Felipe Lira and Benjamin Sampson in CPBL

Discussion in the CPBL News forum

Former Major Leaguer Felipe Lira has signed with the Makoto Cobras of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. The 32 year old was 26-46 with a 5.35 ERA in 163 games (79 starts, 574.0 innings) in seven Major League seasons. In 2003, the right hander was 4-6 with a 4.08 ERA in 13 games (all starts, 79.1 innings) with La Guaria Tiburones of the Mexican League. He walked 16 and struck out 51 batters.

Another former Major Leaguer, Benjamin Sampson, has signed with the President Lions. The 29 year old left hander pitched two seasons in the big leagues where he was 4-2 with a 6.85 ERA in 35 games (6 starts, 88.0 innings). In 2003 with the Tulsa Drillers of the Texas League, Sampson was 5-6 with a 3.68 ERA in 18 games (all starts, 107.2 innings). Before joining the Lions, Sampson pitched with the Salme Avalanche where he posted a 1-2 record with a 3.46 ERA in 7 games (all starts, 39.0 innings). He walked 11 and struck out 33 hitters.

Reply to this topic

Previous Topic

Back to Topic List

Top of the page

Next Topic

About

This is a site about Pro Yakyu (Japanese Baseball), not about who the next player to go over to MLB is. It's a community of Pro Yakyu fans who have come together to share their knowledge and opinions with the world. It's a place to follow teams and individuals playing baseball in Japan (and Asia), and to learn about Japanese (and Asian) culture through baseball.

It is my sincere hope that once you learn a bit about what we're about here that you will join the community of contributors.

Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder

Copyright (c) 1995-2024 JapaneseBaseball.com.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License.
Some rights reserved.