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"This spring we were really pleased, because we didn't quite know [what to expect]," Francona said. "We wanted to see him catch, because we thought we had a chance for an everyday catcher. You never pass up that opportunity. That's why we sent him to Triple-A [to start the season]. He's getting better fast. It's very exciting."
Entering Wednesday, Gomes had logged 84 innings behind the dish and Cleveland pitchers have posted a combined 2.89 ERA over that span. They are 10-2 when Gomes appears.
Gomes is batting .212 on the year with two homers and four RBI over 33 at-bats.
| CBSSports.com Player Ranking | |||
| Position | Current | Last Week | Rating |
| Catchers | 35 | 22.80 | |
| Complete Rankings | |||
| Situational Stats | ||||||
| 5/19/2013 vs Seattle | ||||||
| Situation | AB | H | HR | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| vs Seattle | 4 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 |
| vs Hernandez (Career) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| vs RHP | 19 | 6 | 1 | .316 | .579 | .316 |
| Last 7 Games | |||||||||
| OPP | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SB | ||
| 5/1 | PHI | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5/3 | MIN | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5/7 | OAK | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5/9 | OAK | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5/12 | @DET | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5/13 | NYY | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 5/18 | SEA | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Complete Game Log | |||||||||
| MAY | ||||||
| Sun | Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat |
| 12 @Det W4-3 | 13 NYY W1-0 L0-7 | 14 @Phi L2-6 | 15 @Phi W10-4 | 16 | 17 Sea W6-3 | 18 Sea W5-4 |
| 19 Sea W6-0 | 20 Sea 12:05 pm | 21 Det 7:05 pm | 22 Det 7:05 pm | 23 @Bos 7:10 pm | 24 @Bos 7:10 pm | 25 @Bos 1:35 pm |
| Complete Schedule | ||||||
| 0 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
| Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
| 2012 | TOR | 43 | 98 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 32 | 0 | 0 | .264 | .367 | .204 |
| 2013 | CLE | 16 | 48 | 8 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .521 | .271 |
| Total | 59 | 146 | 17 | 33 | 6 | 18 | 7 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .269 | .418 | .226 | |
| Fielding Stats | ||||||||||
| Year | Team | Posn | G | GS | TC | PO | A | E | DP | FLD% |
| 2012 | TOR | 1B | 20 | 13 | 114 | 106 | 7 | 1 | 7 | .991 |
| 2012 | TOR | 3B | 8 | 6 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 |
| 2012 | TOR | OF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | --- |
| 2012 | TOR | C | 9 | 5 | 35 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2013 | CLE | 1B | 1 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| 2013 | CLE | C | 16 | 13 | 105 | 97 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Total | 54 | 37 | 279 | 251 | 27 | 1 | 9 | .996 | ||
| More Batting Stats | |||||||||
| Year | Team | 2B | 3B | TB | SF | SH | HBP | IBB | GDP |
| 2012 | TOR | 4 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2013 | CLE | 2 | 2 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 6 | 2 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5 | |
| Minor League Batting Stats | ||||||||||||||||||
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | OBP | SLG | AVG | ||
| 2009 | R-GCL Blue Jays | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .471 | .357 | .357 | ||
| 2009 | ASX-Auburn | 60 | 223 | 22 | 66 | 23 | 2 | 2 | 44 | 22 | 37 | 0 | 2 | .363 | .444 | .296 | ||
| 2010 | AFA-Dunedin Blue Jays | 68 | 233 | 37 | 64 | 21 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 9 | 64 | 0 | 0 | .312 | .489 | .275 | ||
| 2010 | AFX-Lansing Lugnuts | 7 | 26 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .290 | .308 | .231 | ||
| 2011 | AA-New Hampshire Fisher | 79 | 276 | 34 | 69 | 18 | 1 | 13 | 51 | 25 | 75 | 0 | 0 | .317 | .464 | .250 | ||
| 2011 | AAA-Las Vegas 51s | 4 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .267 | .286 | .214 | ||
| 2012 | AAA-Las Vegas 51s | 79 | 305 | 44 | 100 | 29 | 1 | 13 | 59 | 25 | 72 | 4 | 0 | .380 | .557 | .328 | ||
| Total | 301 | 1091 | 141 | 313 | 94 | 5 | 37 | 205 | 88 | 265 | 4 | 2 | .343 | .484 | .287 | |||
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