Rafael Díaz (baseball)
| Rafael Díaz | |||||||||||||||
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| Free agent | |||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: December 12, 1970 Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| April 15, 2000, for the Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
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| April 30, 2000, for the Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
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Rafael J. Díaz (born December 12, 1970) is a Mexican professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent.
Díaz attended high school in Bayamón, Puerto Rico. The Cincinnati Reds selected Díaz in the ninth round of the 1989 MLB Draft. He played in Minor League Baseball for the Reds organization in 1989 and 1990 and the Kansas City Royals organization in 1991. He pitched for the Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball in 2000. In 2012, he played in the Mexican League for the Saraperos de Saltillo. He appeared in the 2009 World Baseball Classic for Mexico.
Díaz last played for the Generales de Durango of the Mexican League in 2019, when he was the oldest player in the league.