Ricardo Finol

Ricardo Jesus Finol

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 170 lb.

• School Navarro College

• Born May 10, 1974 in Maracaibo, Zulia Venezuela

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Biographical Information

Ricardo Finol pitched in the minors then became a scout.

The Pittsburgh Pirates took Finol in the 46th round of the 1996 amateur draft, one round after they picked Chris Capuano. With the 1996 GCL Pirates, he was 1-0 with a 9.00 ERA, allowing 19 hits and 5 walks in 10 innings. In 1996-1997, he had a 1-0, 2.70 record for the Pastora de Occidente. He split the summer of '97 with the GCL Pirates (1-1, Sv, 3.15, 4 BB in 20 IP) and the Augusta Greenjackets (1-2, 6.65 in 11 G). He went 1-1 with a 7.20 ERA for the 1997-1998 Pastora de Los Llanos. His final campaign, 1998-1999, he was 0-1 with a 1.93 ERA in three games for the Aguilas del Zulia.

Overall, he was 3-3 with a save and a 5.75 ERA in 23 games, with 59 hits, 22 walks and 35 strikeouts in 51 2/3 IP in the minors. He went 2-2 with a 4.02 ERA in 16 contests, with 28 hits, 14 walks and 11 strikeouts in 31 1/3 innings in the Venezuelan League.

Finol later scouted for the New York Yankees, signing Ramon Flores, Carlos Monasterios, Jesus Montero and José Tabata among others.

Sources include

• Purapelota