Preston Gómez
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| Infielder/Manager | |||
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Born: April 20, 1923 Central Preston, Cuba |
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Died: January 13, 2009 (aged 85) Fullerton, California |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 5, 1944, for the Washington Senators | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 12, 1944, for the Washington Senators | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .286 | ||
| Home runs | 0 | ||
| Runs batted in | 2 | ||
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Preston Gómez (April 20, 1923 – January 13, 2009) was a Cuban-born infielder, manager, coach and front-office official in Major League Baseball best known for managing three major league clubs: the San Diego Padres (1969–72), Houston Astros (1974–75) and Chicago Cubs (1980). He was born Pedro Gómez Martínez in Central Preston, Cuba, and was given his nickname in U.S. professional baseball from his birthplace.
A right-handed batter and thrower, Gómez played eight major league games as a shortstop and second baseman for the 1944 Washington Senators, hitting .286 in seven at bats with two runs batted in.
He spent the next two decades in minor league baseball, playing and then, from the mid-1950s onward, managing in the farm systems of the Cincinnati Reds, Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Yankees. He managed the Diablos Rojos del México, the "Mexico City Reds," in 1957–58. His 1959 Havana Sugar Kings were champion of the International League and won the Junior World Series; the following season, his Spokane Indians won 91 games and the 1960 Pacific Coast League championship.
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