What years did Yovani Gallardo play?

Yovani Gallardo played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2018.

Was Yovani Gallardo a pitcher?

Yes. Yovani Gallardo pitched in the major leagues, recording 121 wins and 1584 strikeouts.

How many home runs did Yovani Gallardo hit?

Yovani Gallardo hit 12 career home runs with 86 hits.

What teams did Yovani Gallardo play for?

Yovani Gallardo played for 5 teams: the Milwaukee Brewers (2007–2014), the Texas Rangers (2015, 2018), the Baltimore Orioles (2016), the Seattle Mariners (2017), and the Cincinnati Reds (2018).

Did Yovani Gallardo win a Cy Young Award?

No. Yovani Gallardo did not win the Cy Young Award.

What awards did Yovani Gallardo win?

Yovani Gallardo won the Silver Slugger award (2010). He was selected to 1 All-Star Game.

What were Yovani Gallardo's career stats?

In 319 games, Yovani Gallardo went 121-101 with a 4.06 ERA, 1,584 strikeouts, 1,816.2 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 86 hits and 12 home runs.

What was Yovani Gallardo's salary?

Yovani Gallardo's last recorded salary was $8,728,776, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $14,000,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $404,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.

What position did Yovani Gallardo play?

Yovani Gallardo played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.

How tall was Yovani Gallardo and how much did he weigh?

Yovani Gallardo was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 205 pounds.

What was Yovani Gallardo's career ERA?

Yovani Gallardo finished with a 4.06 career ERA, going 121-101 with 1,584 strikeouts.

How many strikeouts did Yovani Gallardo have?

Yovani Gallardo recorded 1,584 career strikeouts.

Is Yovani Gallardo in the Hall of Fame?

No. Yovani Gallardo has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Yovani Gallardo

Pitcher · Career Stats, Bio & Records (2007-2018)

Yovani Gallardo was a pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2018 for 5 teams, including the Milwaukee Brewers, a span of 12 seasons. Across 319 career appearances, he went 121-101 with a 4.06 ERA and 1,584 strikeouts. He also batted .201 with 12 home runs. Yovani Gallardo was an All-Star and a Silver Slugger. His career Pitcher PIV — Baseball Data Hub's era-adjusted measure of pitching impact — is 2039.4.

W (Wins):: Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
ERA (Earned Run Average):: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched: (ER × 9) ÷ IP. The primary measure of pitching effectiveness.
SO (Strikeouts):: For a batter, times retired on a third strike; for a pitcher, batters retired on a third strike.
WHIP (Walks and Hits per Inning Pitched):: Baserunners allowed per inning: (BB + H) ÷ IP. Under 1.00 is elite.

Data updated October 17, 2026

W–L 121–101

ERA 4.06

WHIP 1.37

SO 1,584

Pitcher PIV 2039.4

Position: Pitcher
Bats / Throws: R / R
Height / Weight: 6'2" / 205 lb
Born: 2/27/1986 in La Piedad, Michoacán, México
MLB Debut: 2007-06-18
Last Game: 2018-09-30
Awards: All-Star · Silver Slugger

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Career Pitching Statistics

Yovani Gallardo — Career Pitching Statistics
W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	HR	BB	SO	ERA	Pitcher PIV
121	101	319	307	4	3	1	1816.2	1,770	820	205	710	1,584	4.06	2039.4

Career ERA 4.06 vs. league average 4.12 across their career seasons — near league average.

