Pedro Borbón Rodriguez (born December 2, 1946 in Valverde, Dominican Republic ) is a former pitcher. He played Major League Baseball for 12 seasons (1969 - 1980) for four teams, including 10 seasons for the Cincinnati Reds (1970 - 1979), playing on two World Series winning teams. Borbón was mainly known for being a relief pitcher, pitching 4⅓ scoreless innings during the 1976 National League Championship Series, when the Reds won the series 3-0.

Borbon currently lives in Edinburg, TX

On October 6th, 2009, Pedro Borbon was anounced as one of the new members of the Cincinatti Reds Hall of Fame and will be inducted in the 2010 season.

Borbón's son, Pedro Borbón, Jr. is also a former MLB pitcher who played in the majors from 1992 to 2003, and played on the World Series champion 1995 Atlanta Braves.

A local Cincinnati urban legend claims that Borbon, incensed about being traded from the Reds in 1979, placed a voodoo losing curse on the Reds until the last member of the Reds front office management left in 1990.[1]. In 2002, Borbon admitted that this was a hoax. [2]

[edit] Cultural references

Borbon was referenced in a joke in the movie Airplane! As Ted Striker's inner-dialogue is heard echoing in his mind, it resembles a stadium public address announcement, and he is heard thinking "Pinch hitting for Pedro Borbon...Manny Mota...Mota...Mota" (though Mota and Borbon never actually played on the same team).

His daughter who was born June 9, 1991. Named Marie-Jacqueline Borbon ,is currently a professional model.

[edit] External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• ESPN's recollection of Pedro Borbón in a brawl during the 1973 NLCS.

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