Rick Aguilera

Richard Warren Aguilera (born December 31, 1961 in San Gabriel, California) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. During a 16-year baseball career, he pitched from 1985-2000 for the New York Mets, Minnesota Twins, Boston Red Sox, and Chicago Cubs.

New York Mets

Aguilera attended Edgewood High School in West Covina, CA and played third base. Following graduation, he was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 37th round of the 1980 amateur draft on June 3, but did not sign and instead chose to attend Brigham Young University. After three years at BYU, in which he had made the transition from third base to pitcher, the Mets drafted him in the 3rd round of the 1983 amateur draft on June 6. Although he did not sign until September, he was able to get into 16 games (going 5-6 with a 3.72 ERA in 104 innings) for the Little Falls Mets in the low A-ball New York-Penn League. The following season he was promoted to the Lynchburg Mets in the high-A Carolina League where he was 8-3 with a 2.34 ERA and 101 strikeouts in 88 1/3 innings before being promoted to the Jackson Mets in the AA Texas League. In , Aguilera was promoted to AAA Tides and was 6-4 with a 2.51 ERA in 11 starts before being promoted to the majors.

Aguilera saw his first Major League action on June 12, pitching two innings of scoreless relief...
Read More