Norge Luis Vera

Norge Luis Vera
Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2004 AthensTeam
Silver medal – second place2000 SydneyTeam
Silver medal – second place2008 BeijingTeam
Baseball World Cup
Gold medal – first place1998 RomeTeam
Gold medal – first place2001 TaipeiTeam
Gold medal – first place2003 HavanaTeam
Silver medal – second place2009 NettunoTeam
Intercontinental Cup
Gold medal – first place2002 HavanaTeam
Gold medal – first place2006 TaichungTeam
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1999 WinnipegTeam
Gold medal – first place2003 Santo DomingoTeam
Gold medal – first place2007 Rio de JaneiroTeam

Norge Luis Vera Peralta (born October 3, 1971, in Siboney, Santiago de Cuba Province) is a right-handed baseball pitcher, who has been a frequent member of the Cuba national baseball team.

In Cuba, Vera pitches for Santiago de Cuba of the Cuban National Series. He has been a dominating force for years, including the 1999–2000 series, when he led the league with a 0.97 ERA, 17 victories and eight shutouts—all in a 90-game season. He then pitched in the second game of the 1999 Baltimore Orioles–Cuba national baseball team exhibition series.

Vera was seriously injured in November 2009, while trying to stop a fight as an uninvolved bystander in Santiago, Cuba. He was struck in the face by a blunt instrument, sustaining several fractures to the upper jaw. Zadys Navarro, one of Vera's doctors, indicated that reconstructive surgery would be required.

His son, Norge Vera, plays in the Chicago White Sox organization.

References

  1. ↑ "Norge Luis Vera Peralta" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved 2006-10-11.
  2. 1 2 3 Garcia, Anne-Marie. "Cuban pitcher who beat Orioles in 1999 in stable condition after blow to face[dead link]", The Canadian Press, November 10, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Norge Vera Ready to Join White Sox's Cuban Cadre".