Alexis Gómez

Infobox MLB player


width = 150
name=Alexis Gómez
position=Outfielder
team=Florida Marlins
number=1
bats=Left
throws=Left
birthdate=birth date and age|1978|8|8
birthplace=Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic
debutdate=June 16
debutyear=2002
debutteam=Kansas City Royals
statyear=2006
stat1label=Batting average
stat1value=.259
stat2label=Home runs
stat2value=1
stat3label=Runs batted in
stat3value=11
teams=
*Kansas City Royals (by|2002, by|2004)
*Detroit Tigers (by|2005-by|2006)

Alexis DeJesus Gómez (born on August 8, 1978 in Loma de Cabrera, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball player, currently in the Florida Marlins organization. Gómez is mainly an outfielder, but also plays as a designated hitter.

Minor Leagues

Gómez was signed as a non-drafted free agent on February 21, 1997. He spent his first 2 professional seasons with the Dominican Royals of the Dominican Summer League. Gómez hit .351 with 51 runs scored and 42 RBIs in 64 games for the Dominican Royals in his 1st professional season. In by|1998, he batted .283 with 1 home run and 34 RBIs while playing 67 games again for the Royals in the Dominican Summer League.

In by|1999, Gómez played 56 games with the Gulf Coast Royals of the Gulf Coast League and batted .276 with 31 RBIs and a career-best 5 home runs. That season he was ranked 3rd in the league for at bats, runs and games played, 5th in the league for hits and home runs.

In by|2000, Gómez played 121 games of high-A baseball with the Wilmington of the Carolina League. He batted .254 and tied for 2nd in the club with 63 runs. That season he also recorded 29 multi-hit games, including six 3-hit games.

Gómez spent the first 2 months of the by|2001 season again with Wilmington, batting .302 in 48 games for the Blue Rocks before earning a promotion to Wichita Wranglers of the Texas League for double-A baseball. He played 83 games, and pounded out 96 hits while batting .281 and also scoring 55 runs. He led the Wranglers in stolen bases] on triples with 16 and 6, respectively. From April 19 through May 10 of the by|2001 season, Gómez put together an 18-game hitting streak for the Wilmington Blue Rocks. During that stretch, he batted .485 (33 for 68) and drove in a run or scored a run in 16 of those 18 games. With the Wranglers, Gómez also had another 18-game hitting streak from July 30 through August 19 in which he batted .368.

In by|2002, Gómez made his Major League debut on June 16, picking up a hit in four trips to the plate. He played 5 games with the team, and went 2-for-10 before being optioned back to the Wranglers on June 30. After being optioned back to the Wranglers, Gómez played the remainder of the season with the team, posting good numbers in the season. He hit .295 (10th in the league) in 114 games, knocking in 75 runs while also hitting 14 home runs. He stole 36 bases (4th in the league) and also hit 21 doubles and 8 triples.Gómez was commended for his superb performance by being named to the Texas League All-Star team at the middle of the season and again at the conclusion of the season. He was also named the Texas League Player of the Week for week between April 15 and April 21. Gómez was also named the 9th-best minor-league prospect in the Texas League by Baseball America following the by|2002 season.

Gómez spent the entire by|2003 season with the Omaha Royals of the Pacific Coast League in Triple-A baseball. He played 121 games, batting .270 for the season and leading the team in triples and in hits, with 8 and 123, respectively. He also slammed 8 home runs and knocked in 58 RBIs.

In by|2004, Gómez played with Triple-A Omaha, where he batted a poor .251 for the season and only racked up 96 hits in 109 games. Gómez had another stint with the Royals at the end of the season backing up center fielder David DeJesus. He played 13 games, and went 8-for-29, also picking up his first Major League RBIs and runs scored.

The Royals then dropped Gómez from their roster, and he was subsequently picked up by the Detroit Tigers at the end of the season. So, in by|2005, Gómez was sent to the International League where he played Triple-A baseball for the Toledo Mud Hens. He performed exceptionally well, getting 130 hits in 114 games and maintaining an impressive .307 batting average.

He made another brief appearance in the majors with the Detroit Tigers by playing in 9 games and going 3-for-16 (.188).

In by|2006, Gómez has played 38 games as of July 7, 2006 with the Detroit Tigers. He started with the team in April and was briefly sent back down to Toledo (AAA) in early May, where he went 24-for-102, batting .235 in 28 games of limited action. However, he again played with the team on June 6 and he has stayed there ever since. However, on July 26, Gomez was designated for assignment. On August 7, 2006, Gomez had four home runs in a game, for the Toledo Mud Hens.

On January 4, 2008, Gomez signed a minor league contract with the Florida Marlins with an invitation to Spring Training.

Major Leagues

Gómez was a surprise addition to the lineup in Game 2 of the 2006 American League Championship Series. He responded by batting 2-for-4 with a 2-run single and a 2-run home run to help lead the Tigers to an 8-5 victory over the Oakland Athletics.

External links

* [http://mlb.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/team/player.jsp?player_id=346796 Gómez at Detroit Tigers]
* [http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6949 Gómez at ESPN]
* [http://www.baseball-reference.com/g/gomezal01.shtml Gómez at Baseball-Reference]
* [http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/players/6949 Gómez at Yahoo]