| Jeremy Hermida | |
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Hermida, with the Marlins in June 2007 |
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| San Diego Padres | |
| Outfielder | |
| Born: January 30, 1984 Atlanta, Georgia |
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| Bats: Left | Throws: Right |
| MLB debut | |
| August 31, 2005 for the Florida Marlins | |
| Career statistics (through 2011 season) |
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| Batting average | .257 |
| Home runs | 65 |
| Runs batted in | 248 |
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Jeremy Ryan Hermida (born January 30, 1984 in Atlanta, Georgia) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball, who is a Major League Baseball Outfielder for the San Diego Padres. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.
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After graduating from Wheeler High School in Marietta, Georgia, Hermida was the Marlins' No. 1 draft pick (11th overall) in the 2002 Major League Baseball Draft, signed by Marlin scout, Joel Smith. He was one of the highest-rated minor league players that season, Hermida was a rising star in minor league baseball before being brought up. The Marlins were not looking for him to make a significant contribution the way Miguel Cabrera did when he was brought up from Double-A in June 2003, but Hermida has been compared to Braves' rookie Jeff Francoeur ever since the two were 14 years old growing up in the Atlanta area. Although the major difference between the two players is Hermida's eye for the strike zone, Hermida is one of the rare few in the minor leagues who was encouraged to swing more and walk less.
Called up from the Double-A Carolina Mudcats, Hermida made his major league debut with the Florida Marlins on August 31, 2005. The Marlins promoted Hermida before September 1 so that he would be eligible to be on the Marlins' postseason roster, however the Marlins, who led the wild-card race on September 13, lost 12 of their next 14 games and were eliminated from postseason contention. In his debut, Hermida became the second of only four players in history to hit a grand slam in his first major league at-bat, after Bill Duggleby in 1898, and followed by Kevin Kouzmanoff in 2006 and Daniel Nava in 2010. Hermida is the only player to accomplish this feat as a pinch hitter, coming off St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Al Reyes.
According to the Elias Sports Bureau, the only other player with a grand slam in his first major league at-bat was pitcher Bill Duggleby, who did it for the Philadelphia Phillies at home against the New York Giants in the second inning on April 21, 1898. Duggleby was the winning pitcher that day. However, since then Kevin Kouzmanoff, while on the Cleveland Indians, hit a grand slam on the first pitch of his first major league at-bat against Edinson Volquez, and Daniel Nava of the Red Sox hit a grand slam on the first pitch of his first major league at-bat against Joe Blanton. (Nava was playing left field for Boston in part because of an injury to Hermida, who was injured in a collision with third baseman Adrian Beltre.) Bobby Bonds of the San Francisco Giants also hit a slam in his first game off Los Angeles Dodgers reliever Jack Purdin, doing so in his third plate appearance on June 25, 1968, at Candlestick Park, as did the Giants' Brandon Crawford in the third at-bat of his debut May 27, 2011, off Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Shaun Marcum.
In 2007, he led all Major League right fielders in errors, with 9, and had the lowest fielding percentage among them, .966.
On November 5, 2009, Hermida was traded to the Boston Red Sox for left-handed minor league pitchers Hunter Jones and Jose Alvarez.
On July 31, 2010, Hermida was designated for assignment. On August 31, Hermida was released.[1]
On September 3, 2010, Hermida signed a minor league contract with the Oakland Athletics and appeared in a few games at Triple-A Sacramento before being called to the parent club. He declared for free agency on October 12.
Hermida signed a minor league contract with the Cincinnati Reds on January 4, 2011 with an invitation to spring training, where Hermida competed for a spot on the bench as a left-handed batter/backup outfielder.[2] Hermida started the season with the Reds' AAA team, the Louisville Bats.[3] On April 18, he was added to the Reds 40-man roster and called up to the Reds after Juan Francisco was put on the disabled list.[4]
On August 31, 2011, the Padres claimed Hermida off waivers from the Reds. On September 4th, Hermida went 2-3 at the plate knocking in 3 RBI's.[5]
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