. 186-194. ISBN 978-1-943816-93-4

Related Sites

• Horacio Piña at the SABR Bio Project