Domingo Germán

BIOGRAPHY

Domingo Germán was born on August 4, 1992, in San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic. He is a pitcher in the MLB.

Germán was signed by the Florida Marlins as an international free agent in 2009. He made his professional debut in 2010 for the Dominican Summer League Marlins. Germán played the 2014 season with the Greensboro Grasshoppers, pitching to a 9–3 win-loss record with a 2.48 earned run average (ERA) and 113 strikeouts. In July, he was selected to play in the All-Star Futures Game and recorded two strikeouts in the game.

On December 19, 2014, the Marlins traded Germán, Nathan Eovaldi, and Garrett Jones to the New York Yankees for Martín Prado and David Phelps. The Yankees resigned Germán to a minor league contract during the offseason. They re-added him to their 40-man roster after the 2016 season.

The Yankees promoted Germán to the major leagues on June 10, 2017. He made his major league debut the next day against the Baltimore Orioles. Germán pitched 2 2⁄3 scoreless innings of relief, allowing two hits while walking one and striking out one. In seven relief appearances to finish 2017, German finished with an 0–1 record and a 3.14 ERA.

Germán made his first career MLB start on May 6, 2018, at Yankee Stadium against the Cleveland Indians. He pitched six innings without allowing a hit, allowing two walks and striking out nine batters. Germán was removed after the sixth inning due to his pitch count and not being completely stretched out as a starter yet. Germán became the first pitcher in MLB history with nine or more strikeouts and zero hits allowed in his first MLB start. In 19 games (13 starts), Germán had a 2–6 record and a 5.68 ERA. He was optioned to Triple-A on July 21, 2018. In 2019, Germán made the Yankees' Opening Day roster.

Germán began the 2022 season on the 60-day injured list due to right shoulder impingement syndrome. He returned on July 21, 2022, making the start against the Houston Astros.

Germán pitched MLB's 24th perfect game on June 28, 2023, and the first since Félix Hernández's perfect game on August 15, 2012. Germán's performance marks the 4th perfect game by a Yankees pitcher, the most by a single team in major league history.