Season-by-Season Pitching

Pitching Career Arc

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Yovani Gallardo Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	W	L	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA	Lg ERA	Pitcher PIV
2007	MIL	NL	9	5	20	17	0	0	0	110.1	103	45	37	101	3.67	4.47 (+18%)	2993.8
2008	MIL	NL	0	0	4	4	0	0	0	24.0	22	5	8	20	1.88	4.32 (+57%)	140.8
2009	MIL	NL	13	12	30	30	1	0	0	185.2	150	77	94	204	3.73	4.32 (+14%)	1697.0
2010	MIL	NL	14	7	31	31	2	2	0	185.0	178	79	75	200	3.84	4.08 (+6%)	5064.2
2011	MIL	NL	17	10	33	33	1	1	0	207.1	193	81	59	207	3.52	3.94 (+11%)	1906.3
2012	MIL	NL	16	9	33	33	0	0	0	204.0	185	83	81	204	3.66	4.01 (+9%)	381.9
2013	MIL	NL	12	10	31	31	0	0	0	180.2	180	84	66	144	4.18	3.87 (-8%)	-132.1
2014	MIL	NL	8	11	32	32	0	0	0	192.1	195	75	54	146	3.51	3.74 (+6%)	-949.7
2015	TEX	AL	13	11	33	33	0	0	0	184.1	193	70	68	121	3.42	3.96 (+14%)	-184.8
2016	BAL	AL	6	8	23	23	0	0	0	118.0	126	71	61	85	5.42	4.19 (-29%)	-2522.2
2017	SEA	AL	5	10	28	22	0	0	1	130.2	138	83	60	94	5.72	4.36 (-31%)	-3828.8
2018	CIN	NL	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2.1	8	8	4	2	30.86	—	0.0
2018	TEX	AL	8	8	18	18	0	0	0	92.0	99	59	43	56	5.77	4.15 (-39%)	-2527.1
Career · 13 seasons			121	101	319	307	4	3	1	1,816.2	1,770	820	710	1,584	4.06	—	2,039

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Career Batting Statistics

Yovani Gallardo — Career Batting Statistics
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	PIV
326	427	37	86	21	0	12	42	0	13	149	.201	.228	.335	.563	-1,597

Career AVG .201 vs. league average .257 across their career seasons — 21.5% below league average.

Career OBP .228 vs. league average .323 across their career seasons — 29.5% below league average.

Career SLG .335 vs. league average .409 across their career seasons — 18.1% below league average.

Career OPS .563 vs. league average .732 across their career seasons — 23.1% below league average.

Season-by-Season Batting

Career Arc

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Yovani Gallardo Stats, Bio & Career Records
Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	Lg AVG	Lg OBP	Lg SLG	Lg OPS	PIV
2007	MIL	NL	20	40	5	10	3	2	6	1	10	.250	—	—	—	—	0.0
2008	MIL	NL	4	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.111	—	—	—	—	0.0
2009	MIL	NL	31	58	6	10	2	2	8	2	23	.172	.262 (-34%)	.332 (-41%)	.417 (-26%)	.750 (-32%)	-334.3
2010	MIL	NL	33	63	7	16	4	4	10	5	17	.254	.257 (-1%)	.325 (+1%)	.402 (+26%)	.728 (+15%)	154.0
2011	MIL	NL	33	68	10	15	4	1	4	3	24	.221	.255 (-14%)	.320 (-21%)	.399 (-19%)	.719 (-20%)	-221.9
2012	MIL	NL	33	67	3	11	3	1	9	0	25	.164	.254 (-35%)	.318 (-49%)	.405 (-37%)	.724 (-42%)	-461.3
2013	MIL	NL	33	57	4	12	2	2	4	0	29	.211	.253 (-17%)	.317 (-34%)	.396 (-11%)	.714 (-21%)	-206.5
2014	MIL	NL	33	54	1	6	1	0	1	1	18	.111	.251 (-56%)	.313 (-59%)	.386 (-66%)	.700 (-63%)	-527.0
2015	TEX	AL	33	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2016	BAL	AL	24	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2017	SEA	AL	28	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.500	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	CIN	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
2018	TEX	AL	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	—	—	—	—	0.0
Career · 13 seasons			326	427	37	86	21	12	42	13	149	.201	—	—	—	—	-1,597

Lg columns show the league average for that season, with the player's figure as a percentage above or below it. Career totals the seasons listed above.

