- Yusmeiro Petit
Infobox MLB player
width = 150px
name = Yusmeiro Petit
team = Arizona Diamondbacks
number = 48
position = Pitcher
birthdate = birth date and age|1984|11|22
birthplace =Maracaibo ,Venezuela
bats = Right
throws = Right
debutdate = May 14
debutyear = 2006
debutteam = Arizona Diamondbacks
statyear = 2007
stat1label = Win-Loss
stat1value = 4-6
stat2label =Earned run average
stat2value = 5.61
stat3label =Strikeout s
stat3value = 71
teams =
*Florida Marlins (by|2006)
*Arizona Diamondbacks (by|2007-present)Yusmeiro Alberto Petit (born
November 22 ,1984 inMaracaibo ,Venezuela ) is astarting pitcher inMajor League Baseball who plays for theArizona Diamondbacks . Petit bats and throwsright-handed . Petit was originally signed by theNew York Mets as an undraftedfree agent onNovember 15 , by|2001. He was ranked as the #46th best prospect by "Baseball America " in by|2005 and the #69th prospect in by|2006.On
November 24 , 2005, Petit was traded to theFlorida Marlins along withfirst baseman Mike Jacobs , andinfielder Grant Psomas for first basemanCarlos Delgado . He played in 15 games for the Marlins in 2005, starting 1 of them. He went 1-1 with a 9.57 ERA.He was traded to the Arizona Diamondbacks on
March 26 , by|2007, forJorge Julio . He split time between theTucson Sidewinders (Triple-A affliate) and the Diamondbacks in 2007.External links
*Baseballstats |mlb=433589 |espn=6470 |br=p/petityu01 |fangraphs=4020 |cube=p/Yusmeiro-Petit
* [http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/features/05top10s/mets.html Baseball America]
* [http://www.minorleaguesplits.com/cgi-bin/pl.cgi?pl=433589 Minor League Splits and Situational Stats]
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