Alex Graman

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name = Alex Graman
position = Closer
team = Saitama Seibu Lions
number = 54
bats = Left
throws = Left
birthdate = birth date and age|1977|11|17
birthplace = city-state|Huntingburg|Indiana
debutdate = April 20
debutyear = 2004
debutteam = New York Yankees
statyear = 2007
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 0-0
stat2label = Earned run average
stat2value = 18.47
stat3label = Strikeouts
stat3value = 4
teams =
*New York Yankees (by|2004-by|2005)
*Saitama Seibu Lions (by|2006-present)

Alex Joseph Graman (born November 17, 1977 in Huntingburg, Indiana) is a Pacific League baseball pitcher for the Seibu Lions. He bats and throws left-handed.

Alex Graman broke into Major League Baseball with the New York Yankees in by|2004. In his first start against the Chicago White Sox, he gave up 5 runs in 2 2/3 innings pitched. In his next start against the Tampa Bay Devil Rays, he only lasted a third of an inning, giving up five earned runs, but avoided a loss in both appearances. He was outrighted to the Yankee Triple-A club in Columbus after the game with the Tampa Bay squad. He finished the year with a 19.80 ERA.

In by|2005, he fared only slightly better, giving up 2 earned runs in one and a third innings before being designated for assignment by the Yankees and later released. On August 10, by|2005, Graman signed with the Cincinnati Reds. He pitched in 5 games for their Triple-A affiliate, the Louisville Bats, but despite having a 3.09 ERA, he was released on September 12, 2005. In 5 major league games, all with the Yankees, he has pitched in 6 1/3 innings and given up 17 hits and 13 runs all earned for an ERA of 18.47.

On January 15, by|2006, Graman signed a one-year, 50 million yen (about US$467,000 [Exchange rate : USD 1 = JPY 106.97 (End of Mar, 2006)] ) contract with the Seibu Lions. Graman resigned with the Lions after the season and through two seasons in Japan, has an 8-12 record with an ERA of 4.17. Beginning in by|2007, he replaced Chikara Onodera as the closer.

Graman has come into his own as a closer, finishing his third season in Japan w/ a 3-2 Won/Loss record, 29 saves and a phenomenal 0.99 ERA.

His 2008 stats:

IP H BB SO W-L SAVEs ERA 54.2 44 11 39 3-2 29 0.99

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*japanesebaseball|id=2018