José DeLeón Chestaro (Born December 20, 1960 in Rancho Viejo, Dominican Republic) is a former professional baseball player. He was a right-handed pitcher over parts of thirteen seasons (1983-1995) with the Pittsburgh Pirates, Chicago White Sox, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Montreal Expos. He was the National League strikeout champion in 1989 with the St. Louis. For his career, he compiled an 86-119 record in 415 appearances, with a 3.76 ERA and 1594 strikeouts.

DeLeon was Pittsburgh's 3rd round draft pick in the 1979 amateur draft.

He posted a record of 2-19 in 1985 for the Pirates. It was said of DeLeon "that you have to be considered a good pitcher to be allowed to lose 19 games."

[edit] See also

• List of Major League Baseball strikeout champions

[edit] External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

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