Yasser Gómez
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| Joplin Blasters – No. 5 | |||
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Born: April 1, 1980 Cienfiegos, Cuba |
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Representing  Cuba
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| Summer Olympics | ||
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2000 Sydney | Team |
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2001 Taipei | Team |
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1999 Sydney | Team |
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2002 Havana | Team |
Yasser Richard Gómez Soto (born April 1, 1980) is a Cuban baseball player. Gómez competed for Cuba in international competition, winning an Olympic silver medal. Gómez defected from Cuba, and signed with the Atlanta Braves organization. He currently plays with the Camden Riversharks of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.
Gómez played in the Cuban National Series. In the 1997–98 Cuban National Series, playing for the Metropolitanos, Gómez won the Cuban National Series Rookie of the Year Award, as he hit .359 (5th in the league) and set a new rookie record with 112 hits. In the 1998-99 Cuban National Series, Gómez joined the Industriales and set an aluminum-bat era record for triples (12), including three in one game on January 23 in consecutive at-bats against Ciro Licea.
Gómez made his Cuban national team debut in the 1999 Intercontinental Cup, going 0 for 2 as the backup centerfielder to Yobal Duenas. Gómez still made an impact on the Cup in a very negative way. In the 11th inning, he lost a fly ball from Gary White in the sun, giving White the game-winning single as Peter Vogler raced home. In the 1999-2000 Cuban National Series, he hit .333 to tie Antonio Scull for third in the league.
He played for the Cuba national baseball team in the 2000 Summer Olympics. Gómez was the team's main center fielder in the competition, as Cuba won the silver medal. Gómez hit .380/.481/.480 in the 2000-01 Cuban National Series. He was well back of the league leader in hitting in a high-average year as Osmani Urrutia hit .431. The left-hander batted .240/.406/.280 in the 2001 Baseball World Cup, again serving as Cuba's main center fielder. He was 1 for 2 with a run in the Gold Medal game 5-3 win over Team USA before leaving for a pinch-hitter. During the 2001-2002 season, he batted .365/.430/.496 and was 7th in average. His 3 triples led the 2002 Super Liga.
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