Juan Alejandro "Orlando" Gómez Tossas (born June 24, 1946) is a Puerto Rican former

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and

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and

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and

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. When he served as the pilot of the Rookie-level

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of the Gulf Coast League; it was Gómez' 21st year as a minor league manager, his 12th straight season in the

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' organization, his second tour of duty (and third season overall) as skipper of the GCL Orioles, and his 53rd consecutive year in

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. Gómez retired from baseball after the 2016 season; his 278 managerial wins set a franchise record for the Frederick Keys, Baltimore's Single A–Advanced farm system affiliate in the

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. He managed Frederick for four seasons (2010–12; 2015). Gómez is the father-in-law of former Major League player

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who has also coached in the Orioles organization.

Major League coach for three clubs

Gómez spent seven years as a Major League coach for the Texas Rangers (1991–92), Tampa Bay Devil Rays (1998–2000), and

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(2003–04). He was a member of the first Tampa Bay Major League squad, working under manager

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during the Rays' maiden 1998 season as both

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and third-base coach. He also served on the MLB staffs of Bobby Valentine and

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. As a scout for the Rangers, assigned to

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, Gómez was credited with signing Rubén Sierra and Juan Guzmán. Gómez played 13 seasons (1964–76) in the minor leagues, mostly as a catcher and mostly in the organizations of the

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and

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. He reached the Triple-A level for 83

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over four different seasons. He threw and batted right-handed, stood tall and weighed during his active career. In a minor league managerial career that began in 1977, Gómez also managed the

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, Williamsport Bills, Gastonia Rangers,

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and Delmarva Shorebirds.

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External links

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Coach's page from Retrosheet
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