Eliecer Navarro (born 26 October 1987 in

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) is a minor league baseball pitcher in the

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organization. He pitched for

in the

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Minor league career

Navarro began his professional career with the Dominican Summer Pirates, in the

organization, in 2007. With them, he went 8–2 with a 2.83 ERA in 14 games (13 starts), striking out 85 batters in 70 innings of work. In 2008, he went 4–3 with a 1.42 ERA in 15 starts, striking out 108 batters in 76 innings. He went 4–2 with a 3.77 ERA in 10 games (three starts) for the

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in 2009 and in 2010, he went 2–2 with a 3.12 ERA in 19 games (six starts) for the

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and

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. The Pirates released Navarro in March 2014.

World Baseball Classic

In the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Navarro appeared in one game, pitching 1 innings of work. He allowed two hits, two runs (one of which was unearned), posting a 6.75 ERA.

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Living people 1987 births Baseball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Panama 2009 World Baseball Classic players Gulf Coast Pirates players State College Spikes players West Virginia Power players Bradenton Marauders players Sportspeople from Chiriquí Province Altoona Curve players Panamanian expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic Indios de Mayagüez players Panamanian expatriate baseball players in the United States Gigantes de Carolina (baseball) players Dominican Summer League Pirates players Panamanian expatriate baseball players in Puerto Rico {{Panama-baseball-bio-stub