Virgil Vasquez

Virgil Vasquez [Virgil Matthew Vasquez] is a retired Major Leaguer Baseball player whose career lasted between 2007-2009. He was most recently the Pitching Coach for Toledo [AAA] in 2025. Vasquez was born on June 7th, 1982 in Santa Barbara, California and is currently 44 years old. He attended Santa Barbara High School [Dons] in Santa Barbara, California. He played 2 years of NCAA Division I College Baseball for the University of California-Santa Barbara Gauchos [Big West Conference] where he was teammates with future Major Leaguer Ryan Spilborghs. He was drafted and signed in the 7th round (190th overall) of the 2003 Major League Baseball Amateur Draft by the Detroit Tigers, receiving a $132,500 signing bonus. Ranked by Baseball America as the Detroit Tigers No. 18 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut ...

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on May 13th, 2007 at the age of 24. Debuted as a starting pitcher for Detroit Tigers against the Minnesota Twins, throwing 2.2 innings, allowing 6 runs, 2 walks and striking out 1 batters. He allowed a triple to Luis Castillo, the first batter he faced. He was teammates with Kody Kirkland for 6 seasons, the most throughout his career. Vasquez played 6 seasons with the Detroit Tigers organization, 2 seasons with the Minnesota Twins, 1 season with the Tampa Bay Rays and 1 season with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He played in the Arizona Fall League (Prospect League) in 2006. He played in the Australian Baseball League (ABL) for 6 seasons [2011,2012,2014,2015,2016,2017]. Led the Big West Conference with 10 Losses and 78 Runs Allowed in 2002. Led the Midwest League (A) with 14 Wins and a 168.100006103516 Innings PItched in 2004. Led the Eastern League (AA) with 3 Complete Games in 2006. Led the International League (AAA) with 2 Shutouts in 2007. Led the International League (AAA) with 2 Shutouts and 27 Home Runs Allowed in 2008. Led the Atlantic League (Ind) with 94 Earned Runs Allowed, 25 Home Runs Allowed and 28 Games Started in 2012. Led the Eastern League (AA) with 3 Complete Games and 2 Shutouts in 2014. Played 2 years of Independent League Baseball between 2011-2012. He was also drafted in the 7th round of the 2000 Draft by the Texas Rangers but did not sign.

Jobs in Baseball: Pitching Coach for 8 years in the Minnesota Twins organization with Gulf Coast Twins [Rk], Cedar Rapids [A], Fort Myers [A+], Wichita [AA] and St. Paul [AAA] between 2015-2022. Pit for 1 year in the Cincinnati Reds organization with Louisville [AAA] in 2023. Pitching Coach for 1 year in the Cincinnati Reds organization with Louisville [AAA] in 2024. Pitching Coach for 1 year in the Detroit Tigers organization with Toledo [AAA] in 2025.

Career Transactions: Claimed on waivers from Tigers by Red Sox on October 28th, 2008. Claimed on waivers from Red Sox by Padres on January 9th, 2009. Claimed on waivers from Padres by Pirates on January 27th, 2009. Traded from Pittsburgh Pirates to Tampa Bay Rays on April 2nd, 2010. Signed a minor league contract with the Los Angeles Angels on January 21st, 2011. Signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins on December 17th, 2012.

