Francisco Cordero
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| Milwaukee Brewers — No. 48 | |
| Relief Pitcher | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
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| August 2, 1999 for the Detroit Tigers | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2006) |
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| Record | 26-23 |
| Saves | 133 |
| ERA | 3.33 |
| Strikeouts | 442 |
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Francisco Cordero (born May 11, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball player for the Milwaukee Brewers. Cordero, whose nickname is "Coco", is currently the closer for the Brewers. Cordero throws a hard fastball - capable of reaching the upper 90s, and also has an excellent slider that he can throw for strikes early in the count and he uses it as his outpitch.
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[edit] High School
He attended Colegio Luz Arroyo Hondo High School in The Dominican Republic.
[edit] Texas Rangers
He was acquired after the 1999 season from the Detroit Tigers in a multi-player deal for Juan Gonzalez. Cordero was the last player from that trade to play with the Rangers. Coco had his most dominant year in 2004, making the AL All-Star team, but he blew some crucial saves late in September of that year to keep the Rangers from advancing to the playoffs. After blowing a team record 5 saves in April 2006, Cordero was removed from the closer role and replaced with Akinori Otsuka, before being traded to the Brewers at the trading deadline.
[edit] Milwaukee Brewers
He was acquired on July 28, 2006 from the Texas Rangers with Kevin Mench, Laynce Nix, and Minor Leaguer Julian Cordero (no relation) for Carlos Lee and Nelson Cruz. In 28 games with Milwaukee after the trade, he won 3 games, saved 16 games, and struck out 30 in 26.2 innings of work with an ERA of 1.69. His final 2006 stats were career highs of 10 wins, 84 strikeouts, 3.70 ERA, 22 saves (one of his career highs), and 75.1 innings of work between Texas and Milwaukee in 77 games (a career high). Cordero will be back for Milwaukee for the 2007 season after the club exercised their option on him rather than losing him as a free agent. The Brewers exercised the club option on Cordero on October 6, 2006.