Postseason Statistics

Playoff Career Batting

Yovani Gallardo — Playoff Career Batting
G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG
6	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	.000

Playoff Batting by Year

Yovani Gallardo — Playoff Batting by Year
Year	Round	Team	G	AB	RBI	SO	AVG
2015	ALDS2	TEX	1	0	0	0	.000
2011	NLCS	MIL	1	1	1	0	.000
2011	NLDS2	MIL	2	5	0	1	.000
2008	NLDS2	MIL	2	1	0	0	.000

Playoff Career Pitching

Yovani Gallardo — Playoff Career Pitching
W	L	G	GS	SV	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2	2	6	5	0	31.0	26	8	14	21	2.32

Playoff Pitching by Year

Yovani Gallardo — Playoff Pitching by Year
Year	Round	Team	W	L	G	GS	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
2015	ALDS2	TEX	1	0	1	1	5.0	4	2	1	1	3.60
2011	NLCS	MIL	0	1	1	1	5.0	8	4	5	2	7.20
2011	NLDS2	MIL	1	0	2	2	14.0	10	2	3	14	1.29
2008	NLDS2	MIL	0	1	2	1	7.0	4	0	5	4	0.00

Game Log & Splits

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Per-game data from Retrosheet (regular season, through 2025).

Batting — Home / Away

Yovani Gallardo — Batting — Home / Away
Split	G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG
Home	164	213	26	50	8	28	.235
Away	162	214	11	36	4	14	.168

Pitching — Home / Away

Yovani Gallardo — Pitching — Home / Away
Split	G	IP	H	ER	BB	SO	ERA
Home	160	929.1	888	409	350	841	3.96
Away	159	887.1	882	411	360	743	4.17

Last 10 Games — Batting

Yovani Gallardo — Last 10 Games — Batting
Date	Tm	Opp	Res	AB
2018-09-30	TEX	SEA	L	0
2018-09-25	TEX	LAA	L	0
2018-09-18	TEX	TBR	L	0
2018-09-12	TEX	LAA	L	0
2018-09-07	TEX	OAK	L	0
2018-09-01	TEX	MIN	W	0
2018-08-26	TEX	SFG	L	1
2018-08-19	TEX	LAA	W	0
2018-08-14	TEX	AZ	L	0
2018-08-08	TEX	SEA	W	0

Last 10 Games — Pitching

Yovani Gallardo — Last 10 Games — Pitching
Date	Tm	Opp	Dec	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
2018-09-30	TEX	SEA	L	4.1	6	3	3	1	3	0
2018-09-25	TEX	LAA	L	5.1	3	2	2	3	2	0
2018-09-18	TEX	TBR	L	5.0	8	3	3	3	3	1
2018-09-12	TEX	LAA	L	3.0	6	6	6	1	4	1
2018-09-07	TEX	OAK	L	4.1	6	5	5	5	3	2
2018-09-01	TEX	MIN	W	5.0	6	3	3	1	1	1
2018-08-26	TEX	SFG	L	5.0	4	3	3	3	3	0
2018-08-19	TEX	LAA	—	6.0	6	2	2	1	6	0
2018-08-14	TEX	AZ	L	3.1	6	4	4	3	1	1
2018-08-08	TEX	SEA	W	6.0	3	2	2	3	2	1

Fielding Statistics

Career Fielding Totals by Position

Yovani Gallardo — Career Fielding Totals by Position
Position	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
P	319	307	119	229	7	20

Season-by-Season Fielding

Yovani Gallardo — Season-by-Season Fielding
Year	Team	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	E	DP
2007	MIL	P	20	17	12	13	1	0
2008	MIL	P	4	4	1	4	0	1
2009	MIL	P	30	30	7	20	0	1
2010	MIL	P	31	31	12	24	1	2
2011	MIL	P	33	33	12	30	2	3
2012	MIL	P	33	33	13	27	1	3
2013	MIL	P	31	31	14	22	1	1
2014	MIL	P	32	32	14	26	0	2
2015	TEX	P	33	33	17	21	1	2
2016	BAL	P	23	23	4	14	0	0
2017	SEA	P	28	22	8	17	0	2
2018	CIN	P	3	0	0	0	0	0
2018	TEX	P	18	18	5	11	0	3

Career Games by Position

Position Diamond

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Yovani Gallardo Stats, Bio & Career Records
Position	Games
Pitcher	319

Awards & Honors

Yovani Gallardo — Awards & Honors
Year	Award	Notes
2010	Silver Slugger	P

Salary History

Yovani Gallardo's recorded salaries total $52,496,776 over 9 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Gallardo's career ran from 2007 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2007.

