Jorge Rubio
Pitcher
Born: (1945-04-23)April 23, 1945
Mexicali, Mexico
Died: June 15, 2020(2020-06-15) (aged 75)
Mexicali, Mexico
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
April 21, 1966, for the California Angels
Last MLB appearance
May 1, 1967, for the California Angels
MLB statistics
Win–loss record2–3
Earned run average3.19
Strikeouts31
Teams

Jorge Jesús Rubio Chávez (April 23, 1945 – June 15, 2020) was a Mexican Major League Baseball pitcher who played during two seasons in 1966–67. He appeared with the California Angels for seven games during the 1966 season, which included a complete game 2–0 victory on October 2 in the last game of the season against the visiting Cleveland Indians where he recorded 15 strikeouts,[1] and three games during the 1967 California Angels season. Going into the 1967 season, he was in contention to make the team's starting rotation but, following a leg injury which cost him over two weeks of spring training, he was surpassed by fellow rookie Rickey Clark. Following the season, he was traded to the Cincinnati Reds with Bill Kelso for Sammy Ellis.[2] During that winter, Rubio pitched in Mexico and, in order to spell his tired right arm, pitched some games using his left arm. He claimed that he had been experimenting with ambidextrous pitching in high school and could throw with "the same speed left-handed" but less control. He continued using his left hand in spring training with the Reds in 1968 but said he planned to use his right hand regularly once it was sufficiently rested.[3]

He died on June 15, 2020.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "California Angels 2, Cleveland Indians 0". Retrosheet. retrosheet.org. October 2, 1966. Retrieved June 19, 2020.
  2. ↑ Burick, Si (December 1, 1967). "Cliche or Not, You Can't Tell 1968 Reds Without a Program". Dayton Daily News. p. 26. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  3. ↑ "Ambidextrous Rubio Says Two Pitching Arms Better Than One". The Los Angeles Times. UPI. March 15, 1968. p. 3. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Jorge Rubio murió este lunes a los 75 años, confirmó la LMB". El Heraldo de México (in Mexican Spanish). June 15, 2020. Archived from the original on June 16, 2020. Retrieved June 16, 2020.
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