José Leclerc
| José Leclerc | |||
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 Leclerc in 2017. | |||
| Texas Rangers – No. 62 | |||
| Pitcher | |||
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Born: December 19, 1993 Esperanza, Dominican Republic | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| July 6, 2016, for the Texas Rangers | |||
| MLB statistics (through August 11, 2017) | |||
| Win–loss record | 2-2 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.06 | ||
| Strikeouts | 65 | ||
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José Ramón Leclerc (born December 19, 1993) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Leclerc made the Texas Rangers 2017 Opening Day roster out of Spring Training. [1] He appeared in 10 games before going on the Disabled List May 9, 2017 with a sprained right index finger.[2] Before landing on the Disabled List, Leclerc recorded 18 strikeouts in 11.2 innings pitched. He was eligible to return from the Disabled List on May 18. [3]
Leclerc worked as a starting pitcher for the Frisco Roughriders of the Class AA Texas League in 2015. Leclerc joined the Rangers 40-man roster as a relief pitcher after the 2015 season.[4] Leclerc began the 2016 season with Frisco, and received a midseason promotion to the Round Rock Express of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. The Rangers promoted him to the major leagues on July 5, 2016.[5]
He earned his first career save April 12 vs. Los Angeles Angels[6], entering the game with one out and a runner on second in the 8th inning with a 6-3 lead before striking out Mike Trout and getting Albert Pujols to fly out. [7]
With 18 strikeouts in 11.2 innings in 2017, Leclerc is averaging 13.9 strikeouts per 9 innings. In 22 appearances in his career, he’s struck out 33 in 26.2 innings for an average of 11.1 K’s per 9 innings. [8]
References
- ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=leclejo01&t=p&year=2017
- ↑ https://sportsday.dallasnews.com/texas-rangers/rangers/2017/05/08/texas-rangers-place-jose-leclerc-disabled-list-finger-injury
- ↑ http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/fantasy/news/#player_id=600917
- ↑ "Rangers set 40-man roster ahead of deadline". Texas Rangers. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
- ↑ http://sportsday.dallasnews.com/texas-rangers/rangers/2016/07/05/rangers-moving-pitcher-jose-leclerc-majors
- ↑ http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/rangers-jose-leclerc-picks-up-first-career-save-wednesday/
- ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/gl.fcgi?id=leclejo01&t=p&year=2017
- ↑ http://www.baseball-reference.com/players/l/leclejo01.shtml
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)