Guillermo Moscoso

Baseball player, 2011 AL West Champion

Guillermo Moscoso - Baseball player, 2011 AL West Champion
Born

November 14th, 1983
41 years ago

Category

Athletes & Sports Figures

Country

United States

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Professional baseball player competed as a pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2010 to 2015. Played for several teams including the Seattle Mariners, Oakland Athletics, and Texas Rangers. Achieved significant success with the Oakland Athletics, contributing to the team's 2011 American League West Division Championship. Accumulated a career total of 118 strikeouts over 149 innings pitched. Notable for versatility on the mound, utilized both starting and relief pitching roles during tenure in the league.

Participated in the 2011 AL West Championship

Recorded a career 4.13 earned run average

Struck out 118 batters in MLB career

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