Adam Liberatore

Adam Joseph Liberatore

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 6' 3", Weight 210 lb.
• School Tennessee Tech
• High School Blackhawk High School
• Debut April 17, 2015
• Final Game June 20, 2018
• Born May 12, 1987 in Bellflower, CA USA

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Biographical Information

Adam Liberatore came to the minors in 2010 and made his major league debut in 2015.

Liberatore was a Western Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic League as a senior. As a college freshman, he was 0-1, then 3-3 with a 8.42 ERA as a sophomore. His junior year, he went 1-2 then was Pitcher of the Year in the Valley Baseball League after going 6-1 in the summer. He began 2009 very well, going 2-0 with no earned runs in 17 innings before an elbow injury ended his season early. As a redshirt senior, the left-hander had a 6-4, 5.30 record. The Tampa Bay Rays picked him in the 21st round of the 2010 amateur draft.

Liberatore made his pro debut with the Hudson Valley Renegades on June 24, 2010. He worked 2/3 of an inning and allowed two hits, two walks and two unearned runs.

On November 20­, 2014, he was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers along with Joel Peralta in return for Ps Jose Dominguez and Greg Harris. He did not wait long to make his debut for his new team, as less than two weeks into the 2015 season, on April 17th, he pitched a scoreless inning of relief against the Colorado Rockies. He pitched 39 times, going 2-2, 4.25 with 29 strikeouts in 29 2/3 innings but was not used in the postseason.

Adam had a tremendous season for the Dodgers in 2016. On July 22nd, he pitched his 28th consecutive scoreless outing, and at that point had allowed a run in only one of his 42 appearances, giving him an ERA of 0.54 at that point.

On May 4, with the 2018 Dodgers, he pitched the 9th inning of a combined no-hitter over the San Diego Padres. Walker Buehler had started the game by holding them hitless for six innings and Tony Cingrani and Yimi Garcia had followed with a hitless inning each. Adam thus had the distinction of finishing what was the first no-hitter ever pitched outside the United States or Canada as the game was played at Estadio de béisbol Monterrey in Monterrey, Nuevo León.

Liberatore posted an ERA with the 2018 Dodgers of 2.77. On September 5, 2018, he was released by the Dodgers, and that same month he had surgery on his left knee. Although he hoped to find a new team by spring, that did not happen and he did not seem to be in professional baseball in 2019.

Related Sites

• Adam Liberatore on mlb.com
• BR Minors page
• Tennessee Tech bio