Jonny Gomes

ABOUT JONNY GOMES

MLB left fielder who began his career with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2003; helped the Boston Red Sox win a World Series Championship in 2013.

He was 16 when his best friend, Adam Westcott, was killed in a car accident where he was the passenger; he had Westcott's initials tattooed on his right bicep.

He was an avid supporter of the Boys and Girls Club and played with a pink bat on Mother's Day 2006 in support of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.

He fathered a child with his wife, Kristi Widlak.

He was suspended for five games in 2008 after an altercation with Coco Crisp .