José Leonel Silva (born December 19th, 1973 in Tijuana, Mexico) is a right-handed pitcher. He currently plays for the Dorados de Chihuahua

Dorados de Chihuahua

Dorados de Chihuahua were a baseball team from the city of Chihuahua. Recently Tuneros de San Luis moved to Chihuahua and took the Dorados namesake, which also brought the LMB Mexican Baseball League to Chihuahua for the first time since 1982. The Dorados played their home games at Estadio...

 of the Mexican League. He played all or part of six seasons in Major League Baseball

Major League Baseball

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 with the Toronto Blue Jays

Toronto Blue Jays

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 in 1996, Pittsburgh Pirates

Pittsburgh Pirates

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 from 1997 until 2001, and the Cincinnati Reds

Cincinnati Reds

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 in 2002.

Silva was drafted out of Hilltop High School in Chula Vista, Ca. He last pitched in the affiliated minor leagues in 2006 for the Oklahoma RedHawks

Oklahoma RedHawks

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, and has been playing in the Mexican League since then.

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