Horacio Estrada Jimenez (born October 19, 1975 in San Joaquín, Carabobo

San Joaquín, Carabobo

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, Venezuela

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) is a Major League Baseball

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 left-handed

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 relief pitcher

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 who currently is a free agent.

Estrada played with the Milwaukee Brewers

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 (1999–2000) and Colorado Rockies

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 (2001). He compiled a career 4-1 record with 22 strikeout

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s and a 7.50 ERA

Earned run average

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 in 36 innings.

In Venezuela he is the staff ace of the Tigres de Aragua team. On January 17, 2004 he broke his hip when the bus of the team crashed with a Van. Two years later, he was named Pitcher of the Year in Venezuela, when he get a 5-1 record, a 1.96 ERA and he only allowed 7.27 hits per 9 innings pitched.

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