Gilberto Enrique Méndez Fernández (born November 15, 1974) is a Panamanian professional baseball pitcher. He first played in the

2001 Baseball World Cup The 2001 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 34th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the ...

. In the

2002 Intercontinental Cup The 2002 Intercontinental Cup was an association football match played on 3 December 2002, between Real Madrid of Spain, winners of the 2001–02 UEFA Champions League, and Olimpia of Paraguay, winners of the 2002 Copa Libertadores. The match was ...

, he allowed five runs in 2 innings of work. He struck out six and allowed one run in four innings of work in the

2003 Baseball World Cup The 2003 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 35th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the ...

. In the

2005 Baseball World Cup The 2005 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 36th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the ...

, he allowed one run in three innings of work, and in the

2007 Pan American Games The 2007 Pan American Games, officially known as the XV Pan American Games, were a major continental multi-sport event that took place in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from July 13 to 29, 2007. A total of 5,633 athletes from 42 National Olympic Com ...

, he allowed one run in two innings of work. During the

2007 Baseball World Cup The 2007 Baseball World Cup (BWC) was the 37th international Men's amateur baseball tournament. The tournament was sanctioned by the International Baseball Federation, which titled it the Amateur World Series from the 1938 tournament through the ...

, he allowed three walks and three runs in 2 innings of work, and in the

2008 Americas Baseball Cup 8 (eight) is the natural number following 7 and preceding 9. In mathematics 8 is: * a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2. * a power of two, being 2 (two cubed), and is the first number of t ...

he went 0-1 with a 4.91 ERA. Hr appeared on Panama's roster in the

2009 World Baseball Classic The 2009 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international baseball competition. It began on 5 9 and finished 5 26. Unlike in 2006, when the round-robin format of the first two rounds led to some eliminations being decided by run-difference ti ...

, but did not play. In 2019, he was selected for Panama at the

2019 Pan American Games Qualifier The 2019 Pan American Games Qualifier is a baseball tournament that was held between January 29 and February 3, 2019 in Ibiúna and São Paulo, Brazil. The tournament qualified the last four teams to the Baseball at the 2019 Pan American Games tour ...

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1974 births Living people Baseball pitchers Baseball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Baseball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Panama Baseball players from Panama City 2009 World Baseball Classic players Auburn Doubledays players Dominican Summer League Nationals players Gulf Coast Nationals players Hagerstown Suns players Harrisburg Senators players Leones del Escogido players Potomac Nationals players Panamanian expatriate baseball players in the Dominican Republic Panamanian expatriate baseball players in the United States {{Panama-baseball-bio-stub