Maikel Cleto

Maikel Cleto [Maikel Jose Cleto] is a former Major League Baseball Player who was active in the Majors between 2011-2014. His last Major League Baseball season was with the Chicago White Sox in 2014. His date of birth is May 1st, 1989 and he is currently 37 years old. He was born in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. He was signed as an undrafted international free agent by the New York Mets in 2006. Ranked by Baseball America as the St. Louis Cardinals No. 14 MLB prospect in 2026 pre-season Prospect rankings. Made his Major League Debut on June 2nd, 2011 at the age of 22. Debuted as a relief pitcher for St. Louis Cardinals against the San Francisco Giants, throwing 2 innings, allowing 5 runs, 2 walks and striking out 3 batters. He did not ...

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factor in the decision. He walked Eli Whiteside, the first batter he faced. His most frequent teammates throughout his career, based on statistics listed below were Mitchell Boggs, Matt Tuiasosopo and Alejandro Flores. Cleto played 3 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals organization, 2 seasons with the New York Mets, 2 seasons with the Chicago White Sox, 2 seasons with the Seattle Mariners, 1 season with the Atlanta Braves and 1 season with the Kansas City Royals. Played 4 seasons in the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (Mexican Baseball League) between 2016-2021. He played in the Arizona Fall League (Prospect League) in 2010.

Career Transactions: Traded from New York Mets with Endy Chavez, Aaron Heilman, Ezequiel Carrera, Mike Carp, Jason Vargas and Franklin Gutierrez to Seattle Mariners for J.J. Putz, Sean Green and Jeremy Reed on December 11th, 2008. Traded from Seattle Mariners to St. Louis Cardinals for Brendan Ryan on December 12th, 2010. Claimed off waivers from Cardinals by Royals on June 23rd, 2013. Claimed off waivers from Royals by White Sox on February 27th, 2014. Signed a minor league contract with the Atlanta Braves on July 2nd, 2016. Signed a minor league contract with the Chicago Cubs on December 9th, 2016.