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2002	UC Santa Barbara	BigWest	NCAA-1	So	10	20	93	5	10	5.53	19	16	0	0	3	0	1	99.1	112	78	61	8	46	69	12	2	15	1.59	10.15	0.72	4.17	6.25	7.07	1.50
2003	UC Santa Barbara	BigWest	NCAA-1	Jr	10	21	96	4	4	5.11	15	14	1	0	1	0	0	93.1	105	59	53	7	28	71	10	1	15	1.43	10.13	0.68	2.70	6.85	5.69	2.54
2003	Oneonta Tigers	NYPL	A-	DET	-	21	80	3	4	6.92	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	53.1	76	43	41	5	10	35	1	0	0	1.61	12.83	0.84	1.69	5.91	7.26	3.50
2004	West Michigan Whitecaps	Midw	A	DET	27	22	103	14	6	3.64	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	168.1	156	73	68	14	34	120	6	0	15	1.13	8.34	0.75	1.82	6.42	3.90	3.53
2005	Lakeland Tigers	FSL	A+	DET	-	23	96	4	1	4.21	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	47.0	52	23	22	6	7	31	2	0	3	1.26	9.96	1.15	1.34	5.94	4.40	4.43
2005	Erie SeaWolves	East	AA	DET	-	23	94	2	8	5.27	15	15	0	0	0	0	0	83.2	93	59	49	10	14	53	1	0	6	1.28	10.00	1.08	1.51	5.70	6.35	3.79
2006	Erie SeaWolves	East	AA	DET	-	24	97	7	12	3.73	27	27	3	0	0	0	0	173.2	174	79	72	21	50	129	2	0	0	1.29	9.02	1.09	2.59	6.69	4.09	2.58
2007	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	DET	32	25	114	12	5	3.48	25	25	2	2	0	0	0	155.0	139	64	60	18	33	127	1	1	0	1.11	8.07	1.05	1.92	7.37	3.72	3.85
2007	Detroit Tigers	AL	MLB	DET	32	25		0	1	8.64	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	16.2	27	16	16	7	5	7	0	0	1	1.92	14.58	3.78	2.70	3.78	8.64	1.40
2008	Toledo Mud Hens	IL	AAA	DET	32	26	94	12	12	4.81	27	27	2	2	0	0	0	159.0	179	91	85	27	37	115	4	0	0	1.36	10.13	1.53	2.09	6.51	5.15	3.11
2009	Indianapolis Indians	IL	AAA	PIT	19	27	101	7	4	3.93	19	19	1	0	0	0	0	107.2	116	50	47	14	16	72	3	0	0	1.23	9.70	1.17	1.34	6.02	4.18	4.50
2009	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	50	27	83*	2	5	5.84	14	7	0	0	7	4	0	44.2	58	30	29	6	18	29	0	0	3	1.70	11.69	1.21	3.63	5.84	6.04	1.61
2010	Gulf Coast Rays	GCL	Rk	TBA	-	28		1	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.80	7.20	0.00	0.00	10.80	0.00	0.00
2010	Durham Bulls	IL	AAA	TBA	6	28	89	6	2	4.88	12	12	1	0	0	0	0	66.1	74	39	36	9	16	40	1	0	6	1.36	10.04	1.22	2.17	5.43	5.29	2.50
2011	Southern Maryland Blue Crabs	Atl	Indy		-	29	105	8	6	4.25	23	21	2	0	2	0	0	139.2	140	71	66	19	31	80	4	0	0	1.22	9.02	1.22	2.00	5.16	4.58	2.58
2012	Southern Maryland Blue Crabs	Atl	Indy		11	30	97	9	9	4.61	29	28	3	1	1	0	0	183.2	188	99	94	25	47	113	9	0	184	1.28	9.21	1.23	2.30	5.54	4.85	2.40
2013	New Britain Rock Cats	East	AA	MIN	-	31	115	3	3	3.14	7	7	2	0	0	0	0	48.2	42	23	17	4	8	34	3	0	1	1.03	7.77	0.74	1.48	6.29	4.25	4.25
2013	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	MIN	21	31	90	4	7	4.41	23	13	0	0	10	7	1	87.2	100	47	43	12	19	60	2	0	6	1.36	10.27	1.23	1.95	6.16	4.83	3.16
2014	New Britain Rock Cats	East	AA	MIN	55	32	102	6	6	4.09	22	20	3	2	2	0	0	123.1	118	58	56	12	31	92	3	0	8	1.21	8.61	0.88	2.26	6.71	4.23	2.97
2014	Rochester Red Wings	IL	AAA	MIN	22	32		1	1	4.50	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	16.0	16	8	8	2	6	17	1	1	1	1.38	9.00	1.13	3.38	9.56	4.50	2.83
Tot:	MLB (2 yrs)		MLB					2	6	6.60	19	10	0	0	9	4	0	61.1	85	46	45	13	23	36	0	0	4	1.76	12.47	1.91	3.37	5.28	6.75	1.57
Tot:	NL (1 yrs)		NL					2	5	5.84	14	7	0	0	7	4	0	44.2	58	30	29	6	18	29	0	0	3	1.70	11.69	1.21	3.63	5.84	6.04	1.61
Tot:	AL (1 yrs)		AL					0	1	8.64	5	3	0	0	2	0	0	16.2	27	16	16	7	5	7	0	0	1	1.92	14.58	3.78	2.70	3.78	8.64	1.40
Tot:	Minors (10 yrs)		Minors					82	71	4.20	227	215	16	7	12	7	1	1294.2	1339	657	604	154	281	931	30	2	46	1.25	9.31	1.07	1.95	6.47	4.57	3.31
Tot:	Indy (2 yrs)		Indy					17	15	4.45	52	49	5	1	3	0	0	323.1	328	170	160	44	78	193	13	0	184	1.26	9.13	1.22	2.17	5.37	4.73	2.47
Tot:	Rk (1 yrs)		Rk					1	0	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.80	7.20	0.00	0.00	10.80	0.00
Tot:	A- (1 yrs)		A-					3	4	6.92	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	53.1	76	43	41	5	10	35	1	0	0	1.61	12.83	0.84	1.69	5.91	7.26	3.50
Tot:	A (1 yrs)		A					14	6	3.64	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	168.1	156	73	68	14	34	120	6	0	15	1.13	8.34	0.75	1.82	6.42	3.90	3.53
Tot:	A+ (1 yrs)		A+					4	1	4.21	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	47.0	52	23	22	6	7	31	2	0	3	1.26	9.96	1.15	1.34	5.94	4.40	4.43
Tot:	AA (4 yrs)		AA					18	29	4.07	71	69	8	2	2	0	0	429.1	427	219	194	47	103	308	9	0	15	1.23	8.95	0.99	2.16	6.46	4.59	2.99
