Eliecer Navarro

Eliecer Navarro (born October 26, 1987) is a Panamanian former professional baseball pitcher who played in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. He pitched for Panama in the 2009 World Baseball Classic.

Minor league career Navarro began his professional career with the Dominican Summer Pirates, in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization, in 2007. With them, he went 8–2 with a 2.83 ERA in 14 games (13 starts), striking out 85 batters in 70 innings of work. In 2008, he went 4–3 with a 1.42 ERA in 15 starts, striking out 108 batters in 76 innings. He went 4–2 with a 3.77 ERA in 10 games (three starts) for the rookie-level Gulf Coast League Pirates in 2009 and in 2010, he went 2–2 with a 3.12 ERA in 19 games (six starts) for the State College Spikes and West Virginia Power. The Pirates released Navarro in March 2014.

World Baseball Classic In the 2009 World Baseball Classic, Navarro appeared in one game, pitching 1 innings of work. He allowed two hits, two runs (one of which was unearned), posting a 6.75 ERA.