| Robert Corniel | |
|---|---|
 Corniel with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 2021 | |
| Hiroshima Toyo Carp – No. 98 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born:June 23, 1995 Tamboril, Dominican Republic | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| April 1, 2021, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |
| NPB statistics (through August 20,2024) | |
| Win–loss record | 2–6 |
| Earned run average | 3.99 |
| Strikeouts | 135 |
| Teams | |
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Robert Corniel (born June 23,1995) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
On July 16,2012,Corniel signed with the Houston Astros as an international free agent. [1] He spent his first professional season split between the Dominican Summer League Astros and rookie-level Gulf Coast Astros,posting a cumulative 4.50 ERA with 9 strikeouts in 8.0 innings pitched across 10 appearances.
Corniel missed the 2014 season due to an injury. He returned to action in 2015 with the DSL Astros,recording a 5.27 ERA with 13 strikeouts in 13.2 innings pitched across 8 games (1 start). He spent the 2016 season with the team as well,appearing in 18 games and posting a 3.00 ERA with 29 strikeouts in 36.0 innings pitched. [2]
Corniel split the 2017 season with the Low-A Tri-City ValleyCats and Single-A Quad Cities River Bandits,registering a cumulative 4.15 ERA with 36 strikeouts and 2 saves in 34.2 innings pitched across 18 games. In 2018,he pitched in 15 games split between Quad Cities and the High-A Buies Creek Astros,but struggled to a 6.16 ERA with 28 strikeouts in 19.0 innings of work. [3] On June 15,2018,Corniel was released by the Astros organization. [4]
On September 29,2020,Corniel signed with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). [5] Corniel made his NPB debut on April 1,2021. On June 20,Corniel tied Shohei Ohtani for the fastest recorded pitch in NPB history (102.5 mph). [6] The record was later broken on August 13 by Thyago Vieira of the Yomiuri Giants,who recorded a pitch that clocked in at 103.1 mph. [7] In 50 appearances for the team,he posted a 1–2 record and 3.82 ERA with 79 strikeouts in 61.1 innings pitched. [8] In 2022,Corniel made 12 appearances for the Carp,recording a 3.52 ERA with 19 strikeouts in 15.1 innings of work. [9]
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