Jerry Gil

{{Short description|Dominican baseball player (born 1982)}}

{{BLP sources section|date=October 2024}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2024}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Jerry Gil

| team = Free agent

| image = Jerry Gil August2010 (cropped).jpg

| caption = Gil with the Louisville Bats in 2010

| number =

| position = Pitcher

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|14}}

| birth_place = San Pedro de Macorís, Dominican Republic

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

|debutleague = MLB

| debutdate = August 22

| debutyear = 2004

| debutteam = Arizona Diamondbacks

| statyear = 2010

|statleague = MLB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .174

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 0

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 8

| teams =

• Arizona Diamondbacks ({{mlby|2004}})
• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|2007}})

}}

Jerry Bienvenido Gil Manzanillo (born October 14, 1982) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher. Gil made his MLB debut in {{mlby|2004}} with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Gil played almost exclusively shortstop in the minor leagues until {{Baseball year|2006}} when he became a utility player mostly playing in the outfield. On October 13, 2006, Gil was traded from the Diamondbacks to the Cincinnati Reds for Abe Woody. He missed all of {{Baseball year|2007}} after having elbow ligament replacement surgery. In {{Baseball year|2008}} after batting below the Mendoza Line in both Triple-A and Double-A, Gil was converted to a pitcher. He has a strong throwing arm and can throw his fastball up to 95 MPH.{{Cite web |last=Sheldon |first=Mark |date=2008-07-30 |title=Gil to give it a go as pitcher for Reds |url=http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080730&content_id=3225814&vkey=news_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080809045710/http://cincinnati.reds.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080730&content_id=3225814&vkey=news_cin&fext=.jsp&c_id=cin |archive-date=2008-08-09 |website=MLB.com}}

In November 2011, Gil signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays. According to the International League transactions page, Gil declared free agency on November 2, 2012.

On January 13, 2013, Gil signed a Minor League contract with the Cleveland Indians.