BLYTHE, Calif. (AP) -Former major league manager Preston Gomez was critically injured Wednesday when he was struck by a pickup truck at a gas station.
Police Sgt. Jeff Wade said the 84-year-old Gomez was hit by the truck as he walked around gas pumps at a Chevron station. Wade said truck driver Jesse Mashore was holding Gomez’s hand when police arrived. Mashore wasn’t arrested.
Gomez, a Cuban infielder who played eight games for the Washington Senators in 1944, was 346-529 in seven seasons as a major league manager with San Diego, Houston and the Chicago Cubs from 1969 to 1980.
He joined the Angels in 1981 as the third-base coach, then became a special assistant to the general manager in 1985 – a position he still holds.
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