Edwin Hurtado

Edwin Amilgar Hurtado (born February 1, 1970) is a Venezuelan former middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1995 through 1997 for the Toronto Blue Jays and Seattle Mariners. He also played for the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball in 1998 and 1998 and LG Twins of the KBO League in 2004. Listed at and , Hurtado threw and batted right-handed. He was born in Barquisimeto, the capital city of Lara state.

In a three-year majors career, Hurtado posted an 8–9 record with a 6.67 ERA in 43 pitching appearances, including 15 starts and two saves, allowing 111 runs (107 earned) on 85 walks and 167 hits while striking out 79 batters in innings of work.

Hurtado debuted with the Blue Jays in May 1995. He tied for fourth in the American League that year with 11 wild pitches. In December, Hurtado was traded from the Blue Jays to the Mariners with Paul Menhart for Bill Risley and Miguel Cairo. Hurtado earned the win on Opening Day in 1996 but had surgery to remove bone chips in his throwing elbow that July.

Hurtado also pitched 13 minor league seasons from 1993 to 2006, including stints for the Orix BlueWave in Japan in 1998 and 1999 and for LG Twins in South Korea in 2004. He also pitched in the Mexican Baseball League.

During his career, Hurtado played winter ball with Cardenales de Lara and Leones del Caracas in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League during 16 campaigns from 1991 to 2006. He won 68 games in the winter league and was twice named the pitcher of the year.

Hurtado is married.