Darwin Harrikson Cubillán Salom (born November 15, 1972 in Bobures, Zulia State, Venezuela), better known as Darwin Cubillán (coo-be-YAHN), is a Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher who plays for the Baltimore Orioles. November 15 is the 319th day of the year (320th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 46 days remaining. ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Estado Zulia is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. ... Estado Zulia is one of the 23 states (estados) into which Venezuela is divided. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in North America. ... A relief pitcher warms up in the bullpen as the game goes on A relief pitcher or reliever is a baseball or softball pitcher who enters the game after the starting pitcher is removed due to injury, ineffectiveness or fatigue. ... Baltimore Orioles American League AAA Ottawa Lynx AA Bowie Baysox A Frederick Keys Delmarva Shorebirds Aberdeen IronBirds R Bluefield Orioles Sarasota Orioles The Baltimore Orioles are a Major League Baseball team based in Baltimore, Maryland. ...

Originally signed as a free agent by the Yankees in 1993, Cubillán has played for the Toronto Blue Jays (2000), Texas Rangers (2000) and Montreal Expos (2001). New York Yankees American League AAA Columbus Clippers AA Trenton Thunder A Charleston RiverDogs Tampa Yankees Staten Island Yankees R Gulf Coast Yankees The New York Yankees are a Major League baseball team based in The Bronx, New York City. ... See also: 1992 in sports, 1994 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: Dale Jarrett won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt Two top NASCAR drivers--Alan Kulwicki, the 1992 series champion, and Davey Allison, were killed in aviation accidents. ... Toronto Blue Jays American League AAA Syracuse SkyChiefs AA New Hampshire Fisher Cats A Dunedin Blue Jays Lansing Lugnuts Auburn Doubledays R Pulaski Blue Jays The Toronto Blue Jays are a Major League Baseball team based in Toronto, Ontario, notable for being the first team from outside the United States... Texas Rangers American League AAA Oklahoma RedHawks AA Frisco RoughRiders A Bakersfield Blaze Clinton LumberKings Spokane Indians R Arizona Rangers The Texas Rangers are a Major League Baseball team based in Arlington, Texas, a suburb in the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. ... The Washington Nationals is a Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise based in Washington, D.C.. It relocated to Washington from Montréal, Québec, Canada after the 2004 season. ...

Cubillán's best pitch is a sharp 95 MPH fastball, and he has a decent split-fingered and a straight changeup. His stuff is good enough to hold down his hits allowed total, but he walks too many batters. When he has to throw his fastball from behind in the count, he is going to get into trouble, as evidenced by the significant number of home runs he allowed in his career (13 in 69.2 innings pitched). The fastball is the most common type of pitch in baseball. ... A split-finger fastball or splitter, is a pitch in baseball and a variant of the straight fastball. ... A changeup is a type of pitch in baseball. ... In baseball statistics, a base on balls (BB), also called a walk, is used in baseball to track the performance of pitchers and batters. ... In baseball, a home run is a base hit in which the batter is able to circle all the bases, ending at home plate and scoring a run, with no errors on the play that result in the batter achieving extra bases. ... In baseball, innings pitched (IP) are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher is in the game. ...

In three-season career, Cubillán has compiled a 1-0 record with 54 strikeouts and a 6.85 ERA. In baseball, a strikeout or strike out (denoted by K or SO) occurs when the batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. ... In baseball statistics, earned run average (denoted by ERA) is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. ...

See also

• Players from Venezuela in MLB

Between 1939 and 2005, 176 baseball players from Venezuela had played in Major League Baseball. ...

External links

• Darwin Cubillán at:
  • 2004 ESPN (profile and daily update) (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6475)
  • Baseball Reference (stats) (http://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cubilda01.shtml)