page_title: Heath Hembree
section_title: San Francisco Giants
hierarchical_section_title: Heath Hembree / Professional career / San Francisco Giants
caption_attribution_description: Heath Hembree
context_page_description: Richard Heath Hembree, nicknamed Heater, is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Philadelphia Phillies of Major League Baseball. Listed at 6 feet 4 inches and 210 pounds, Hembree throws and bats right-handed. He made his MLB debut with the San Francisco Giants in 2013 and has also played for the Boston Red Sox from 2014 to 2020.
context_section_description: Hembree was drafted in the fifth round of the 2010 MLB draft by the San Francisco Giants.
  2010
  Hembree began his professional career in 2010, pitching for the rookie league Arizona League Giants and going 0–0 with a 0.82 ERA over 12 relief appearances, with 22 strikeouts and 3 saves in 11 innings pitched.
  2011
  Hembree began the 2011 season pitching for the Class A-Advanced San Jose Giants, and was promoted to the Double-A Richmond Flying Squirrels in late June. He went a combined 1–1 with a 1.86 ERA over 54 relief appearances, with 78 strikeouts and 38 saves in ​53 ¹⁄₃ innings.
  2012
  During 2012, Hembree pitched for the San Jose Giants (5 games) and the Triple-A Fresno Grizzlies (39 games). Overall, he had a 4.19 ERA with 1–1 record, 15 saves, and 43 strikeouts in 43 innings pitched.
  2013
  Hembree spent most of 2013 with Triple-A Fresno, where he appeared in 54 games, compiling a 4.07 ERA with 1–4 record, 31 saves, and 63 strikeouts is ​55 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched.
  Late in the season, Hembree was called up to the majors for the first time on September 3. He made his MLB debut that day, pitching a scoreless eighth inning in a 3–2 loss to the San Diego Padres. Hembree appeared in a total of nine MLB games for the 2013 Giants during September, giving up no runs in ​7 ²⁄₃ innings pitched with 12 strikeouts.
  2014
  Hembree started the 2014 season with Triple-A Fresno, where he registered 18 saves in 41 appearances, with 3.89 ERA, 1–3 record, and 46 strikeouts in ​39 ¹⁄₃ innings pitched.
caption: Hembree with the San Francisco Giants in 2013
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