Born in Mexico and raised in Los Angeles, the 5'9" Gomez played freshman basketball
at UCLA with Bill Walton. Gomez was a reserve in Minnesota before becoming Toronto's
shortstop for 1978. He set an Atlanta record in 1980 with a .968 fielding percentage
at shortstop and strung together 42 consecutive errorless games. But, batting .191,
he lost his job to
Rafael Ramirez.
(MC)