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the Rainiers’ disabled list with a left shoulder strain Aug. 26 and was reinstated Sept. 17…at Triple-A,
had 70 strikeouts in 52.0 innings (12.11 strikeouts per nine innings).
2000—Remained at Double-A New Haven for the second straight year…led Eastern League starters
with 9.80 strikeouts per nine innings…was second in the league with 152 strikeouts…also tied for
third in losses (12) and tied for fifth in walks (70)…tossed a two-hitter Aug. 3 at Akron, his lone career
complete game…helped the Ravens win the Eastern League title, going 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA in a pair of
postseason starts (11.0 ip, 8 h, 3 r, 3 er, 4 bb, 17 so).
1999—Spent the entire season with New Haven…recorded a season-high 10 strikeouts April 21 at
Trenton (6.0 ip)…won back-to-back starts, April 21 at Trenton and April 27 at New Britain…was on the
disabled list, June 9-Aug. 21…his only relief appearance was his first outing off the DL.
1998—Began the year on the disabled list (April 2-20) with left shoulder tendinitis…rebounded to start
22 games for Single-A Lancaster with two relief appearances…finished second in the California League
in walks (81) and third in strikeouts per nine innings among starters (10.56)…had 12 strikeouts in three
separate starts, May 16 vs. High Desert, July 7 vs. Visalia and Aug. 19 vs. San Bernardino.
1997—Started 22 games with Wisconsin…had 153 strikeouts in 118.2 innings…beat Quad City 1-0
July 28, posting 12 strikeouts in 8.0 innings…retired the first 12 batters and had faced the minimum 20
hitters before allowing a single with two outs in the seventh inning…it was the only hit he yielded.
1996—Spent his first professional season with Everett…recorded 26 strikeouts in 26.2 innings pitched.
PERSOnAL/MiSCELLAnEOUS
Brian Christopher Fuentes was originally signed by Mariners’ scout Rodney Davis…graduated from
Merced Junior College in 1996 where he was a two-time all-league performer…played for the United
States in the inaugural World Baseball Classic in 2006…was given the nickname “Tito” by his high
school baseball coach…married, Barbara…has four children: Giovanni, Benicio & Gabriella (twins),
and Farrah.
lifeTime piTChinG reCord
Year club W l era G Gs cG sho sv ip h r er hr hB BB iBB so Wp Bk
1996 Everett 0 1 4.39 13 2 0 0 0 26.2 23 14 13 2 0 13 0 26 5 0
1997 Wisconsin 6 7 3.56 22 22 0 0 0 118.2 84 52 47 6 8 59 0 153 11 3
1998 Lancaster 7 7 4.17 24 22 0 0 0 118.2 121 73 55 8 9 81 0 137 14 2
1999 New Haven 3 3 4.95 15 14 0 0 0 60.0 53 36 33 5 11 46 0 66 1 1
2000 New Haven 7 12 4.51 26 26 1 0 0 139.2 127 80 70 7 13 70 0 152 14 0
2001 Tacoma 3 2 2.94 35 0 0 0 6 52.0 35 19 17 4 6 25 0 70 3 0
seattle 1 1 4.63 10 0 0 0 0 11.2 6 6 6 2 3 8 0 10 1 0
2002 Colorado Springs 3 3 3.70 41 0 0 0 1 48.2 44 25 20 0 4 32 1 61 3 2
cOlORadO 2 0 4.73 31 0 0 0 0 26.2 25 14 14 4 3 13 0 38 1 0
2003 cOlORadO 3 3 2.75 75 0 0 0 4 75.1 64 24 23 7 6 34 2 82 2 1
2004 cOlORadO 2 4 5.64 47 0 0 0 0 44.2 46 30 28 5 4 19 6 48 3 0
Colorado Springs 0 0 0.00 5 5 0 0 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 6 0 0
2005 cOlORadO 2 5 2.91 78 0 0 0 31 74.1 59 25 24 6 10 34 4 91 8 0
2006 cOlORadO 3 4 3.44 66 0 0 0 30 65.1 50 25 25 8 6 26 4 73 6 0
2007 cOlORadO 3 5 3.08 64 0 0 0 20 61.1 46 26 21 6 7 23 0 56 2 0
Asheville 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Colorado Springs 0 0 0.00 2 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
2008 cOlORadO 1 5 2.73 67 0 0 0 30 62.2 47 22 19 3 1 22 1 82 1 0
2009 LOS ANGELES (AL) 1 5 3.93 65 0 0 0 48 55.0 53 24 24 6 5 24 2 46 1 0
2010 LOS ANGELES (AL) 4 1 3.52 39 0 0 0 23 38.1 28 17 15 5 1 18 1 39 2 1
Rancho Cucamonga 0 0 0.00 1 1 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
MinnesOta 0 0 0.00 9 0 0 0 1 9.2 3 0 0 0 1 2 0 8 1 0
al totals 6 7 3.53 123 0 0 0 72 114.2 90 47 45 13 10 52 3 103 5 1
nl totals 16 26 3.38 428 0 0 0 115 410.1 337 166 154 39 37 171 17 470 23 1
ml totals 22 33 3.41 551 0 0 0 187 525.0 427 213 199 52 47 223 20 573 28 2
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