Jeanmar Gómez | |
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Cleveland Indians – No. 58 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: February 10, 1988 Caracas, Venezuela |
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Bats: Right | Throws: Right |
MLB debut | |
July 18, 2010 for the Cleveland Indians | |
Career statistics (through 2011 season) |
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Win-loss record | 9–8 |
Earned run average | 4.58 |
Strikeouts | 65 |
Teams | |
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Jeanmar Alejandro Gómez (born February 10, 1988), is a professional baseball starting pitcher in the Cleveland Indians organization.
A native of Caracas, Venezuela, Gómez was signed by Cleveland as an undrafted free agent.
Since 2006, Gómez 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 Gómez 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.[1][2]
On July 18, 2010 Gómez was called up to the Cleveland Indians from the Columbus Clippers to make his Major League Baseball debut against the Detroit Tigers.[3] He pitched 7 innings giving up 5 hits and 2 unearned runs. He had 4 strikeouts and 1 walk.