{{short description|American baseball player (born 1978)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox baseball biography |name=Jaime Cerda |image = Jaime Cerda (18606951991) (cropped).jpg |caption = Cerda poses with a fan while with the Mets |position=Pitcher |bats=Left |throws=Left |birth_date={{Birth date and age|1978|10|26}} |birth_place = Fresno, California, U.S. |debutleague = MLB |debutdate=June 28 |debutyear=2002 |debutteam=New York Mets |finalleague = MLB |finaldate=May 25 |finalyear=2005 |finalteam=Kansas City Royals |statleague = MLB |stat1label=Win–loss record |stat1value=3–9 |stat2label=Earned run average |stat2value=4.26 |stat3label=Strikeouts |stat3value=91 |formerteams= *New York Mets ({{Baseball year|2002}}–{{Baseball year|2003}}) *Kansas City Royals ({{Baseball year|2004}}–{{Baseball year|2005}}) }} '''Jaime Magana Cerda''' (born October 26, 1978) is a retired left-handed Major League Baseball relief pitcher. Cerda played previously with the New York Mets ({{Baseball year|2002}}–{{Baseball year|2003}}) and the Kansas City Royals ({{Baseball year|2004}}–{{Baseball year|2005}}).<ref>{{cite web |title=Jaime Cerda |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cerdaja01.shtml |website=Baseball Reference |publisher=Sports Reference LLC |access-date=June 23, 2022}}</ref> Cerda, who is of Mexican descent, played with the Tacoma Rainiers, the Triple-A affiliate of the Seattle Mariners, in {{Baseball year|2007}}, but was released due to his high ERA.
Cerda graduated from Selma High School in California in 1996. He was drafted by the New York Mets in the 23rd round of the {{Baseball year|1998}} major league baseball draft out of Fresno City Community College.
Cerda is married.
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==External links== *[https://www.baseball-reference.com/c/cerdaja01.shtml Baseball Reference Jaime Cerda page] *[http://www.baseball-almanac.com/players/player.php?p=cerdaja01 Baseball Almanac Jaime Cerda page]
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