Liván Hernández

Liván Hernández is a Cuban-born former pitcher in Major League Baseball who, over a 17-year career, played for nine different teams and was named to two All-Star Games. He was named the Most Valuable Player of the 1997 World Series with the Florida Marlins. His clubs included the Marlins, San Francisco Giants, Montreal Expos, Washington Nationals, Arizona Diamondbacks, Minnesota Twins, Colorado Rockies, New York Mets, Atlanta Braves and Milwaukee Brewers. He batted and threw right-handed and was known for a slow hook curveball, sometimes below 60 miles per hour, which he used as a strikeout pitch. He is the half-brother of pitcher Orlando El Duque Hernández.