About Francisco Cruceta
Francisco Alberto Cruceta is a former professional baseball pitcher. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians, Seattle Mariners and Detroit Tigers, in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) for the Samsung Lions and in the Mexican Baseball League for the Saraperos de Saltillo. Cruceta spent time with the Mariners during 2006 spring training, but opened the year at Tacoma, where he started 28 games and compiled a 13–9 record with an ERA of 4.38 and led the Pacific Coast League (PCL) in strikeouts. It was discovered by home plate umpire Stephen Lockhart, who promptly tossed him out. John Farrell, then the Indians director of player development, praised Cruceta's mechanics: "He throws the ball on a downward plane.
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