Edgar Huerta

Edgar Ivan Huerta

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 11", Weight 200 lb.

• Born October 21, 1979 in Culiacán, Sinaloa Mexico (per one BR page; 2/19/1980 according to the other)

One BR page, The other BR page

Biographical Information

Edgar Huerta pitched in the minors and for the Mexican national team.

His father was a semipro baseball player. He allowed a walk and a run while retiring no one for the 1999 Mexico City Tigers. Moving to the US as part of the 2000 AZL Mexico team, he posted a 4-2, 3.33 record with 78 strikeouts in 54 innings. He led the Arizona League in K, 10 ahead of runner-up Mitch Walk and was 8th in ERA (between Alex Diaz and Andrew Earley). He was named the league's All-Star lefty reliever, complimenting RHRP Chad Wiles. It was an odd selection as he had made eight starts and only one relief appearance. He split 2001 between the Mexico City Tigers (0 R in 1 IP) and Pericos de Puebla (1-0, 3.16 in 19 G).

In 2002, he went 7-4 with two saves and a 4.47 ERA for the Tigres, then was 4-2 with a 3.70 ERA and 69 K in 56 IP in 2003. He won a Bronze Medal with Mexico in the 2003 Pan American Games. He then signed with the San Diego Padres organization. In 2004, he pitched for the Mobile BayBears (0-2, 9.00 in 6 G) and Portland Beavers (1-0, 1.17 in 6 G). He split 2005 between the Lake Elsinore Storm (1-0, 10.95 in 8 G) and Tigres de la Angelopolis (4-4, Sv, 5.55 in 25 G). The Colorado Rockies' Tulsa Drillers took him in the AA portion of the 2005 Rule V Draft.

He was 3-1 with a 3.67 ERA for Angelopolis in 2006. Back in the US again, he was 1-0 with a 5.19 ERA for the 2007 Modesto Nuts. In 2008, he had a 3-2, 4.86 record for the Tigres de Quintana Roo as the Tigres had now moved. In 2009, he was 7-1 with a 4.30 ERA for the club. He pitched two shutout innings for the Naranjeros de Hermosillo in the 2010 Caribbean Series. That summer, he fell to 3-6, 5.26 for Quintana Roo then was 1-0 with a 5.73 ERA in 2011. In 2012, he had a 3-1, 6.65 record for the Rieleros de Aguascalientes. He pitched in 2013 for the Petroleros de Minatitlan (0-1, 11.42 in 3 G) and Olmecas de Tabasco (0-1, 21.00 in 7 G) and he gave up 8 runs in 1 1/3 IP for Tabasco in 2014, managing a 1-1 record. That ended his career.

Huerta later was a parks manager in Mexico.