caption finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date image article_title debutteam name throws
cordero with the toronto blue jays 2012 right santo domingo , dominican republic 1999 august 1 47 -- 53 3.38 796 329 pitcher houston astros win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts saves august 2 11 may 1975 francisco cordero on june 16 , 2012.jpg francisco cordero
 detroit tigers francisco cordero right
francisco cordero

francisco javier cordero -lrb- born may 11 , 1975 -rrb- is a dominican former professional baseball pitcher in major league baseball -lrb- mlb -rrb- .
he has served as the closer for several teams .
on june 1 , 2011 , cordero recorded his 300th career save with the cincinnati reds , becoming only the 22nd player to reach that mark .
cordero is frequently referred to by his nickname , coco , which is a combination of the last two letters of his first name and the first two letters of his last name .
cordero throws a hard fastball -- capable of reaching the upper 90s , and also has an excellent slider that he can throw for strikes early in the count , and which he uses as his out pitch .
he attended colegio luz arroyo hondo high school in the dominican republic .