Yovani Gallardo — Salary History
Year	Team	League	Salary
2016	BAL	AL	$8,728,776
2015	TEX	AL	$14,000,000
2014	MIL	NL	$11,250,000
2013	MIL	NL	$8,000,000
2012	MIL	NL	$5,750,000
2011	MIL	NL	$3,500,000
2010	MIL	NL	$450,000
2009	MIL	NL	$414,000
2008	MIL	NL	$404,000
Total recorded salary (partial)			$52,496,776

Award Voting History

Yovani Gallardo — Award Voting History
Year	Award	League	Finish	Points Won	Points Max	Votes First
2011	Cy Young Award	NL	7th	5.0	224	0

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Career Spans

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Yovani Gallardo: the record in brief

Yovani Gallardo's major league career runs from a debut on June 18, 2007 to a final game on September 30, 2018. Club by club, the record runs the Milwaukee Brewers (2007 to 2014), the Texas Rangers (2015 through 2018), the Baltimore Orioles (2016), the Seattle Mariners (2017), and the Cincinnati Reds (2018). Gallardo played primarily as a pitcher and both batted and threw right-handed. The bio adds a birth date on February 27, 1986, in La Piedad, Michoacán, México and a listed size of 205 pounds on a 6-foot-2 frame.

The pitching table credits Gallardo with a 121-101 record and a 4.06 ERA in 319 games. The same table counts 1,584 strikeouts. Gallardo's 4.06 ERA was close to the 4.12 league figure for those seasons. Gallardo won 17 games in 2011, the most of any season listed. Among the heaviest workloads, the lowest ERA was 3.42 in 2015, when the league's was 3.96. Gallardo's career Pitcher PIV, which scores run prevention against each season's league, is 2,039.4.

Frequently Asked Questions about Yovani Gallardo

What years did Yovani Gallardo play?: Yovani Gallardo played in Major League Baseball from 2007 to 2018.
Was Yovani Gallardo a pitcher?: Yes. Yovani Gallardo pitched in the major leagues, recording 121 wins and 1584 strikeouts.
How many home runs did Yovani Gallardo hit?: Yovani Gallardo hit 12 career home runs with 86 hits.
What teams did Yovani Gallardo play for?: Yovani Gallardo played for 5 teams: the Milwaukee Brewers (2007–2014), the Texas Rangers (2015, 2018), the Baltimore Orioles (2016), the Seattle Mariners (2017), and the Cincinnati Reds (2018).
Did Yovani Gallardo win a Cy Young Award?: No. Yovani Gallardo did not win the Cy Young Award.
What awards did Yovani Gallardo win?: Yovani Gallardo won the Silver Slugger award (2010). He was selected to 1 All-Star Game.
What were Yovani Gallardo's career stats?: In 319 games, Yovani Gallardo went 121-101 with a 4.06 ERA, 1,584 strikeouts, 1,816.2 innings pitched, and 1 saves. At the plate he had 86 hits and 12 home runs.
How much did Yovani Gallardo earn in his career?: Yovani Gallardo's recorded salaries total $52,496,776 over 9 seasons, 2008 to 2016. This total is partial: the salary data covers 1985 to 2016, and Gallardo's career ran from 2007 to 2018. His seasons after 2016 are not included, and no salary is recorded for 2007.
What was Yovani Gallardo's salary?: Yovani Gallardo's last recorded salary was $8,728,776, in 2016. His highest recorded salary was $14,000,000, in 2015, and his lowest was $404,000, in 2008. The Salary History table lists each season from 2008 to 2016.
What position did Yovani Gallardo play?: Yovani Gallardo played primarily as a pitcher, the position where he appeared in the most games.
How tall was Yovani Gallardo and how much did he weigh?: Yovani Gallardo was listed at 6 feet 2 inches and 205 pounds.
What was Yovani Gallardo's career ERA?: Yovani Gallardo finished with a 4.06 career ERA, going 121-101 with 1,584 strikeouts.
How many strikeouts did Yovani Gallardo have?: Yovani Gallardo recorded 1,584 career strikeouts.
Is Yovani Gallardo in the Hall of Fame?: No. Yovani Gallardo has not been inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.