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Digest: Orioles minor league manager Orlando Gomez retires

Orioles minor league manager Orlando Gomez during photo day at Twin Lakes Park on March 9, 2009, in Sarasota, Florida. (J. Meric / Orioles)

After 52 years in professional baseball and 12 in the Orioles organization, Orlando Gomez is retiring.

Gomez, 70, managed the Rookie-level Gulf Coast Orioles in 2016 and also has managed the High-A Frederick Keys, the Low-A Delmarva Shorebirds and Rookie-level Bluefield Orioles. He had 278 wins as Keys manager, a franchise record.

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Orioles minor league manager Orlando Gomez (GENE SWEENEY JR / Baltimore Sun)

Gomez was a minor league catcher for 13 years in the New York Yankees and Oakland Athletics systems, then spent 39 years as a manager, coach and scout, including major league coaching stints with the Texas Rangers, Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays.

His son-in-law Jose Hernandez is the field coach for the Triple-A Norfolk Tides in the Orioles organization.

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