Wayne Gomes
| Wayne Gomes | |||
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| Relief pitcher | |||
| Born: January 15, 1973 Hampton, Virginia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 13, 1997, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| September 28, 2002, for the Boston Red Sox | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 30–23 | ||
| ERA | 4.60 | ||
| Saves | 29 | ||
| Innings | 368 | ||
| Games | 321 | ||
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Wayne Maurice Gomes [goms] (born January 15, 1973) is a former relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from 1997 through 2002 for the Philadelphia Phillies, San Francisco Giants and Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6' 2", 215 lb., he batted and threw right handed.[1]
Born and raised in Hampton, Virginia, Gomes attended Old Dominion University and is also a member of Phi Beta Sigma fraternity.[1]
In between, Gomes spent six seasons in the Minor Leagues,[2] and also played winter ball with the Leones del Caracas club of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League during the 2004 season.[3]
Following his retirement from baseball, Gomes returned to his hometown area of Suffolk and formed the Virginia Baseball Academy. The VBA soon would be located at the Hampton Family YMCA on LaSalle Avenue in Hampton, offering baseball training services, practice venues, and baseball products. In addition, the VBA served as the operator of the Peninsula Pilots AAU baseball and softball organization.[4]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Baseball Reference (MiLB)
- ↑ Pura Pelota (VPBL stats)
- ↑ Wayne Gomes Youth Baseball Diversity Foundation
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Baseball players from Virginia
- Batavia Clippers players
- Boston Red Sox players
- Camden Riversharks players
- Clearwater Phillies players
- Lakewood BlueClaws players
- Leones de Yucatán players
- Leones del Caracas players
- Major League Baseball pitchers
- Nashville Sounds players
- Old Dominion Monarchs baseball players
- Old Dominion University alumni
- Pawtucket Red Sox players
- People from Hampton, Virginia
- Philadelphia Phillies players
- Reading Phillies players
- Saraperos de Saltillo players
- Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Red Barons players
- San Francisco Giants players
