Luis Vizcaíno

Infobox MLB player
name = Luis Vizcaíno


width = 250
caption =
team = Colorado Rockies
number = 51
position = Relief pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1974|8|6
birthplace = Baní, Dominican Republic
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = July 23
debutyear = 1999
debutteam = Oakland Athletics
statyear = 2008
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 34-27
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 4.34
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 480
teams =
*Oakland Athletics (by|1999-by|2001)
*Milwaukee Brewers (by|2002-by|2004)
*Chicago White Sox (by|2005)
*Arizona Diamondbacks (by|2006)
*New York Yankees (by|2007)
*Colorado Rockies (by|2008-present)
awards =
*World Series champion (2005)

Luis Vizcaíno Arias (born August 6, 1974 in Baní, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher for the Colorado Rockies.

Vizcaíno was signed by the Oakland Athletics as an amateur free agent in by|1994. After gradually working his way through the Athletics minor league system, he made one relief appearance for the A's in by|1999, 12 in by|2000, and 36 in by|2001, but continued to spend significant time in Triple-A. In by|2002, he was traded to the Texas Rangers for pitcher Justin Duchscherer, and the Rangers in turn traded him to the Milwaukee Brewers for Jesus Pena.

In his three years with the Brewers, Vizcaíno was a workhorse. After an outstanding 2002 (5-3, 2.99 ERA, 76 appearances), he slumped badly in by|2003 (4-3, 6.39 ERA, 75 appearances) before having a bounce-back by|2004 campaign (4-4, 3.75 ERA, 73 appearances). Milwaukee then sent him to the Chicago White Sox along with Scott Podsednik and Travis Hinton for Carlos Lee.

With the White Sox, Vizcaíno had another solid year, going 6-5 with a 3.73 ERA in 65 appearances for the by|2005 World Champions (he pitched one scoreless inning during the World Series in his only playoff appearance). After the season, Chicago traded him to Arizona.

In by|2006, Vizcaíno went 4-6 and posted a 3.75 ERA in 70 games for the D-Backs.

On January 9, by|2007, Vizcaíno was traded to the New York Yankees with three prospects for Randy Johnson. [http://newyork.yankees.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/news/press_releases/press_release.jsp?ymd=20070109&content_id=1775804&vkey=pr_nyy&fext=.jsp&c_id=nyy] He achieved a rare feat on July 21, 2007, when he was credited with both wins in relief in a day-night doubleheader for the Yankees, joining about 30 other pitchers. In 2007, he pitched in 74 games, which was 4th-most in the AL.

On December 21, 2007, he signed with the Colorado Rockies.

Family

Vizcaino's second cousin, Jose Vizcaino, was a long-time MLB infielder.

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