Yolexis Ulacia

Ulacia was born on 6 August 1977 in Trinidad, Sancti Spíritus Province.^[1] He made his Cuban National Series debut in 1988 playing for Sancti Spíritus. In 2001, he joined Villa Clara, where he played until his retirement in 2012.^[2]

After nine seasons in the Cuban leagues (through the 2007-2008 campaign), he had gone 50-38 with 68 saves and a 3.24 earned run average (ERA) in 334 games for Villa Clara.

Ulacia was the winning pitcher in the Cuban Serie Nacional All-Star Game in both 2003 and 2004. In the winter of 2003-04, he led all pitchers with 45 games pitched. He led again in that department with 42 appearances in 2004-05 and 39 in 2006-2007.

After 26 games in 2008-2009, he had 17 saves and made the Cuban roster for the 2009 World Baseball Classic.^[3] In the Classic, Ulacia saved one game and allowed one run in one inning. The run came on a hits by Munenori Kawasaki and Shuichi Murata surrounding a bunt by Norichika Aoki.

Ulacia was 4-3 with 19 saves and a 2.77 ERA in 2008-2009, walking only 9 in 52 innings. He was second in saves behind Vladimir García.

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Cuban baseball profile

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