My Take
Domingo Germán is one of those pitchers whose career feels like it was written by someone who loves drama — a guy from San Pedro de Macorís, the legendary Dominican baseball factory town, who climbed all the way to the New York Yankees and delivered one of the most jaw-dropping performances in recent memory when he threw a perfect game against the Oakland Athletics in June 2023, only the 24th in MLB history. That alone cements him in the record books forever. His road was never smooth — suspensions, injuries, roster uncertainty — but when he was locked in and dealing from the mound, he had genuine stuff that kept hitters off balance. By 2024 he had moved on from the Yankees and eventually landed in the Mexican League, which is a quieter chapter, but that perfect game? Nobody can take that away from him.
Overview
Domingo Germán Polanco (Spanish pronunciation: [xeɾˈman]; born August 4, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the New York Yankees and Pittsburgh Pirates. Germán was signed by the Florida Marlins as an international free agent in 2009 and made his MLB debut in 2017 with the Yankees.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Domingo Germán
- Name (Japanese)
- ドミンゴ・ヘルマン
- Reading
- どみんご・へるまん
- Born
- August 4, 1992 (age 33)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Leo / Monkey
- Origin
- San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.