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2009

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Seattle Mariners

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2010

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Seattle Mariners

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2011

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St. Louis Cardinals

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2012

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St. Louis Cardinals

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2013

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St. Louis Cardinals

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	tbc+	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2007	Gulf Coast Mets	GCL	Rk	NYN	-	18	84	1	2	5.03	11	4	0	0	7	2	1	34.0	34	21	19	2	25	28	8	0	0	1.74	9.00	0.53	6.62	7.41	5.56	1.12
2008	Savannah Sand Gnats	SAL	A	NYN	20	19	94	5	11	4.25	25	22	1	1	3	0	0	135.2	140	78	64	8	34	81	25	1	0	1.28	9.29	0.53	2.26	5.37	5.17	2.38
2008	St. Lucie Mets	FSL	A+	NYN	-	19		0	1	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	5	5	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	1.40	9.00	1.80	3.60	1.80	9.00	0.50
2009	Arizona Mariners	Ariz	Rk	SEA	-	20		0	1	13.50	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.2	3	6	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	6.00	40.50	0.00	13.50	13.50	81.00	1.00
2009	Clinton LumberKings	Midw	A	SEA	-	20	84*	0	3	5.33	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	25.1	35	20	15	4	11	24	2	0	0	1.82	12.43	1.42	3.91	8.53	7.11	2.18
2010	High Desert Mavericks	Calif	A+	SEA	6	21	91	4	9	6.16	23	21	0	0	2	0	0	102.1	125	81	70	10	44	83	19	1	7	1.65	10.99	0.88	3.87	7.30	7.12	1.89
2011	Palm Beach Cardinals	FSL	A+	SLN	47	22	129*	1	1	2.48	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	29.0	20	10	8	2	10	33	2	0	2	1.03	6.21	0.62	3.10	10.24	3.10	3.30
2011	Springfield Cardinals	Tex	AA	SLN	44	22	104	2	2	3.93	7	6	0	0	1	0	0	34.1	40	19	15	2	12	36	1	0	5	1.51	10.49	0.52	3.15	9.44	4.98	3.00
2011	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	SLN	52	22	113	5	3	4.29	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	71.1	57	37	34	6	43	66	4	1	3	1.40	7.19	0.76	5.43	8.33	4.67	1.53
2011	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	63	22		0	0	12.46	3	0	0	0	3	2	0	4.1	7	6	6	2	4	6	0	0	0	2.54	14.54	4.15	8.31	12.46	12.46	1.50
2012	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	SLN	52	23	121	3	2	5.37	45	0	0	0	45	9	2	53.2	51	35	32	4	22	66	6	0	4	1.36	8.55	0.67	3.69	11.07	5.87	3.00
2012	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	63	23		0	0	7.00	9	0	0	0	9	2	0	9.0	13	7	7	4	2	15	0	0	1	1.67	13.00	4.00	2.00	15.00	7.00	7.50
2013	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	SLN	52	24	97	2	3	6.92	16	9	0	0	7	2	0	53.1	49	42	41	4	53	53	4	0	3	1.91	8.27	0.68	8.94	8.94	7.09	1.00
2013	Omaha Storm Chasers	PCL	AAA	KCA	47	24	97	1	2	3.55	19	1	0	0	18	8	1	38.0	35	16	15	1	21	36	5	0	1	1.47	8.29	0.24	4.97	8.53	3.79	1.71
2013	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	63	24		0	0	19.29	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.1	5	5	5	1	1	5	0	0	2	2.57	19.29	3.86	3.86	19.29	19.29	5.00
2014	Charlotte Knights	IL	AAA	CHA	32	25	115	3	0	5.91	22	0	0	0	22	12	3	35.0	37	23	23	7	15	50	7	0	0	1.49	9.51	1.80	3.86	12.86	5.91	3.33
2014	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	CHA	39	25	94*	0	1	4.60	28	0	0	0	28	9	0	29.1	24	18	15	3	23	32	4	0	3	1.60	7.36	0.92	7.06	9.82	5.52	1.39
2015	Charlotte Knights	IL	AAA	CHA	43	26	127	3	2	3.00	31	0	0	0	31	15	5	51.0	31	17	17	6	24	61	8	0	0	1.08	5.47	1.06	4.24	10.76	3.00	2.54
2016	Laguna Vaqueros	Mex	AAA		-	27		0	1	1.29	14	0	0	0	14	2	0	14.0	9	3	2	1	2	16	0	0	1	0.79	5.79	0.64	1.29	10.29	1.93	8.00
2016	Gwinnett Braves	IL	AAA	ATL	46	27	111*	2	0	2.14	20	0	0	0	20	12	4	21.0	20	6	5	3	13	31	4	0	0	1.57	8.57	1.29	5.57	13.29	2.57	2.38
2017	Laguna Vaqueros	Mex	AAA		-	28	140*	1	2	3.20	19	0	0	0	19	12	4	19.2	11	7	7	0	10	18	3	0	0	1.07	5.03	0.00	4.58	8.24	3.20	1.80
2018.0999756	Laguna Vaqueros	Mex	AAA		-	29		3	3	2.51	29	0	0	0	29	26	13	28.2	18	9	8	1	12	27	0	0	4	1.05	5.65	0.31	3.77	8.48	2.83	2.25
2018.1999512	Yucatan Leones	Mex	AAA		-	29		2	1	3.08	25	0	0	0	25	5	0	26.1	19	13	9	1	14	31	0	0	1	1.25	6.49	0.34	4.78	10.59	4.44	2.21
2018.1999512	Laguna Vaqueros	Mex	AAA		-	29		0	0	1.23	7	0	0	0	7	6	4	7.1	4	1	1	1	2	11	0	0	0	0.82	4.91	1.23	2.45	13.50	1.23	5.50
2019	Aguascalientes Rieleros	Mex	AAA		-	30	121	2	1	5.93	26	0	0	0	26	4	0	30.1	31	21	20	4	11	43	0	0	2	1.38	9.20	1.19	3.26	12.76	6.23	3.91
2019	Tijuana Toros	Mex	AAA		-	30	121	1	0	13.50	11	0	0	0	11	1	0	6.0	9	9	9	2	6	8	0	0	2	2.50	13.50	3.00	9.00	12.00	13.50	1.33
2019	Yucatan Leones	Mex	AAA		-	30	121	0	1	9.22	16	0	0	0	16	4	0	13.2	15	14	14	2	7	16	3	1	0	1.61	9.88	1.32	4.61	10.54	9.22	2.29
2021	Union Laguna Algodoneros	Mex	AAA			32		0	1	14.40	7	0	0	0	7	1	0	5.0	7	8	8	1	5	4	1	0	0	2.40	12.60	1.80	9.00	7.20	14.40	0.80
Tot:	MLB (4 yrs)		MLB					0	1	6.60	41	0	0	0	41	14	0	45.0	49	36	33	10	30	58	4	0	6	1.76	9.80	2.00	6.00	11.60	7.20	1.93
Tot:	AL (1 yrs)		AL					0	1	4.60	28	0	0	0	28	9	0	29.1	24	18	15	3	23	32	4	0	3	1.60	7.36	0.92	7.06	9.82	5.52	1.39
Tot:	NL (3 yrs)		NL					0	0	10.34	13	0	0	0	13	5	0	15.2	25	18	18	7	7	26	0	0	3	2.04	14.36	4.02	4.02	14.94	10.34	3.71
Tot:	Minors (15 yrs)		Minors					41	52	4.73	401	90	1	1	311	121	37	840.2	805	501	442	73	399	824	102	4	35	1.43	8.62	0.78	4.27	8.82	5.36	2.07
Tot:	Rk (2 yrs)		Rk					1	3	5.19	12	4	0	0	8	2	1	34.2	37	27	20	2	26	29	8	0	0	1.82	9.61	0.52	6.75	7.53	7.01	1.12
Tot:	A (2 yrs)		A					5	14	4.42	33	30	1	1	3	0	0	161.0	175	98	79	12	45	105	27	1	0	1.37	9.78	0.67	2.52	5.87	5.48	2.33
Tot:	A+ (3 yrs)		A+					5	11	5.48	29	27	0	0	2	0	0	136.1	150	96	83	13	56	117	21	1	9	1.51	9.90	0.86	3.70	7.72	6.34	2.09
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA					2	2	3.93	7	6	0	0	1	0	0	34.1	40	19	15	2	12	36	1	0	5	1.51	10.49	0.52	3.15	9.44	4.98	3.00
Tot:	AAA (11 yrs)		AAA					28	22	4.65	320	23	0	0	297	119	36	474.1	403	261	245	44	260	537	45	2	21	1.40	7.65	0.83	4.93	10.19	4.95	2.07
Avg:	MLB - 162 Inning avg		MLB					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 Inning avg		Minors					🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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year	team name	league	category	age	w	l	era	g	gs	cg	sho	gr	gf	sv	ip	h	r	er	hr	bb	so	wp	bk	hb	whip	h9	hr9	bb9	so9	ra9	so/bb
2010	Peoria Javelinas	Arizona Fall League	AFL	21	2	1	7.91	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	19.1	31	18	17	1	13	14	0	0	0	2.28	14.43	0.47	6.05	6.52	8.38	1.08
2011	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	22	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	4.0	5	2	2	1	4	3	0	0	0	2.25	11.25	2.25	9.00	6.75	4.50	0.75
2012	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	23	0	0	9.82	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3.2	5	5	4	0	4	2	0	0	0	2.45	12.27	0.00	9.82	4.91	12.27	0.50
2013	St. Louis Cardinals	MLB Spring Training	Spring	24	1	0	1.35	7	0	0	0	7	0	0	6.2	4	1	1	0	6	10	1	0	0	1.50	5.40	0.00	8.10	13.50	1.35	1.67
2014	Chicago White Sox	MLB Spring Training	Spring	25	0	0	1.69	8	0	0	0	8	4	1	10.2	7	2	2	0	3	7	1	0	0	0.94	5.91	0.00	2.53	5.91	1.69	2.33
2015	Chicago White Sox	MLB Spring Training	Spring	26	0	1	11.74	7	0	0	0	7	1	0	7.2	10	10	10	1	6	10	1	0	0	2.09	11.74	1.17	7.04	11.74	11.74	1.67
2017	Chicago Cubs	MLB Spring Training	Spring	28	0	2	24.00	4	0	0	0	4	2	0	3.0	9	8	8	0	3	2	3	1	0	4.00	27.00	0.00	9.00	6.00	24.00	0.67
Tot:	AFL (1 Yrs)		AFL		2	1	7.91	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	19.1	31	18	17	1	13	14	0	0	0	2.28	14.43	0.47	6.05	6.52	8.38	1.08
Tot:	Spring (6 Yrs)		Spring		1	3	6.81	30	0	0	0	8	30	2	35.2	40	28	27	2	26	34	6	1	0	1.85	10.09	0.50	6.56	8.58	7.07	1.31

