Born: (1987-07-19) July 19, 1987 (age 36) Mogi das Cruzes, São Paulo, Brazil
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
MLB debut
May 17, 2012, for the Toronto Blue Jays
MLB statistics (through June 13, 2024)
Batting average
.246
Home runs
137
Runs batted in
517
Teams
Toronto Blue Jays (2012)
Cleveland Indians (2013–2018)
Washington Nationals (2019–2021)
Oakland Athletics (2021)
Chicago Cubs (2022–2024)
Career highlights and awards
All-Star (2018)
World Series champion (2019)
Silver Slugger Award (2014)
Yan Gomes (/ˈjɑːnˈɡoʊmz/; Portuguese:[ˈjɐ̃ˈɡomis]; born July 19, 1987) is a Brazilian-American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Toronto Blue Jays, Cleveland Indians, Washington Nationals, Oakland Athletics, and Chicago Cubs.
The Blue Jays selected Gomes in the tenth round of the 2009 MLB draft. He made his MLB debut in 2012, becoming the first Brazilian-born player in major league history. He played for the Blue Jays in 2012 and the Indians from 2013 to 2018. He was traded to the Nationals ahead of the 2019 season and won the World Series with Washington over the Houston Astros.
YanGomes (/ˈjɑːn ˈɡoʊmz/; Portuguese: [ˈjɐ̃ ˈɡomis]; born July 19, 1987) is a Brazilian-American professional baseball catcher who is a free agent. He...
YanGomes and a towering homer by Christopher Morel. However, Jose Cuas allowed three runs in the seventh to give the Rockies a 4–3 lead. YanGomes drove...
Ben Brown got the start for the Cubs and pitched 4.2 scoreless innings. YanGomes hit his first homer of the season in the fifth and three batters later...
Gomes is a common Portuguese and Old Galician surname. Origin:Visigothic guma, meaning "man", later a first name, Gome and the patronym son of Gome. Al...
2018. Cleveland Indians trade catcher YanGomes to Washington Nationals "Player to be named later in YanGomes deal named". mlb.nbcsports.com. Retrieved...
When Washington wore Expos throwback jerseys on July 6, 2019, catcher YanGomes wore his usual number 10, even though the number was retired by the Expos...
to play Major League Baseball, including pitcher Henry Owens, catcher YanGomes, pitcher Tyler Kinley, and second baseman Alex De Goti. MLB pitcher Josh...
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top of the seventh inning, the Nationals had a 3–2 lead with a runner, YanGomes, on first base with no outs when batter Trea Turner hit a swinging bunt...
lead slipped down to 4 games. Adding to the struggle was an injury to C YanGomes, who would not return until the final game of the season. The Indians...
optioned Lind to the Las Vegas 51s of the Triple-A Pacific Coast League. YanGomes was called up to replace Lind. Later that month, Lind was placed on outright...
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The Cubs pushed across three runs in the top of the ninth including YanGomes second RBI of the night to give the Cubs the 4–2 win over the Diamondbacks...
run in the first inning without ever putting the ball in play. Catcher YanGomes had a passed ball, and Corbin became only the second pitcher ever to walk...
Washington Nationals with Richard Guasch and Seth Shuman for veteran catcher YanGomes and utilityman Josh Harrison. Millas was assigned to the High-A Wilmington...
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Diamondbacks Other notable additions included utility man Mike Avilés, catcher YanGomes, designated hitter Jason Giambi, and starting pitcher Scott Kazmir. The...
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also declined club options over first baseman Ryan Zimmerman and catcher YanGomes, who also became free agents, on November 2. They exercised club options...
Marcus Stroman to a 3-year $71 million deal and previous World Series foe YanGomes to a 2-year $13 million deal. In another rebuilding year, the Cubs finished...
daughters. His second oldest daughter, Jenna Hammaker-Gomes, is married to major league player YanGomes. His youngest daughter, Annalee, is married to minor...
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