52 Danny Rios
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- Bats/Throws:
- R/R
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- Hometown:
- Miami Gardens, FL
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- High School:
- Monsignor Edward Pace HS
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- Position:
- RHP
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- Draft:
- 1990
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- Team:
- New York Yankees
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- University:
- University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)
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- College:
- Seminole State College
Danny Rios played in Major League Baseball(MLB), the KBO League, and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Rios's repertoire included a sharp slider, change-up and fastballaround 90 mph.
Rios signed as an amateur free agent with the New York Yankees in 1993. He debuted with the GCL Yankees, going 2–1 with a 3.52 ERA and six saves in 24 games. He had the rare honor of being the closer on a team which briefly featured Mariano Rivera (then a starter). In 1994, Rios had his first year in full-season ball, going 3–2 with 17 saves and a 0.87 ERA in 37 games for the Greensboro Bats and allowing no earned runs (2 runs overall) in 10.1 IP for the Tampa Yankees (2 saves in 9 games). Rios's composite ERA of 0.70 was presumably one of the lowest in all of the minor leagues that year.
Seminole State College (Seminole, OK)
University of Miami (Coral Gables, FL)