Miguel Gómez (baseball)

Miguel Angel Gómez Martínez (born May 31, 1974 in Panama City, Panamá) is a former minor league baseball pitcher who has been a mainstay on the Panama national baseball team in the early 21st century. He was on Panama's roster in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.^[1]

He started his professional career in 1992 with the DSL Blue Jays, going 2-8 with a 7.33 ERA. In 1993, he went 3-0 with a 3.77 ERA for the DSL Blue Jays East, and after not pitching in 1994 he went 2-0 with a 1.23 ERA for the DSL Blue Jays in 1995. In 1996, he pitched for the Dunedin Blue Jays, going 5-4 with five saves and a 3.38 ERA in 33 games in relief. He pitched for Dunedin and the Hagerstown Suns in 1997, going 4-3 with a 4.93 ERA for the former and 1-1 with an 8.04 ERA for the latter. 1997 was his final season in minor league baseball - overall, he posted a 20-21 record in the minors.

During the 2001 Baseball World Cup, he went 2-0 with two saves and a 1.23 ERA. He played in the Panama League in the winter of 2001-2002, going 5-0 with a 1.12 ERA. Pitching in the 2002 Intercontinental Cup, Gomez went 0-1, allowing six earned runs in 2 2/3 innings of work.

In 2003, Gomez pitched for the Brother Elephants, going 4-3 with a 1.69 ERA. He went 3-3 with a 4.68 ERA with them in 2004, and was released after the season.

Gomez pitched in the 2005 Baseball World Cup, going 2-0 with three saves and 0.49 ERA. During the 2006 World Baseball Classic, he posted an atrocious 45.00 ERA. In the 2007 Pan-American Games, Gomez allowed one run in 11 1/3 innings of work. He pitched in the 2008 Americas Baseball Cup, going 1-0 with a 4.26 ERA.^[2]

References

1. ^ World Baseball Classic
2. ^ Baseball Reference Bullpen

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