22 Facts About Jaime Navarro

1.

Jaime Navarro Cintron was born on March 27,1967 and is a former Puerto Rican baseball player and current pitching coach for the Uni-President Lions for the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan.

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2.

Jaime Navarro is the son of former Major League Baseball pitcher Julio Navarro.

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3.

On June 2,1986, Jaime Navarro was drafted again by the Orioles in the 2nd round, but he still did not sign.

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4.

Exactly a year later, in the 1987 June amateur draft, Jaime Navarro was drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers as the 71st overall pick in the third round, and he signed with the team two days later.

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5.

Jaime Navarro spent the rest of the 1987 season and the following two seasons playing in the Brewers minor league system, working his way up from rookie-level ball with the Helena Brewers to Triple-A ball with the Denver Zephyrs.

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6.

Jaime Navarro made his debut on June 20,1989, starting in front a crowd of 17,185 fans at County Stadium in a pitching duel against the Kansas City Royals' Charlie Leibrandt.

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7.

Jaime Navarro tossed six innings of quality baseball, giving up eight hits and one earned run, while walking two and striking out two.

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8.

Jaime Navarro continued as Brewers starting pitcher for the rest of the season, pitching in a total of nineteen games during the season.

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9.

Jaime Navarro had ten complete games, two shutouts, and 114 strikeouts.

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10.

Jaime Navarro started in 29 games for the Cubs that year, and posted much-improved numbers on the season.

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11.

Jaime Navarro led the team in many pitching categories that year, such as wins and innings pitched.

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12.

Jaime Navarro was granted free agency on November 1, but on December 8,1995, he accepted the Cubs' salary arbitration offer, and then agreed to a $3.

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13.

On October 28,1996, Jaime Navarro was again granted free agency by the Cubs and he signed to a four-year, $20 million contract with the crosstown rivals of the Cubs, the White Sox, on December 11.

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14.

Jaime Navarro showed no improvement the following year either, and the White Sox traded Jaime Navarro and fellow pitcher John Snyder to the Milwaukee Brewers for pitcher Cal Eldred and infielder Jose Valentin.

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15.

Jaime Navarro became another addition to the starting rotation of the Brewers for the beginning of the 2000 season.

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16.

Jaime Navarro showed some improvement in Triple-A, but he was released by the Rockies a month after being signed by the team.

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17.

Jaime Navarro played with the Bisons for the remainder of the 2000 season before being granted free agency by the Indians on October 2.

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18.

Jaime Navarro was signed by the Toronto Blue Jays on December 13, and subsequently released on March 11,2001.

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19.

Jaime Navarro looked much better after only giving up three earned runs in ten innings of work in two starts for Louisville.

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20.

Jaime Navarro spent three years pitching in Italy for Bbc Grosseto of the Italian Baseball League.

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21.

Jaime Navarro was released by the Seattle Mariners organization, along with 9 other coaches, after the 2015 season.

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22.

In 2014 Jaime Navarro was inducted in the Milwaukee Brewers Wall of Honor.

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