José Leclerc

José Leclerc
Leclerc in 2017
Texas Rangers – No. 62
Pitcher
Born: (1993-12-19) December 19, 1993
Esperanza, Dominican Republic
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
July 6, 2016, for the Texas Rangers
MLB statistics
(through September 23, 2018)
Win–loss record 4–6
Earned run average 2.55
Strikeouts 159
Saves 13
Teams

José Ramón Leclerc (born December 19, 1993) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2016 and became the Rangers' closer in 2018.

Career

Leclerc worked as a starting pitcher for the Frisco Roughriders of the Class AA Texas League in 2015. Leclerc joined the Rangers 40-man roster as a relief pitcher after the 2015 season.[1] Leclerc began the 2016 season with Frisco, and received a midseason promotion to the Round Rock Express of the Class AAA Pacific Coast League. The Rangers promoted him to the major leagues on July 5, 2016.[2]

Leclerc made the Texas Rangers 2017 Opening Day roster out of spring training.[3] He earned his first career save April 12 vs. Los Angeles Angels,[4] entering the game with one out and a runner on second in the 8th inning with a 6-3 lead before striking out Mike Trout and getting Albert Pujols to fly out.[3] He appeared in ten games before going on the disabled list on May 9 with a sprained right index finger.[5] Before going on the disabled list, Leclerc recorded 18 strikeouts in ​11 2⁄3 innings pitched.

In August 2018, after the Rangers traded Keone Kela to the Pittsburgh Pirates, Leclerc became the Rangers' closer.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Rangers set 40-man roster ahead of deadline". Texas Rangers. Retrieved February 17, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Texas Rangers: Rangers add another arm to bullpen by moving pitcher Jose LeClerc up to majors | SportsDay". Sportsday.dallasnews.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Jose Leclerc 2017 Pitching Game Logs". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  4. ↑ RotoWire Staff (April 13, 2017). "Rangers' Jose Leclerc: Picks up first career save Wednesday". CBSSports.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  5. ↑ "Texas Rangers: Texas Rangers place Jose Leclerc on disabled list with finger injury | SportsDay". Sportsday.dallasnews.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
  6. ↑ Wilson, Jeff (August 23, 2018). "Texas Rangers: Jose Leclerc acing first chance as closer | Fort Worth Star-Telegram". Star-telegram.com. Retrieved September 15, 2018.
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