Yovani Gallardo
| Yovani Gallardo | |
|---|---|
| Milwaukee Brewers – No. 49 | |
| Starting Pitcher | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| debut | |
| June 18, 2007, for the Milwaukee Brewers | |
| Career statistics (through 2007) | |
| Win-Loss | 1-0 |
| Earned Run Average | 4.26 |
| Strikeouts | 4 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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Yovani Gallardo, born February 27, 1986 in Michoacan, Mexico, is a right-handed pitcher for the Milwaukee Brewers. He was selected in the second round of the 2004 amateur draft. Gallardo has good size for a pitcher; he is 6'3" and 215 pounds. He regularly throws four pitches: a fastball, curveball, slider, and changeup with lots 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 77 MPH curve. In 2006, while in AA Huntsville, he led all minor league pitchers with 188 strikeouts in 155 innings of work, the most punch-outs ever by a Brewers prospect. He finished with 14 starts and an incredible 1.63 ERA. In two spring training innings in 2007, he recorded 5 strikeouts, including Barry Bonds.
On June 14, 2007, the Brewers announced the call-up of Yovani 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, 2007, yielding 3 earned runs in 6 1/3 innings for the win, with three walks and four strikeouts.