Pedro Florimón

Pedro Alexander Florimon Jr.

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 6' 2", Weight 180 lb.

• Debut September 10, 2011
• Final Game September 27, 2018
• Born December 10, 1986 in La Romana, La Romana D.R.

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Biographical Information

Pedro Florimon was signed by the Baltimore Orioles and scout Carlos Bernhardt in 2004. He reached the majors for a cup of coffee with the Orioles in September of 2011, going 1 for 8 in 4 games. Following the season, he was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins. After hitting .219 in 43 games in 2012, he spent his only major league season as a regular in 2013 when he played 134 games and started 127 of them at shortstop. He hit just .221 with an OBP of .281, so he could not keep the job, even if his fielding was good. In 2014, he slumped his way out of the Twins' longer-term plans when he hit just .092 in 33 games.

Pedro re-surfaced with the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2015, but again could not even reach the .100 mark with the bat, hitting .087. He improved to .208 in 18 games in 2016, but spent most of those two seasons in the minors. He then joined the Philadelphia Phillies in 2017 and out of nowhere found his hitting stroke, hitting .348, albeit in just 15 games and 46 at-bats.

Normally a utility infielder, Florimon got to show his versality with the Phillies in 2018 by appearing on the mound twice in the first two months of the season. On March 31st, he allowed a couple of runs in an inning of mop-up work in a 15-2 loss to the Atlanta Braves, then on May 18th, he pitched a 1-2-3 inning as the Phils lost to the St. Louis Cardinals, 12-4. In that game, he had the distinction of homering as a pitcher, since he came to bat in the 9th inning after his turn on the mound in the 8th and hit a long ball of Mike Mayers. He had started the game at shortstop and gone 0 for 3 before that hit. On May 29th, he fouled a ball off his foot, breaking a bone and putting him on the disabled list.

Related Sites

• Pedro Florimon on mlb.com