Nelson Figueroa Trades and Transactions

The Nelson Figueroa trades and transactions seen below include all known instances where Nelson Figueroa has been involved in a trade or transaction of any type as it relates to baseball.

"I am going to pitch the way I can at what ever level they put me at. I don’t have any control of whether it is in the big leagues, Triple-A or Double-A. I am just going to take the ball once every five days and give my best effort out there. I am just a guy that can go out there and get outs. If you give me the ball in the first inning I can be your starter and if you give me the ball in the last inning I can be your closer. It doesn’t matter to me, I am just out there to get outs." - Nelson Figueroa on NashvilleSounds.com (Brian Hand, 08/02/2004)

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Nelson Figueroa

Nelson Figueroa Autograph on a 2002 Topps Heritage (#56)

Nelson Figueroa Autograph on a 2002 Topps Heritage (#56)
 

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Birth Name:   Nelson Figueroa
Nickname:   None
Born On:   05-18-1974  (Taurus)
Place of Birth Data Born In:   Brooklyn, New York
Year of Death Data Died On:   Still Living
Place of Death Data Died In:   Still Living
Cemetery:   n/a
High School:   Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn, NY)
College:   Brandeis University
Batting Stances Chart Bats:   Both   Throwing Arms Chart Throws:   Right
Player Height Chart Height:   6-01   Player Weight Chart Weight:   205
First Game:   06-03-2000 (Age 26)
Last Game:   Still Active
Draft:   1995 : 30th Round (833rd)
Nelson Figueroa

Trades & Transactions

06-01-1995: Selected by New York Mets in the 30th round — free-agent draft.
07-31-1998: Traded by New York Mets (with Bernard Gilkey) to Arizona Diamondbacks for Willie Blair and Jorge Fabregas.
07-26-2000: Traded by Arizona Diamondbacks (with Omar Daal, Travis Lee and Vicente Padilla) to Philadelphia Phillies for Curt Schilling.
04-03-2002: Claimed on waivers by Milwaukee Brewers from Philadelphia Phillies.
10-11-2002: Released by Milwaukee Brewers.
01-06-2003: Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates.
10-14-2004: Released by Pittsburgh Pirates.


Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract?

The Baseball Almanac trades and transactions database includes Rule 5 Draft picks, free agency information, voided trades, waiver picks, expansion draft data, amateur draft data, player refusals, bonus babies, and many other types of not readily found anywhere on the Internet.

Baseball trades & transactions, like the Nelson Figueroa trades and transactions seen above, are an evolving field of research where new discoveries are often found and new player debuts are added to the data set almost daily.

     

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