Pasqual Coco

Pasqual Coco Reynosos

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 1", Weight 160 lb.

• Debut July 17, 2000
• Final Game April 14, 2002
• Born September 24, 1977 in Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, D.R.

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Biographical Information

Pasqual Coco was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays as an amateur free agent on August 10, 1994. He debuted with the Dominican Blue Jays in the DSL in 1995, going 7-1 with a 2.78 ERA in 11 games. He went 7-2 with a 2.99 ERA in 17 games in 1996 with the same team, then was promoted to the New York-Penn League St. Catharines Blue Jays in 1997, going 1-4 with a 4.89 ERA in 10 games. He improved to a 3-7 with a 3.20 ERA in 15 games in 1998 and was promoted again, to the Hagerstown Suns, in 1999, where he went 11-1 with a 2.21 ERA in 14 games. That earned him a promotion to the Dunedin Blue Jays, where he finished the season, going 4-6 with a 5.64 ERA in 13 games. In 2000, with the AA Tennessee Smokies, he went 12-7 with a 3.76 ERA in 27 games.

That performance earned him a promotion to the big league Blue Jays, where he made one start, on July 17, 2000, pitching 4 innings, and giving up 4 runs. In 2001, Coco was assigned to Tennessee to open the season and went 0-1 with a 3.94 ERA in 3 starts before being called up to the AAA Syracuse Sky Chiefs. With Syracuse, he was 8-6 with a 4.66 ERA in 22 games. He earned another promotion to Toronto, doing better this time, going 1-0 with a 4.40 ERA in 7 games. In 2002, he was assigned to Syracuse and had a record of 4-9 with a 4.98 ERA in 30 games. The Blue Jays gave him one last shot in the bigs, finishing 0-1 with a 18.00 ERA in 2 games. Coco was released by the Blue Jays after he stole money from fellow prospect Diegomar Markwell and signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers in 2003, playing with the AAA Indianapolis Indians, where he went 10-9 with a 4.80 ERA in 27 games. The Montreal Expos signed him in 2004, in which he played for the AAA Edmonton Trappers, going 1-0 with a 12.27 ERA in 4 games.

Coco finished his US-based minor league career with a career 68-53 record and a 4.03 ERA over 193 games. He had a 1-1 career major league record with a 6.05 ERA over 10 games. In 2005, Coco signed with the Saraperos de Saltillo of the Mexican League and went 5-0 with a 5.89 ERA in 18 games. He spent the early part of the 2006 season with the Mexican League team Cafeteros de Cordoba and Poza Rica, where he went 1-2 with a 5.52 ERA and 4 saves in 9 games. He then pitched with the Acereros de Monclova, finishing his career south of the border with a four game stint for the Pericos de Puebla in 2009.

Related Sites

Minor League Statistics, Coco Released By Blue Jays For Stealing, Saltillo 2005 Statistics, Poza Rica Statistics