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Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz (; born February 28, 1988) is a Cuban professional baseball player who is nicknamed the Cuban Missile or the Cuban Flame Thrower. A pitcher, Chapman plays Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cincinnati Reds. He has also played for Holguín in the Cuban National Series. Chapman bats and throws left-handed. He is listed at 6'4" (193 cm) tall and weighing 215 pounds (98 kg). Chapman pitched for Holguín domestically and internationally for the Cuban national baseball team. He defected from Cuba in 2009 and signed a contract with the Reds in 2010. Chapman made his MLB debut that season. He won the MLB Delivery Man of the Month Award as the best relief pitcher for July 2012, and has been named to four straight National League All-Star teams from 2012 to 2015. He holds the record for the fastest recorded pitch speed in MLB history at 105 mph (169 km/h), and also reached 106 mph (170.6 km/h) in another game, although this speed is disputed. On July 11, 2014 he broke the record, previously held by Bruce Sutter, for the most consecutive relief appearances with a strikeout, having struck out at least one batter in 40 consecutive appearances. Chapman's streak began on August 21, 2013, and lasted 49 consecutive games over two seasons, with the 49th and final game being on August 13, 2014. On July 19, 2015 he became the fastest pitcher in MLB history to reach 500 strikeouts. ==Early life== Chapman was born in Holguín, Cuba on February 28, 1988. He lived in a three-room house with his parents and two sisters. His father, a boxing trainer, taught Aroldis to box.〔 A friend of Chapman invited him to join a local baseball team at the age of 15. He began playing as a first baseman until the coach noticed that Chapman could throw well enough to become a pitcher, which Chapman began in 2003. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Aroldis Chapman」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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