Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Maximo Heredia, 1999 Multi-Ad Sports Bowie Baysox #15

It's a shame that Maximo Heredia never made it to the major leagues. The six-foot-tall righty from the Dominican Republic could have been the first "Maximo" in MLB. As it is, he's one of 36 Maximos to play minor league ball, and the wait continues for a Maximo - any Maximo - in the bigs.

The Orioles signed Heredia as a teenager, and his age 20 season was a good one. Pitching for the Class A Delmarva Shorebirds in 1997, he went 10-5 with a league-leading 2.13 ERA in 114 innings. He walked only 20 batters, and picked up three playoff wins for the South Atlantic League champs. But his initial success didn't translate to higher levels, and he topped out at AA Bowie in 2000. By 2001 he was pitching professionally in Italy. That's the last record of Maximo Heredia at Baseball Reference.
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1 comment:

  1. jacobmrleyNovember 19, 2014 at 8:03 AM

    With all the Maximos in soccer and hockey, you figure one of them would have made baseball. But no, it hasn't happened. There was Maximino Leon who pitched in the 70, but that doesn't quite make it.

    Oh, and I am just plain Max, but I support most people with any form of the name.

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