Mat Gamel #24

Is married ... wife's name is Julianne ... the couple has two daughters, Audrey and Tatum. Graduated from Bishop Kenny (FL) High School. Attended Chipola Junior College. His younger brother, Ben, is an outfielder in the Yankees organization (drafted in 2010). Enjoys fishing, hunting and surfing.

2012

Appeared in 21 games with the Brewers, including 20 starts at first base (.246, 1hr, 6rbi). Made his first Opening Day roster. Was placed on the 15-day disabled list on 5/4 with a torn ACL in his right knee ... suffered the injury on 5/1 at San Diego while chasing a foul pop. Was transferred to the 60-day disabled list on 5/6. Underwent season-ending surgery on 5/22, performed by Dr. William Raasch.

2011

Spent most of the season at Triple-A Nashville, where he batted .310 with 28 HR and 96 RBI in 128 games ... Led all Brewers minor leaguers in home runs (28), RBI (96) and runs (90) while ranking third in batting average (.310) ... Played the majority of his games at first base (101 starts) ... Prior to the 2011 season had appeared in just 5 career games at first base, all starts, coming in 2005 at Rookie Helena (3 starts) and 2010 at Nashville (2 starts) ... Was recalled by Milwaukee on 6/27 ... Batted .115 (3-for-26) with 2 RBI in 10 games with the Brewers ... Made 7 starts (3g at 3B, 2g at 1B, 2g at DH) ... Made his first Major League appearance at first base in a start on 6/30 at New York-AL ... Was optioned back to Nashville on 7/10

2010

Entered the season as the third-best prospect in the Brewers organization according to Baseball America...Was on the 15-day disabled list from 3/25-5/22 with a tear of the latissimus dorsi muscle in his right shoulder.....was transferred to the 60-day DL on 5/23...Was on rehab assignment from 5/20-5/25 at Class-A Brevard County (6g, .100, 0hr, 2rbi) and 5/27-6/2 at Double-A Huntsville (8g, .393, 1hr, 5rbi)...Was reinstated from the 60-day disabled list on 6/4 and optioned to Triple-A Nashville, where he batted .309 with 13 HR and 67 RBI in 82 games...Was recalled by Milwaukee on 9/1...Batted .200 (3-for-15) with 1 RBI in 12 games with the Brewers...Made 2 starts (1g at 3B, 1g in LF)...Made his first Major League appearance in the outfield on 9/23 vs. Florida, starting in left field...On 9/30 underwent surgery on his left great toe (Dr. Richard Marks)

2009

Entered the season as the second-best prospect in the Brewers organization according to Baseball America...Spent most of the season at Triple-A Nashville, where he batted .278 with 11 HR and 48 RBI in 75 games...Was named Organizational Player of the Month for April after batting .392 (29-for-74) with 7 HR and 26 RBI...Batted .242 with 5 HR and 20 RBI in 61 games with the Brewers during two stints (5/14-7/19 and 9/8-end)...Made 30 starts (24g at 3B, 6g at DH)...Batted .239 (27-for-113) with 4 HR and 16 RBI in 48 games during his first stint with the Brewers (29 starts)...Batted .267 (4-for-15) with 1 HR and 4 RBI in 13 games during his second stint with the Brewers (1 start)...Made his first Major League start on 5/18 at St. Louis and belted a 3-run homer off Kyle Lohse for his first career home run...Following the season played for Caracas in the Venezuelan Winter League...Enters 2010 as the third-best prospect in the Brewers organization according to Baseball America.

2008

Entered the season as the fifth-best prospect in the Brewers organization according to Baseball America...Was named Topps Minor League Player of the Year...Was the co-winner (with Alcides Escobar) of the Brewers' Minor League Player of the Year Award...Played in the All-Star Futures Game at Yankee Stadium...Was named to the Southern League's midseason and postseason All-Star teams...Spent most of the season at Double-A Huntsville, where he batted .329 with 19 HR and 96 RBI in 127 games...Led the Southern League in RBI (96) and extra-base hits (61) and was among the leaders in batting average (2nd, .329), runs (2nd, 96), hits (2nd, 167), doubles (T4th, 35) and slugging percentage (5th, .537)...Was named Southern League Player of the Week for 4/21-4/27 and 5/26-6/1...Was named Organizational Player of the Month for April, May and June...was also named Southern League Player of the Month for May (.387, 8 HR, 28 RBI)...Earned a promotion to Triple-A Nashville at the end of August and appeared in 5 games (.238, 1 HR, 3 RBI)...Contract was purchased by the Brewers on 9/1...Made his Major League debut on 9/3 vs. New York-NL and struck out as a pinch hitter against Duaner Sanchez...Made his only other appearance with the Brewers on 9/7 vs. San Diego and produced his first career hit with a pinch-hit double off Chris Young...Was diagnosed with right elbow tendinitis on 9/18...Left the team on 9/24 to return home to continue therapy.

2007

Entered the season as the 10th-best prospect in the Brewers organization according to Baseball America ... Batted .300 with 9 HR, 60 RBI and 14 stolen bases in 128 games at Class-A Brevard County ... Selected to the Florida State League Postseason All-Star Team as he ranked among the leaders in extra-base hits (2nd, 54), triples (2nd, 8), hits (3rd, 140), doubles (3rd, 37), total bases (3rd, 220), runs (4th, 78) and batting average (9th, .300) ... Was named Florida State League Player of the Week for 5/28-6/3 ... Was named Organizational and Florida State League Player of the Month for June after batting .421 (40-for-95) with 2 HR and 20 RBI ... Produced a 33-game hitting streak from 5/28-7/6 during which he batted .421 (51-for-121) with 3 HR and 26 RBI ... Played for North Shore in the Hawaiian Winter League and was named MVP after he batted .333 with 8 HR and 25 RBI in 33 games

2006

Batted .288 with 17 HR and 88 RBI in 129 games at Class-A West Virginia ... Was a South Atlantic League midseason and postseason All-Star ... Ranked among the league leaders in RBI (3rd, 88), hits (5th, 142) and total bases (5th, 231)

2005

Spent most of his first professional season with Rookie Helena, where he batted .327 with 5 HR and 37 RBI in 50 games ... His .327 batting average ranked eighth in the Pioneer League ... Made his professional debut on 6/22 at Missoula and went 1-for-6 with a run and 1 RBI ... His first professional home run came on 7/14 vs. Ogden ... Was promoted to Class-A West Virginia on 8/23, where he batted .174 with 1 HR and 1 RBI in 8 games