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B/T: L/L HT/WT: 6-6/195 Born: September 12, 1982 in San Pedro Sula, Honduras Resides: San Pedro Sula, Honduras How Obtained: Signed as a minor league free agent, 11/29/07

2007: Played at Double-A Akron…Appeared in a career-high 48 games…Recorded two saves, doubling his career total to four…Recorded a career-low in WHIP (1.17) … .219 BAA in 151 AB vs. right-handed batters… .250 BAA vs. lefties in 84 AB…In the seventh inning, with 15.1 innings of work, had a 2.35 ERA and held batters to a .151 BAA while fanning nine…In 11.9 innings of relief 4/10-5/10, he had 13 K, and allowed only 2 R, 8 H, 3 BB, and 0 HR…With bases loaded, did not allow a single hit…In away games, where he held batters to a .179 BAA, he was 2-0 with a save and had a 2.37 ERA in 25 appearances…In five appearances with the Aeros from 8/15-8/31, he had at least one strikeout in each game with a total of 11 K in 9.1 IP.

2006: Started the year on the disabled list after having left knee surgery at the end of the 2005 season...was reinstated and assigned to Single-A Kinston...appeared in 22 games (eight starts)...pitched 5.0 scoreless innings June 8 and was promoted to Double-A Akron on June 14...made three appearances for the Aeros before returning to Kinston...finished the year with 7.0 scoreless innings (two appearances) allowing just two hits.

2005: Started the season with Double-A Akron...made five April appearances for the Aeros posting a 15.00 ERA and was sent to Single-A Kinston April 30...made 17 appearances including one start before earning a promotion to Double-A Akron, July 3...posted a 2.45 ERA (14.2 ip, 4 er) in July...won back-to-back games August 12 and 17...was placed on the disabled list, August 31 with a torn ACL in his left knee.

2004: Started the year with Double-A Akron...made three starts before being placed on the disabled with partially torn tendon in middle finger on left hand, April 22...was reinstated July 7 after making one rehab start for Single-A Mahoning Valley, July 3...made just four more relief appearances before being placed back on the disabled list with the same injury.

2003: Spent the entire year at Single-A Kinston of the Carolina League...made 18 starts and pitched 6.0-or-more innings in 10 starts...tossed a season-high 7.0 innings on three accounts including back-to-back games July 3-9...was placed on the disabled list with left wrist tendonitis July 22 and missed the rest of the season.

2002: Spent the entire year with Single-A Columbus of the South Atlantic League...started the year in the bullpen before making his first start June 9...won six straight decisions from June 15-July 24 where he posted a 1.87 ERA (33.2 ip, 7 er)...led all Indians’ minor leaguers in earned run average (2.75).

2001: Made 13 appearances (12 starts) for Rookie League Burlington before finishing the season with Single-A Mahoning Valley...pitched 5.0-or-more innings in six of his 13 games with Burlington...made his debut with Mahoning Valley in the New York Penn League with a 5.0 inning win, September 1, his final outing of 2001.

2000: Spent the year with Burlington of the Appalachian Rookie League...made his professional debut June 25 and tossed 4.0 scoreless innings allowing just three hits...matched a season-high with 5.0 innings and stuck out a season-high six, July 23.

PROFESSIONAL: Signed by Cleveland as non-drafted free agent, July 2, 1999...signed by Les Pajari (Cleveland).

PERSONAL: Mariano Javier Gomez...Graduate of Instituto Technico, Honduras.

2007 and CAREER STATISTICS

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