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.
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| Men's baseball | ||
Representing  Cuba
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| Olympic Games | ||
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2004 Athens | Team |
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2000 Sydney | Team |
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2008 Beijing | Team |
| Baseball World Cup | ||
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1998 Rome | Team |
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2001 Taipei | Team |
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2003 Havana | Team |
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2009 Nettuno | Team |
| Intercontinental Cup | ||
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2002 Havana | Team |
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2006 Taichung | Team |
| Pan American Games | ||
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1999 Winnipeg | Team |
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2003 Santo Domingo | Team |
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2007 Rio de Janeiro | 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.[1] 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.[2] He was struck in the face by a blunt instrument, sustaining several fractures to the upper jaw.[2] Zadys Navarro, one of Vera's doctors, indicated that reconstructive surgery would be required.[2]
His son, Norge Vera, plays in the Chicago White Sox organization.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Norge Luis Vera Peralta" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved 2006-10-11.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ "Norge Vera Ready to Join White Sox's Cuban Cadre".
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