Full name is Camilo Doval Girón (pronounced “kah-MEE-loh doh-VAHL”)...Grew up in a house in a small farm community in the Dominican Republic that produced mostly yucca and plantains…He and his siblings had chores on the farm that included caring for horses, milking cows, planting and harvesting.
2025
Went 4-3 with 16 saves and a 3.58 ERA (65.1 IP, 51 H, 34 R/26E R, 35 BB, 72 K, four HR) in 69 combined relief appearances with the San Francisco Giants and the Yankees…Opponents batted .214/.321/.303 (51-for-238, four HR); LH .196/.297/.295 (22-for-112, two HR); RH .230/.342/.310 (29-for-126, two HR)…Allowed four home runs to 278 batters faced this season...Began the season with San Francisco, going 4-2 with 15 saves and a 3.09 ERA (46.2 IP, 32 H, 20 R/16 ER, 24 BB, 50 K, two HR) in 47 relief appearances…Did not allow an earned run in 38 of his 47 appearances...With San Francisco, held opponents to a .196/.305/.264 (32-for-163, two HR) slash line, including a .169/.273/.247 (13-for-77, one HR) slash line against left-handed hitters...Converted 15 of his first 19 save opportunities from 3/30-7/11, including 13 of his 15 save opportunities from 4/21-7/11...Over his first 27 appearances of the season from 3/30-6/1, went 3-1 with seven saves and a 1.04 ERA (26 IP, 10 H, six R/three ER, 11 BB, 22 K, 0 HR)…Did not allow a run in 24 of those outings...Made his season debut on 3/30 at Cincinnati, earning his first save of the season after tossing a perfect ninth inning (1 IP, one K)...Recorded a career-long 20.2 scoreless inning streak over a 21-game span from 4/12-6/1…Went 2-0 with five saves over that stretch (five H, eight BB, 20 K)...Earned his 100th career save on 6/5 vs. San Diego (1 IP, two H, one K)…Became just the seventh Giant to reach the 100-save mark (Robb Nen - 206, Rod Beck - 199, Brian Wilson - 171, Gary Lavelle - 127, Greg Minton - 125 and Santiago Casilla - 123)...Allowed his first home run of the season on 6/11 at Colorado, a solo home run to Hunter Goodman in the ninth inning…Had not allowed a home run in his first 32 appearances of the season, tied for the second-longest single season homerless streak in his career, trailing only his 36 straight appearances without allowing a home run from 5/17-8/22/23 (also 32 games from 7/6-10/2/22)…Dating back to last season, did not allow a home run in 40 straight outings from 9/12/24-6/10/25, the longest homerless streak in his career...Earned the win after tossing a career-high-tying 2 IP on 7/2 at Arizona (two H, two R/ER, three K, one HR)…Also tossed 2.0 IP on 8/12/21 vs. Colorado and 7/14/22 vs. Milwaukee...Recorded multiple strikeouts in a career-high five straight outings from 7/13-30, striking out 12-of-22 batters faced over that span...Was acquired by the Yankees from San Francisco in exchange for C Jesús Rodríguez, RHP Trystan Vrieling, INF Parks Harber and LHP Carlos de la Rosa on 7/31...In 22 games with the Yankees, went 0-1 with one save and a 4.82 ERA (18.2 IP, 19 H, 14 R/10 ER, 11 BB, 22 K, two HR)...Made his Yankees debut on 8/1 at Miami and recorded his third loss of the season (0.1 IP, two H, three R/one ER, one BB)…Had entered the game with a 12-10 lead in the ninth inning, eventually allowing the game-winning run to score on a fielder’s choice...Earned his 16th save of the year (first with the Yankees) on 8/30 at Chicago-AL after tossing a scoreless 11th inning (1 IP, one R/0 ER, one K)...Did not allow a run in each of his last six appearances of the season from 9/14-26 (5.0 IP, one H, two BB, eight K)…Retired 14 of his 17 batters faced over that span...Made three appearances in the postseason (all in the ALDS vs. Toronto), allowing one run/earned run over 3.1 IP (three H, one K, 0 HR, one HP)…Retired all six batters faced in ALDS Game 1 at Toronto (2 IP).
2024
Appeared in 60+ games with SF for a third consecutive season and converted 23-of-28 save opportunities...Registered his 20th save of the season on July 28, becoming the first Giants reliever with three consecutive 20-save seasons since Brian Wilson (four, 2008-11)...Posted an 8.59 ERA (7 ER, 7.1 IP) and a 1.91 WHIP over an eight-game span before he was optioned to Sacramento on Aug. 9...It marked his first stint in Triple-A since 2021...Spent the minimum 15 days with the River Cats and went 1-0 with a 3.18 ERA (2 ER, 5.2 IP)...In 16 outings after returning from Triple-A on Aug. 24, Doval had a 5.40 ERA (9 ER, 15.0 IP), 22 strikeouts and 10 walks...Struck out 78 batters across 59.0 innings at the Major League level...Doval’s 11.90 K/9 IP was a career-best in a full season...Walked a career-high 39 batters over 59.0 IP...His 5.95 BB/9.0 ranked as the highest figure in the NL (min. 200 BF) and second in MLB.
