Alfonso Pulido

Who is Alfonso Pulido?

Alfonso Pulido Manzo is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. Pulido played parts of three seasons in Major League Baseball, with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1983–1984 and with the New York Yankees in 1986, appearing in 12 career games with a 1–1 record.

Before signing with Major League Baseball, Pulido originally pitched for the Mexico City Reds of the Mexican League. In 1983, he won 17 games for the Reds while only losing three. After winning three games in the Mexican League playoffs, the Pittsburgh Pirates signed him to a contract, and brought him into the major leagues at the end of August 1983, saying that he had "Valenzuela-type stuff". He made his major league debut on September 5 against the St. Louis Cardinals, pitching the first two innings of the game and allowing two earned runs in his only appearance that season. He spent most of the 1984 season in the minor leagues with the Hawaii Islanders, winning 18 games, losing six, and posting an earned run average of 2.54. In his lone major league appearance of 1984, he pitched for two innings against the Cardinals, allowing two runs on three hits.