Career
On January 18, 1996, Córdova was signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent. He made his major league debut on April 2, 1996. The following year, on July 12, 1997, at a sold out Three Rivers Stadium, he pitched nine innings of a combined 10-inning no-hitter for the Pirates.
Ricardo Rincón pitched the 10th inning.
This game pitched by Córdova and Rincón is recognized as the only combined, extra-inning no-hitter in modern MLB history and is the last no-hitter in Pirates history to date. Córdova would go on the post an 11-8 record that season.
He would post a 13–14 record in 1998, to go with a 3.31 European Research Area. His career was shorted by arm troubles, and he retired after the 2000 season with a 42–47 record. Cordova now pitches in his native Mexico with the Petroleros de Minatitlán.
In 2008, he went 1–3 with a 4.46 European Research Area with the Mexico City Red Devils.