Francisco Córdova (baseball)

Francisco Córdova (born April 26, 1972) is a Mexican former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher.

Francisco Córdova
Pitcher
Born: (1972-04-26) April 26, 1972 (age 52) Cerro Azul, Veracruz, Mexico
Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 2, 1996, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Last MLB appearance
August 8, 2000, for the Pittsburgh Pirates
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	42–47
Earned run average	3.96
Strikeouts	537
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Pittsburgh Pirates (1996–2000)
Career highlights and awards
Pitched a combined no-hitter on July 12, 1997
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Mexico Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Team competition

Career

On January 18, 1996, Córdova was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent. He made his major league debut on April 2, 1996. The following year, on July 12, 1997, at a sold out Three Rivers Stadium, he pitched nine innings of a combined 10-inning no-hitter for the Pirates. Ricardo Rincón pitched the 10th inning. The Pirates won the game on a dramatic three-run, pinch hit home run in the bottom of the 10th by Mark Smith. This game pitched by Córdova and Rincón is recognized as the only combined, extra-inning no-hitter in modern MLB history and is the last no-hitter in Pirates history to date.^[1][2] Córdova would go on to post an 11–8 record that season. He would post a 13–14 record in 1998, to go with a 3.31 ERA.

His career was shorted by arm troubles. After going through reconstructive elbow surgery in 2001, and missing the entire 2002 season, he signed with the San Diego Padres before the 2003 season,^[3] but failed to make the team after spring training and he retired with a 42–47 record.

After his MLB stint, Cordova pitched in his native Mexico from 2002 through 2011 with the Mexico City Tigres, the Mexico City Diablos Rojos, and the Petroleros de Minatitlán.

References

1. Sporting News description and assertion of first combined extra-innings no hitter Archived 2006-06-23 at the Wayback Machine; Box score via Baseball Reference
2. "Most Recent No-hitters By Team". Archived from the original on October 19, 2008. Retrieved May 24, 2008.
3. "Padres sign two veteran pitchers".

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball Reference, or Fangraphs, or Baseball Reference (Minors)

Preceded by Kevin Brown	No-hit game July 12, 1997 (with Ricardo Rincón)	Succeeded by David Wells