Win–loss record 21–21 Name Jeanmar Gomez Career start 2006 WHIP 1.41 Weight 91 kg | Strikeouts 253 Height 1.91 m Earned run average 4.16 Role Baseball player Salary 514,500 USD (2014) | |
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Current team Philadelphia Phillies (#46 / Pitcher) Similar People Clint Hurdle, Terry Francona, Jason Bere | ||
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Jeanmar Alejandro Gomez (born February 10, 1988) is a Venezuelan professional baseball relief pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has also played for the Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates.
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Cleveland Indians
A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Gomez was signed by the Cleveland Indians as an undrafted free agent.
Since 2006, Gomez has played in the minors with the Gulf Coast League Indians, Lake County Captains, Kinston Indians, Akron Aeros, and the Columbus Clippers.
On May 21, 2009 Gomez pitched a nine-inning perfect game for Akron against the host Trenton Thunder at Waterfront Park. It was the first perfect game in Aeros team history and just the second nine-inning perfect game in Eastern League history, dating back to 1923.
On July 18, 2010 Gomez was called up to the Cleveland Indians from the Columbus Clippers to make his Major League Baseball debut against the Detroit Tigers. He pitched 7 innings giving up 5 hits and 2 unearned runs. He had 4 strikeouts and 1 walk.
On April 14, 2012 Gomez was ejected after hitting the Kansas City Royals' third baseman Mike Moustakas. The benches had already been warned after Indian's outfielder Shin-Soo Choo was hit by a pitch.
Gomez got his first major league hit on June 12, 2012, off Cincinnati Reds pitcher Johnny Cueto.
On January 2, 2013, Gomez was designated for assignment by the Indians to make room on the roster for Russ Canzler who was claimed from the Blue Jays.
Pittsburgh Pirates
On January 9, 2013, Gomez was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for OF Quincy Latimore. He was designated for assignment on October 25, 2014 and became a free agent on November 3.
Philadelphia Phillies
On January 12, 2015, he signed a minor league contract with the Philadelphia Phillies.
Pitching style
Gomez is a sinkerballer (89–92 mph), although he has a number of secondary pitches he uses. Chief among them are a four-seam fastball (89–93), a slider (82–88), and a changeup (80–85). Against right-handed hitters, he also adds an occasional cutter early in the count and curveball with 2 strikes, but his main off-speed pitch is the slider. Against lefties, he replaces the slider with the changeup.
Like many sinkerballers, Gomez's key to pitching is getting ground balls instead of strikeouts. As of May 2012, his career strikeout rate is only 5.0 per 9 innings, but more than half of his sinkers hit in play are grounders.