Jorge de León (baseball)

Jorge Luis de León (born August 15, 1987) is a Dominican former professional baseball relief pitcher.

Signed by scouts Julio Linares and Sergio Beltre, De León began his professional career as a shortstop in 2006, playing for the DSL Astros, hitting .230 in 56 games.

De León was the first American League player to achieve this in extra innings in over a century, since Hippo Vaughn accomplished the feat in 1910.

[8] On April 20, 2017, de Leon signed with the Gary SouthShore RailCats of the American Association of Independent Professional Baseball.

On September 13, 2018, de Leon was traded to the Sugar Land Skeeters of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.