Chico Escárrega

Ernesto "Chico" Escárrega (born 27 December 1949) is a Mexican former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Chicago White Sox in their 1982 season.

Chico Escárrega
Relief pitcher
Born: (1949-12-27) 27 December 1949 (age 74)[1] Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
MLB debut
April 26, 1982, for the Chicago White Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 27, 1982, for the Chicago White Sox
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	1–3
Earned run average	3.67
Strikeouts	33
Teams
Chicago White Sox (1982)
Member of the Mexican Professional
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2002

Baseball career

Escárrega debuted in 1970 in the Mexican League playing for the Diablos Rojos del México and won the Rookie of the Year award that same season, with a 5–1 record.^[2] In 1973, Escárrega was traded to the Pericos de Puebla, where he played for the next eight seasons.^[3]

Escárrega was signed as an undrafted free agent by the Chicago White Sox after having pitched ten years in the Mexican League.

Escárrega entered major league baseball in 1982, as a 32-year-old rookie, the year that future Hall-of-Famer Cal Ripken Jr. ended up winning the AL rookie of the year title. Pitching primarily in relief, he went 1-3 in 73.2 innings with a 3.67 ERA, 33 strikeouts and a WHIP of 1.21.

The White Sox sold Escárrega back to the Mexican League's Diablos Rojos del México after the 1982 season. He pitched in Mexico in 1983–84 and again in 1988.

In 2002, Escárrega was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame.^[4]

References

1. "Chico Escarrega Stats, Fantasy & News". MLB.com. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
2. "Un 27 de diciembre pero de 1949 nace Ernesto Escárrega" (in Spanish). Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano. 27 December 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
3. Mendoza M., Raúl (11 January 2001). "Bola de Nudillos". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 June 2023.
4. "Inmortales 2002" (in Spanish). Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano. Retrieved 13 June 2023.

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors), or Baseball Almanac, or Retrosheet