Yovani Gallardo
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| Milwaukee Brewers — No. 49 | |
| Starting pitcher | |
| Born: February 27, 1986 | |
| Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
| Major League Baseball debut | |
| June 18, 2007 for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
| Selected MLB statistics (through 2007) |
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| Win-Loss | 9-5 |
| Earned Run Average | 3.38 |
| Strikeouts | 114 |
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Yovani Gallardo (born February 27, 1986 in La Piedad, Michoacan, Mexico) is a right-handed pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. He was selected in the second round of the 2004 amateur draft out of Trimble Technical High School in Fort Worth, Texas. Gallardo has good size for a pitcher; he is 6'1" and 210 pounds, and also shows good hitting ability for a pitcher. In 40 at-bats, he had an average of .250 and hit 2 home runs for a total of 6 RBIs. He regularly throws four pitches: a fastball, curveball, slider, and changeup with a lot of movement. He has an above-average arm with a fastball that touches the mid 90s, but he usually throws in the 93 MPH range with a hard-breaking 80-84 MPH curve that, when he was in the minors, was considered the best curveball in the minors. His slider is also very good, with a late, sharp break.
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[edit] 2006 season
With Single-A Brevard County, on June 9 Gallardo threw a no-hitter for 8 1/3 innings before surrendering a triple; Gallardo finished the game with 11 strikeouts. Splitting time between Brevard County and AA Huntsville, he led all minor league pitchers with 188 strikeouts in 155 innings of work, the most in a single season by a Brewers prospect. His AA line included 13 starts and a 1.63 ERA.
[edit] 2007 season
Gallardo started the season with the Triple-A Nashville Sounds.
On June 14, the Brewers announced the call-up of Gallardo to replace starter Chris Capuano, who was placed on the disabled list with a strained left groin. Gallardo made his Major League debut against the San Francisco Giants on June 18, yielding 3 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings for the win, with three walks and four strikeouts. In Gallardo's first at bat in the majors, he hit an RBI double.
For his second career start on June 23, Gallardo had a no-hitter into the 5th inning. He would later take the no-decision when the bullpen blew the lead in the 8th.
After coming out of the bullpen for three games, Gallardo was inserted back into the starting rotation on July 17 when Brewers ace Ben Sheets went on the 15-day disabled list with a right distal finger sprain.
[edit] 2008 Season
Gallardo started the season on the disabled list. He went on the 15-day DL on March 21, 2008 with a torn lateral meniscus in his left knee. Upon his return on April 20th, Gallardo pitched well during the next three games compiling a 1.80 ERA in 20 Innings.
During his start on May 1, Gallardo collided with Reed Johnson, of the Chicago Cubs, during the 5th inning. He continued to pitch but was later diagnosed with a torn ACL in his right knee. Gallardo was placed on the 15-day DL but may be out much longer depending on a decision on surgery.
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube
