Dean Kremer
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Born: January 7, 1996 |
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Representing  United States
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2013 Israel | National team |
Dean Junior Kremer (Hebrew: דין קרמר; born January 7, 1996) is an Israeli-American professional baseball player in the Los Angeles Dodgers organization. In 2015 he became the first Israeli drafted by a Major League Baseball team.
In international competition, Kremer pitched for the Team USA baseball team in the 2013 Maccabiah Games in Israel, winning a gold medal. The following two years he pitched for Israel in the qualifying for the European Baseball Championship, and won the Most Valuable Pitcher award in both 2014 and 2015. He also pitched in September 2016 in the qualifier for Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
Kremer pitched for San Joaquin Delta College in his freshman year in 2014, and was named a Third Team All-American. He was drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 38th round of the 2015 Major League Baseball Draft, becoming the first Israeli to ever be selected in the MLB draft, but chose not to sign. He was drafted again, this time by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 14th round of the 2016 Major League Baseball Draft, and did sign. He threw a fastball in the 90-93 mph range that sometimes reached 94 miles per hour (151 km/h)-95 miles per hour (153 km/h), a slider, a curveball, and a splitter. Kremer pitched in 2016 for the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer Baseball League and the Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League, and had a 2-1 record with a 2.27 ERA, as in 31.2 innings he struck out 35 batters and held hitters to a .176 batting average. He pitched for Team Israel at the 2017 World Baseball Classic.
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