Frankie de la Cruz

Eulogio "Frankie" de la Cruz Martinez (pronounced "ay oo low HEE oh") (born March 12, 1984 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a retired pitcher in professional baseball. He played in Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers, Florida Marlins, San Diego Padres and Milwaukee Brewers and in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.

Career

Detroit Tigers

In 2006, he went 5–6 with a 3.43 ERA with the Erie SeaWolves and 0–0 in 2 ¹⁄₃ innings with an 11.57 ERA with the Toledo Mud Hens.

Florida Marlins

On December 5, 2007, the Tigers traded Cruz, Andrew Miller, Cameron Maybin, Mike Rabelo, Dallas Trahern, and Burke Badenhop to the Florida Marlins for Dontrelle Willis and Miguel Cabrera.

San Diego Padres

On March 25, 2009, the San Diego Padres acquired De La Cruz for a player to be named later or cash from the Marlins.

Yakult Swallows

He played with the Yakult Swallows in 2010.

Milwaukee Brewers

On January 13, 2010, De La Cruz signed a minor league contract with the Milwaukee Brewers.

La cruz (film)

La cruz is a 1997 Argentine drama film directed by Alejandro Agresti. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival.

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Cruz (disambiguation)

Real and fictional characters with Cruz as a first or last name. Cruz is a surname of Iberian origin.

Cruz or La Cruz may also refer to:

Places

Brazil:

Chile:

Costa Rica:

Mexico:

Peru:

Portugal:

La Cruz Municipality

La Cruz is one of the 67 municipalities of Chihuahua, in northern Mexico. The municipal seat lies at La Cruz. The municipality covers an area of 1,035.9 km².

As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 3,982, up from 3,844 as of 2005.

As of 2010, the town of La Cruz had a population of 1,671. Other than the town of La Cruz, the municipality had 65 localities, none of which had a population over 1,000.

Geography

Towns and villages

The municipality has 27 localities. The largest are:

References

De la Cruz

De la Cruz is a Spanish surname meaning "Of the Cross". Notable people with the surname include:

Fictional characters:

De La Cruz (band)

De La Cruz were a 5-piece Australian hard rock band, founded in 2011 on the Gold Coast, Australia.

History

De La Cruz were formed in mid-2011 by Australian guitarist and Kramer Guitars endorsee Casey Jones, and Auckland, New Zealand born vocalist Roxxi Catalano. The band recruited Melbourne based drummer Lacey Lane, Brisbane Guitarist Rory Joy and local bass player Dennis Jaculli.

They recorded a self-funded and online released Self Titled E.P in October 2011 along with a video clip for the track 'Lust Fame Money'. The release of this E.P led to a full page article and album review in Classic Rock AOR Magazine. Track No. 1 'Good As It Gets' was featured on Episode 1, Season 6 of hit U.S television show Dexter. Shortly after release of the E.P, bassist Dennis 'Jakki' Jaculli left the band and was replaced by local Brisbane based muso Grant Daniell.

In mid-2012 the band signed a multi-album recording contract with European Record Label Frontiers Records and began work on their debut full-length album.