Francisco Cordero

Quick Facts

Full Name	Francisco Cordero
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	May 11, 1975(1975-05-11)
Age	49
Birthplace	Santo Domingo
Country	Dominican Republic
Birth City	Santo Domingo Province
Horoscope	Taurus

Francisco Cordero Biography

Francisco Cordero is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on May 11, 1975 in Santo Domingo, Santo Domingo Province, Dominican Republic. Francisco Javier Cordero (born May 11 1975) is a Dominican former professional baseball player. He was a part of Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Milwaukee Brewers, Cincinnati Reds, Toronto Blue Jays as well as the Houston Astros from 1999 through 2012, primarily as the closer. On June 1, 2011, Cordero recorded his 300th career save for the Reds making him 22nd player to achieve the mark. He concluded his career in the major leagues with 329 saves. He is 3-time MLB All-Star.

Cordero began the MLB debut on the 2nd, 1999. He pitched the ninth inning for the Chicago White Sox at Tiger Stadium. The first opponent the pitcher confronted came from Chris Singleton, who grounded out. Following Frank Thomas hit a single, Cordero managed to strikeout both Magglio Ordonez as well as Brian Simmons to end the innings. In the end, the White Sox ended up winning the game with a 6-2 victory. Cordero won the first MLB triumph on July 31, 1999, in an 14-6 win against the Texas Rangers. Cordero finished his season on a 2-3 record as well as an impressive 3.32 ERA in 20 games in the bullpen. On the 27th of September 1999, Cordero moved the home plate of former Tiger Stadium after the last game there was played at Comerica Park along with pitchers Matt Anderson and Jeff Weaver.

Injuries slowed Cordero down in the 2001 season, as he appeared in only three games with Texas, going 0–0 with a 3.86 ERA. With the Oklahoma RedHawks of the Pacific Coast League, Cordero appeared in 12 games, going 0–0 with a 0.59 ERA and earning six saves in ​15 ⁄3 innings pitched, striking out 20 hitters.

Cordero spent part of the 2002 season with Oklahoma, playing in 11 games, going 0–2 with a 5.84 ERA, while earning two saves. In Texas, Cordero earned his first career MLB save on June 19, 2002, striking out all three batters he faced in the tenth inning in a 7–4 win over the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. He had a solid season with the Rangers, going 2–0 with a 1.79 ERA, while earning 10 saves. Cordero began the 2003 season as the set-up man for closer Ugueth Urbina, however, the Rangers traded Urbina to the Florida Marlins in July, and Cordero became the Rangers’ closer. Cordero earned 12 saves during the last two months of the season. Overall, Cordero was 5–8 with a 2.94 ERA and 15 saves in 73 games pitched.

The 2nd of November, 1999 the Tigers made a trade of Cordero, Frank Catalanotto, Bill Haselman, Gabe Kapler, Justin Thompson and Alan Webb to the Texas Rangers for Juan Gonzalez, Danny Patterson and Gregg Zaun.

Francisco Cordero Net Worth

Francisco Cordero is one of the richest Baseball Player from Dominican Republic. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Francisco Cordero 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Cordero endured an injury-plagued 1996 season. He pitched just two games with the Jammers in which he was 0-1 with an 0.82 ERA in 11 innings pitched. Later, when he was with the Generals and Generals, he was in two games, pitching one startand going unbeaten with the 2.57 ERA in seven innings pitched. Cordero played the whole year as a member of the West Michigan Whitecaps of the Midwest League, where Cordero was made an opening pitcher. In the 50 games he played, Cordero had an excellent year, going 6-1 with a an 0.99 ERA in 54.1 innings pitched. He was able to save 35 times.

Cordero began his season of 1998 with Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League The Lakeland Tigers of the Florida State League, playing in only one game, giving a hit to the one batter he faced before making the move to join the Jacksonville Suns of the Southern League. When he was in Jacksonville, Cordero appeared in 17 games, going 1-0 with an 4.86 ERA while earning eight saves. Cordero returned to Jacksonville during the 1999 season. Cordero played in 47 games and was 4-1 with an 1.38 ERA while earning 27 saves for the Suns prior to being called up for Detroit Tigers. Detroit Tigers.

Cordero made his debut with the Texas Rangers on April 4, 2000, as he pitched ​1 ⁄3 innings, allowing two runs, however, earned the victory as Texas defeated the Chicago White Sox 12–8 at The Ballpark in Arlington. He finished the season going 1–2 with a 5.35 ERA, pitching ​77 ⁄3 innings with the Rangers.

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Cordero was named the winner of “DHL Presents the Major League Baseball Delivery Man of the Month Award” for April 2007. He was successful on his first 22 save attempts until June 9, 2007, Cordero blew his first save of the season against the Texas Rangers. Cordero played in the 2007 MLB All-Star Game at AT&T Park in San Francisco, where he allowed a home run to Carl Crawford of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in his only inning of work. Cordero finished the season with a 0–4 record with a 2.98 ERA in 66 games, earning 44 saves, second in the National League to José Valverde of the Arizona Diamondbacks, who recorded 47 saves.

Facts & Trivia

Francisco Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Dominican Republic. Francisco Cordero celebrates birthday on May 11 of every year.

Cordero had another very solid season in 2009, going 2–6 with a 2.16 ERA in 69 games pitched with the Reds, registering 39 saves, and earned a spot at the 2009 MLB All-Star Game held at Busch Stadium in St. Louis, Missouri, where Cordero pitched a scoreless inning.