Norge Luis Vera

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Vera and the second or maternal family name is Peralta.

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.

Norge Luis Vera

Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	Team
	2000 Sydney	Team
	2008 Beijing	Team
Baseball World Cup
	1998 Rome	Team
	2001 Taipei	Team
	2003 Havana	Team
	2009 Nettuno	Team
Intercontinental Cup
	2002 Havana	Team
	2006 Taichung	Team
Pan American Games
	1999 Winnipeg	Team
	2003 Santo Domingo	Team
	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

1. "Norge Luis Vera Peralta" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved 2006-10-11.
2. 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.
3. "Norge Vera Ready to Join White Sox's Cuban Cadre".