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Dominican baseball player (born 1992) This article is about the Dominican baseball player. For other people named Miguel Gómez, see Miguel Gómez (disambiguation).

Baseball player
Miguel Gómez
Gómez with the Richmond Flying Squirrels in 2018
New Jersey Jackals – No. 36
Infielder
Born: (1992-12-17) December 17, 1992 (age 32)
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Bats: SwitchThrows: Right
MLB debut
July 7, 2017, for the San Francisco Giants
MLB statistics
(through 2018 season)
Batting average.250
Home runs0
Runs batted in3
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Miguel Gómez (born December 17, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball infielder for the New Jersey Jackals of the Frontier League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the San Francisco Giants.

Career

San Francisco Giants

On May 31, 2012, Gómez signed with the San Francisco Giants as an international free agent. On November 18, 2016, the Giants added Gómez to their 40-man roster to protect him from the Rule 5 draft.

Gomez started 2017 with the Richmond Flying Squirrels and was called up on July 7 to the Giants. He made his debut the same day against the Miami Marlins as a pinch hitter, going hitless in his only at bat. He picked up his first major league hit and RBI two days later. Gómez finished his rookie campaign with a .242/.235/.303 batting line and two RBI.

Gómez played in nine games for San Francisco in 2018, going 4–for–15 (.267) with one RBI. On October 22, 2018, he was removed from the 40–man roster and sent outright to the Triple–A Sacramento River Cats. Gómez elected free agency following the season on November 2.

Milwaukee Milkmen

On November 8, 2019, Gómez signed with the Milwaukee Milkmen of the independent American Association. He did not appear in a game for the team during the 2020 season, but won the American Association championship with the Milkmen that year. He also did not see game action in 2021, but returned to make 38 appearances for Milwaukee in 2022. In 165 plate appearances, he hit .298/.321/.475 with 6 home runs and 22 RBI.

Gómez re-signed with the Milkmen on March 6, 2023. He played in 93 games for the team, batting .296/.335/.429 with 11 home runs and 54 RBI.

New Jersey Jackals

On December 20, 2023, Gómez signed with the New Jersey Jackals of the Frontier League. In 36 games he hit .303/.329/.386 with 3 home runs and 28 RBIs.

International career

Before the 2019 season, he was selected for Dominican Republic national baseball team at the 2019 Pan American Games Qualifier, and later participated in the 2019 Pan American Games.

References

  1. "Giants protect five from Rule 5, add to 40-man roster". November 18, 2016. Retrieved November 19, 2016.
  2. "Why Giants called up Miguel Gomez from Double-A". SFGate. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  3. "Giants outright five players to Triple-A Sacramento". amp.sacbee.com. Retrieved June 22, 2024.
  4. "Minor League Free Agents 2018". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved June 21, 2024.
  5. "Milkmen Bring Home the Championship For Milwaukee". milwaukeemag.com. Retrieved April 8, 2023.
  6. "2023-24 Transactions". frontierleague.com. Retrieved May 14, 2024.
  7. "DOMINICANA". Prē Pan 19 (in Portuguese). Retrieved March 9, 2019.

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