Cuban baseball player

Aroldis Chapman

Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz is a Cuban-born American professional baseball relief pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds, New York Yankees, Chicago Cubs, Kansas City Royals, Texas Rangers, and Pittsburgh Pirates and in the Cuban National Series for Holguín. Chapman bats and throws left-handed, and is nicknamed "the Cuban Missile", due to his high fastball velocity. A member of the 300 save club, Chapman is the all-time leader in strikeouts for left-handed relievers.

Born

1988

February 28

Died

Living

Era

1980s

Country

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Aroldis, in brief

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Key dates

1988 Born

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What else happened on this day, through history

-202 Liu Bang is enthroned as the Emperor of China, beginning four centuries of rule by the Han dynasty.
870 The Fourth Council of Constantinople closes.
1525 Aztec king Cuauhtémoc is executed on the order of conquistador Hernán Cortés.
1638 The Scottish National Covenant is signed in Edinburgh.

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The world in 1988

When Aroldis arrived

april 10 The Ojhri Camp explosion kills or injures more than 1,000 people in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan.
april 14 The USS Samuel B. Roberts strikes a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will.
april 14 In a United Nations ceremony in Geneva, Switzerland, the Soviet Union signs an agreement pledging to withdraw its troops from Afghanistan.
april 18 The United States launches Operation Praying Mantis against Iranian naval forces in the largest naval battle since World War II.

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Same-day contemporaries

Also born on February 28

Dino Zoff 1942– Italian footballer Francis Hughes 1956–1981 Irish Republican, hunger striker (died 1981) Frank Gehry 1929–2025 Canadian-American architect and designer (b. 1929) Gilbert Gottfried 1955–2022 American comedian, actor, and singer (born 1955) Masato Tanaka 1973– Japanese wrestler Paul Krugman 1953– American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate Peter Medawar 1915–1987 Brazilian-English biologist and immunologist, Nobel Prize laureate (died 1987)

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1988

Rihanna 1988– Barbados actor Artem Anisimov 1988– Russian ice hockey player Ashleigh Murray 1988– American actress and singer Ashton Eaton 1988– American decathlete Benedikt Höwedes 1988– German footballer Brad Sinopoli 1988– Canadian football player Carl Hagelin 1988– Swedish ice hockey player Chris Ivory 1988– American football player Claire Holt 1988– Australian actress

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