2023
Named to the NL All-Star team, his first career selection...earned the win in the All-Star Game after working a scoreless seventh inning...posted a 2.63 ERA and converted 26-of-28 save opportunities in the first half. His 39 saves were tied for the most in the National League with PIT’s David Bednar and ranked as the second-most in MLB behind CLE’s Emmanuel Clase (44)…the 39 saves were also the most by a Giant since Brian Wilson (48 in 2010). Struck out 87 batters over 67.2 innings of work (11.6 SO/9)...his 31% strikeout rate ranked in the top 8% of the league. His 26 saves before the All-Star break were tied for second-most in Giants history since saves became an official stat in 1969...only Rod Beck in 1997 had more (29) before the break. From May 2-June 14, Doval had his best stretch of the year, posting a 0.95 ERA (2er, 19.0ip), 0.79 WHIP, 28 strikeouts and converting 15-of-15 save opportunities over 19 games. Batters were 17-for-98 (.173) off his slider with 48 strikeouts. Named May’s NL Reliever of the Month...posted a 1.32 ERA (2er, 13.2ip) with 23 Ks and a .143 average in 14 games. His 11 saves in May were tied for the third-most by a Giant in a single month and the most since Brian Wilson (11) in Sept/Oct 2010. Blew four straight saves from Aug. 13-23…it was the first time since saves became an official stat in 1969 that a Giant blew a save in four consecutive appearances. Went 1-3 with a 5.68 ERA (8er, 12.2ip) and a .288 opponents average over his final 15 games.
2022
Made his first career Opening Day roster...Appeared in 68 games for SF, tied with teammate Tyler Rogers for sixth-most in the NL...Was 27-for-30 in save opportunities overall...his 27 saves were sixth-most in the NL...Was named NL Reliver of the Month for September after going 2-0 with nine saves in 13 games...allowed 2er in 13.0 innings with 10 hits and 16 strikeouts...his nine saves in September were the most in the NL and second most in the Majors...Threw 104 mph cutter on Sept. 23, the fastest pitch thrown by any Giants player in the Statcast era...Became fifth pitcher in the last five seasons to hit 104 mph, but just the second in 2022...STL’s Ryan Helsley threw a 104 mph fastball on Sept. 22...the others to hit 104 over the last five years are Aroldis Chapman, Tayron Guerrero and Jordan Hicks...Went 4-2 with 15 saves, a 1.69 ERA (6er, 32.0ip), .216 average and 37 strikeouts in his final 31 games of the season...Also held opponents without an earned run in 22 of his last 25 games with batters going 18-for-91 with 28 strikeouts and 12 walks...Opposing batters hit .158 against his slider...57 of his 80 strikeouts in 2022 came with the slider...Started mixing in a sinker to in mid-July that really helped offset his slider and cutter, which both break the same way...Opponents went 15-for-62 (.242) off the sinker with only two extra base hits (two doubles).
2021
Appeared in 29 games for SF and really came on towards the end the season after being recalled from Triple-A for a fourth time in 2021 on Sept. 5...Did not allow a run in 15 games (14.1ip, 7h, 3bb, 20so) after his recall on Sept. 5...was named the National League Reliever of the Month for his September efforts...was the second Giant to win the award in 2021 (also Jake McGee in July)...Notched the first save of his career on Sept. 28 vs. Arizona...picked up three total saves over the season's final week... Overall, Doval did not allow a run in his final 16 appearances with SF dating to Aug. 12 (16.1ip)...the 16.1 inning scoreless streak was the fifth-longest active streak in the Majors at season's end...Had an average fastball velocity of 98.6mph, ranking in the 99th percentile according to Statcast...his 2574 spin rate on his fastball ranks in the 98th percentile...Made his Major League debut April 18 at Miami...Was 3-0 with a 4.99 ERA (17er, 30.2ip) along with 44 strikeouts and 24 walks allowed in 28 games for the River Cats.
POSTSEASON: Was on his first career postseason roster...Pitched 3.2 innings with a run on two hits and two strikeouts in three postseason appearances...Recorded his first career postseason save on Game 3 of the NLDS on October 11...was the youngest Giant to record a save in the postseason since saves became an official statistic in 1969...According to Stats, LLC, Doval is the only rookie to have a 2.0+ inning save in the postseason without allowing a baserunner since saves became an official stat in 1969.
2020
Did not play due to the COVID-19 pandemic...was a part of the 60-man Player Pool from the beginning of the restart and spent the year at the Alternate Training Site...Was added to the Giants taxi squad in late September but was never activated...Participated in the Fall Instructional League.
