Hiram Burgos

• Milwaukee Brewers (2013 - present)

Alexis Hiram Burgos (* August 4, 1987 in Cayey, Puerto Rico ) is a Puerto Rican baseball player in Major League. He currently plays for the Milwaukee Brewers on the position of the pitcher.

Career

Burgos attended the Puerto Rico Baseball Academy and High School Bethune - Cookman College and the. He was elected to the MLB Draft 2009 in the sixth round by the Milwaukee Brewers. He was in 2012 elected as the Brewers Minor League Pitcher of the Year after he had at various farm teams ( including 27 starts) played a 10-4 record and a 1.95 ERA in 28 games. Overall, he threw 153 strikeouts and 49 Walkes. In addition, he was elected Brewers Minor League Pitcher of the months of April, June and July. The Brewers added him then added to their 40 -man roster. Beginning of 2013 he was appointed to the Puerto Rican squad at the World Baseball Classic in 2013 and won with his team the silver medal, after losing in the final with 0-3 against the Dominican Republic. He made ​​his debut in the MLB on April 20, 2013 against the Chicago Cubs, after it had been added on April 19, 2013 to the active roster. His first game from the start, he pitched on April 26, 2013 against the Los Angeles Dodgers. In May 2013 Burgos had severe problems and gave numerous runs. In the first game against the Cincinnati Reds, he was in three innings from ten runs. In the second game against the Pittsburgh Pirates were three runs in five innings, in which he made eight hits. Shortly after the game he was set due to a shoulder injury from the Brewers on the Disabled List.

Achievements

• Silver medal at the World Baseball Classic in 2013 with Puerto Rico

Private

Burgos is married to his wife Jossy and the couple have a daughter, Pamela.