Aroldis Chapman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Date of Birth: 28-Feb-1988
Place of Birth: Holguín, Holguín Province, Cuba
Profession: baseball player
Nationality: Cuba
Zodiac Sign: Pisces 
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About Aroldis Chapman
- Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz (Spanish: [a'?oldis 't?apman]; born February 28, 1988) is a Cuban-born American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB).
- He previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs and in the Cuban National Series for Holguín.
- Chapman bats and throws left-handed, and is nicknamed the Cuban Missile or the Cuban Flame Thrower. 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.
- The Reds traded Chapman to the Yankees after the 2015 season, and the Yankees traded Chapman to the Cubs during the 2016 season.
- With the Cubs, Chapman won Game 7 of the 2016 World Series.
- He signed with the Yankees after the 2016 season. On July 11, 2014, Chapman 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.
- He shares (with Jordan Hicks) the record for the fastest recorded pitch speed in MLB history, at 105.1 miles per hour (169.1 km/h), as well as the Guinness World Record for fastest baseball pitch.
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