Tot:	AAA (6 yrs)		AAA					42	31	4.24	109	99	7	4	10	7	1	591.2	624	299	279	82	127	431	12	2	13	1.27	9.49	1.25	1.93	6.56	4.55	3.39
Tot:	College (2 yrs)		College					9	14	5.33	34	30	1	0	4	0	1	192.2	217	137	114	15	74	140	22	3	30	1.51	10.14	0.70	3.46	6.54	6.40	1.89
Avg:	MLB - 162 Inning avg		MLB					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2006	Phoenix Desert Dogs	Arizona Fall League	AFL	24	2	1	2.88	6	5	0	0	1	0	0	25.0	17	8	8	2	5	19	0	0	0	0.88	6.12	0.72	1.80	6.84	2.88	3.80
2007	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	25	1	0	2.25	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	4.0	5	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	1.25	11.25	0.00	0.00	6.75	2.25	0.00
2008	Detroit Tigers	MLB Spring Training	Spring	26	2	0	5.84	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	12.1	17	8	8	1	2	2	1	0	2	1.54	12.41	0.73	1.46	1.46	5.84	1.00
2009	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB Spring Training	Spring	27	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	19.0	16	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0.84	7.58	0.47	0.00	0.00	0.47	0.00
2010	Pittsburgh Pirates	MLB Spring Training	Spring	28	0	1	23.14	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	2.1	9	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.86	34.71	3.86	0.00	0.00	23.14	0.00
2011	Perth Heat	Australia	Australia	29	0	0	1.64	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	11.0	8	2	2	1	1	9	0	0	0	0.82	6.55	0.82	0.82	7.36	1.64	9.00
2012	Perth Heat	Australia	Australia	30	4	3	2.77	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	61.2	56	25	19	6	14	55	0	0	2	1.14	8.17	0.88	2.04	8.03	3.65	3.93
2013	Minnesota Twins	MLB Spring Training	Spring	31	0	0	0.00	1	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2014	Adelaide Bite	Australia	Australia	32	1	0	1.13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	8.0	7	1	1	0	2	6	0	0	1	1.13	7.88	0.00	2.25	6.75	1.13	3.00
2015	Melbourne Aces	Australia	Australia	33	1	4	4.70	13	3	1	0	10	9	2	30.2	28	17	16	4	17	22	0	0	2	1.47	8.22	1.17	4.99	6.46	4.99	1.29
2016	Melbourne Aces	Australia	Australia	34	3	1	3.10	13	2	0	0	11	6	2	29.0	26	10	10	2	9	20	0	0	2	1.21	8.07	0.62	2.79	6.21	3.10	2.22
2017	Melbourne Aces	Australia	Australia	35	0	1	10.80	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3.1	7	4	4	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.10	18.90	2.70	0.00	5.40	10.80	0.00
Tot:	AFL (1 Yrs)		AFL		2	1	2.88	6	5	0	0	0	1	0	25.0	17	8	8	2	5	19	0	0	0	0.88	6.12	0.72	1.80	6.84	2.88	3.80
Tot:	Australia (6 Yrs)		Australia		9	9	3.26	39	18	2	1	15	21	4	143.2	132	59	52	14	43	114	0	0	7	1.22	8.27	0.88	2.69	7.14	3.70	2.65
Tot:	Spring (5 Yrs)		Spring		3	1	3.55	11	1	0	0	1	10	1	38.0	47	16	15	3	2	5	2	0	2	1.29	11.13	0.71	0.47	1.18	3.79	2.50

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2003	UC Santa Barbara	BigWest	NCAA-1	Jr	10	21				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	1.000	.000	1.000	.000	.000	.000	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2009	Indianapolis Indians	IL	AAA	PIT	19	27				20	20	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	23	0	5	.250	.348	.250	.598	.150	.000	.385	13.04	30.43	2.33	0.00
2009	Pittsburgh Pirates	NL	MLB	PIT	50	27	1/	9		14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	36.36	0.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (1 yrs)		MLB							14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	36.36
Tot:	NL (1 yrs)		NL							14	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	36.36
Tot:	Minors (1 yrs)		Minors							20	20	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	23	0	5	.250	.348	.250	.598	.150	.000	.385	13.04	30.43	2.33
Tot:	AAA (1 yrs)		AAA							20	20	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	23	0	5	.250	.348	.250	.598	.150	.000	.385	13.04	30.43	2.33
Tot:	College (1 yrs)		College							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		1.000						100.00	0.00	0.00
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 game avg		Minors							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	College - 162 game avg		College							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

Strikeouts	Walks	Hittable	SO/BB	vs Power	Durability	Team Success
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