Manny Sarmiento

{{short description|Venezuelan baseball pitcher (born 1956)}}

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

{{family name hatnote|Sarmiento {{small|[sar-me-en'-toh]}}|Aponte {{small|[ah-pone'-tay]}}|lang=Spanish}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Manny Sarmiento

|image=Manny Sarmiento.jpg

|position=Pitcher

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1956|2|2}}

|birth_place=Cagua, Venezuela

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=July 30

|debutyear=1976

|debutteam=Cincinnati Reds

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=1983

|finalteam=Pittsburgh Pirates

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=26–22

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=3.49

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=283

|teams=

• Cincinnati Reds ({{mlby|1976}}–{{mlby|1979}})
• Seattle Mariners ({{mlby|1980}})
• Pittsburgh Pirates ({{mlby|1982}}–{{mlby|1983}})

|highlights=

• World Series champion ({{wsy|1976}})

}}

Manuel Eduardo Sarmiento Aponte (born February 2, 1956) is a Venezuelan former professional baseball pitcher who played with the Cincinnati Reds (1976–79), Seattle Mariners (1980) and Pittsburgh Pirates (1982–83) in Major League Baseball.

Sarmiento played for four years with Cincinnati's "Big Red Machine". While with the Reds, he posted a 14–8 record with 138 strikeouts, six saves, and a 4.12 ERA in 132 appearances (including five as a starting pitcher).

In 1980, Sarmiento was injured while with Seattle, requiring season-ending surgery. Sarmiento was traded in early 1981 to the Red Sox, where he played the entire season at their AAA affiliate, Pawtucket. He was purchased by Pittsburgh after the 1981 season. For part of 1982, he switched from the bullpen in an emergency move and had a 9–4 record with 81 strikeouts and 3.39 ERA record before returning to relief duties in the 1983 season.

In a seven-season career, Sarmiento compiled a 26–22 mark with 283 strikeouts and a 3.49 ERA in 513 innings pitched.