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year	team name	league	level	mlb	#	age	pos	lnp	tbc+	g	ab	r	h	2b	3b	hr	rbi	sb	cs	bb	so	hbp	sh	sf	ibb	gdp	tb	pa	xbh	1b	avg	obp	slg	ops	seca	iso	babip	bb%	so%	so/bb	ab/hr
2011	Springfield Cardinals	Tex	AA	SLN	44	22				3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	.000	.286	.000	.286	.400	.000	.000	28.57	42.86	1.50	0.00
2011	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	SLN	52	22				10	20	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	8	0	1	0	0	1	3	22	1	1	.100	.143	.150	.293	.100	.050	.167	4.55	36.36	8.00	0.00
2011	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	63	22	1/	98		3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
2012	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	63	23	1/	9		9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
2013	Memphis Redbirds	PCL	AAA	SLN	52	24				8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	62.50	0.00	0.00
2013	St. Louis Cardinals	NL	MLB	SLN	63	24	1/	6		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	100.00	0.00	0.00
Tot:	MLB (3 yrs)		MLB							13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.00	100.00
Tot:	NL (3 yrs)		NL							13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000	.000		0.00	100.00
Tot:	Minors (3 yrs)		Minors							23	32	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	16	0	2	0	0	1	3	37	1	1	.063	.143	.094	.237	.125	.031	.125	8.11	43.24	5.33
Tot:	AA (1 yrs)		AA							3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	.000	.286	.000	.286	.400	.000	.000	28.57	42.86	1.50
Tot:	AAA (3 yrs)		AAA							20	27	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	13	0	2	0	0	1	3	30	1	1	.074	.107	.111	.218	.074	.037	.143	3.33	43.33	13.00
Avg:	MLB - 162 game avg		MLB							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒
Avg:	Minors - 162 game avg		Minors							162	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒	🔒

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