Robert Manuel Pitcher

     
 

Born: July 9, 1983
Houston, TX
Height: 6-3
Weight: 205
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Drafted: Not drafted
How Acquired: Claimed off waivers from Seattle
(Nov. 2009)
College: Sam Houston State
High School: Bellaire (TX)

Photo © Robert Tierney

Contract expired (Oct. 2010)

 Scouting Report: 87-89 mph fastball that tops out at 91 mph. Phenomenal command.  Great late life.  Also mixes in a subpar changeup and a subpar slider.  Throws his fastball about 80% of the time.
 

  
   
    Career Stats                                          
  year team lg level org age w l % era g gs sv ip h r er hr bb so whip k/bb k/9
  2005 Sam Houston State Sthland NCAA - 21 3 2 0.600 3.12 21 5 3 66.3 61 27 23 9 16 41 1.16 2.56 5.56
  2005 GCL Mets GCL Rk NYM 21 8 1 0.889 2.06 12 5 0 56.7 55 19 13 2 4 49 1.04 12.25 7.78
  2005 Brooklyn NYPL A- NYM 21 0 0 --- 1.80 2 0 0 5.0 5 1 1 1 0 5 1.00 --- 9.00
  2006 Dayton Midw A CIN 22 0 3 0.000 4.31 13 7 1 48.0 58 27 23 5 4 36 1.29 9.00 6.75
  2006 Sarasota FSL A+ CIN 22 0 0 --- 4.50 6 0 0 8.0 10 7 4 3 2 4 1.50 2.00 4.50
  2007 Sarasota FSL A+ CIN 23 6 5 0.545 4.03 34 12 1 98.3 100 47 44 3 22 93 1.24 4.23 8.51
  2008 Sarasota FSL A+ CIN 24 1 0 1.000 0.00 4 0 0 7.3 5 1 0 0 3 11 1.09 3.67 13.50
  2008 Chattanooga Sou AA CIN 24 5 3 0.625 1.40 47 0 3 77.0 47 16 12 2 15 92 0.81 6.13 10.75
  2008 Louisville IL AAA CIN 24 0 0 --- 0.00 1 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1.00 --- 0.00
  2009 Tacoma PCL AAA SEA 25 1 1 0.500 3.32 15 0 4 19.0 13 8 7 4 6 11 1.00 1.83 5.21
  2009 Louisville IL AAA CIN 25 3 4 0.429 2.70 36 0 10 46.7 37 17 14 2 10 38 1.01 3.80 7.33
  2009 Cincinnati NL MLB CIN 25 0 0 --- 0.00 3 0 0 4.3 5 0 0 0 1 2 1.38 2.00 4.15
2010 Pawtucket IL AAA Bos 26 8 2 0.800 1.68 45 0 13 64.3 46 14 12 4 13 48 0.92 3.69 6.72
2010 Boston AL MLB Bos 26 1 0 1.000 4.26 10 0 0 12.7 10 6 6 5 7 5 1.34 0.71 3.55
   
  Additional Player Info  
  Pronunciation: Man-u-ELL'
First Pro Contract: June 17, 2005 by Doug Gassaway (NYM)
Signing Bonus: N/A
MiLB Debut: June 25, 2005 (GCL Mets)		 Added to 40-man: -
MLB Debut: July 9, 2009
     
  Awards
2008 Southern League All-Star
2008 MLB.com Double-A Relief Pitcher of the Year
2010 International League All-Star		 SoxProspects.com Awards
2010 SoxProspects.com All-Star - RP
 
 

     
 
 		  
     
 
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