Baseball

Pedro Almenares Alarcón

El Grandullón

===BODY=== Outstanding baseball player from Manzanillo who dedicated his life to sports and the training of new generations of baseball players

Yunel Aaron Escobar

Yunel Aaron Escobar is currently the shortstop of the Major Leagues and plays with the Toronto Blue Jays, previously he was an infielder for the Atlanta Braves

Luis Tiant

El Tiante

Luis Tiant was born in Havana, Cuba, and was the only son of Luis and Isabel Tiant

Leonys Martín Tápanes

Ikadi, Samurai naranja

===BODY=== In today's baseball, young outfielder Leonys Martín stands out, and one can without shame call him the Ichiro Suzuki of the league for his similarity to the Japanese prodigy of the Seattle ...

Eduardo Paret Pérez

He was born in the Condado neighborhood of the city of Santa Clara He began in the National Series 1989-1990 in which, as the heir to his idol and teacher Pedro Jova, he compiled an astronomical 366 with ...

Orlando Hernández Pedroso

El Duque

Baseball player born in Villa Clara, Cuba

Albertín Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz

El misil cubano, Albertín

Albertin Aroldis Chapman de la Cruz known as the "Cuban Missile" is a left-handed Cuban-Andorran pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Cincinnati Reds

Antonio Pacheco Masó

Gran Capitán, Capitán de Capitanes

Cuban baseball player, second base starter, whose performances are rated as outstanding in Cuban Baseball

Agustín Arias Tornés

El Tingo Arias

Cuban baseball player, better known as El Tingo Arias

Rodolfo Arias Martínez

Rudy Arias

Cuban left-handed pitcher of professional baseball

Jacinto Calvo González

Jack Calvo

===BODY=== Jack was an outfielder for the Washington Senators from 1913 to 1920

Adolfo Domingo De Guzmán Luque

Dolf, Papá Montero, Habana Perfecto

Glory of Cuban sports, known by the nicknames Papá Montero and Habana Perfecto

José Canseco Capas

José Canseco

He was born in Havana, Cuba and is a former baseball player

Ozzie Canseco Capas

===BODY=== Identical twin brother of José Canseco, he was born in Cuba and as a child emigrated with his family to the United States

José Antonio Huelga Ordaz

Héroe de Cartagena

Huelga is one of the illustrative cases of great sports figures with tragic ends because he died at just 26 years old in a car accident

Emilio Sabourín del Villar

===BODY=== Paradigm of the Cuban baseball player of the 19th century, who combined his passion for sport with his commitment to the independence cause

Antonio Muñoz Hernández

El gigante del Escambray

===BODY=== Former Cuban baseball player nicknamed by Cuban fans as El Gigante del Escambray, who played first base for Cuba's national teams

Dagoberto Concepción Cueto

Bert Cueto, Dag,

He was born in San Luis, Pinar del Río, Cuba, son of Ceferino Concepción and Pura Rosa Cueto

Tomás de la Cruz Rivero

Tommy de la Cruz

He was a right-handed Major League pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1944

Miguel Ángel de la Hoz Piloto

Mike de la Hoz

Born in Havana, former Major League Baseball player as an infield player

Alexei Bell Quintero

Tato Bell

Cuban baseball player, known as Tato Bell, Olympic silver medalist

Fermín Guerra Romero

Mike Guerra, El Isleño

He was a Cuban baseball player who performed in Cuban professional baseball, in the Minor Leagues, in Major League Baseball, and in Mexican baseball

Santiago Mederos Iglesias

Changa Mederos

Changa Mederos, left-handed pitcher, with records of 17 undefeated seasons, as well as the one who retired the most batters by way of strikes, with 208, and striking out 20 players in a game against Camagüey. ...

Faustino Corrales Denis

Cuban baseball player, left-handed pitcher

Bienvenido Jiménez

Pata Jorobá

Former baseball player

Isidoro León Becerra

Izzy León

Major League Baseball player, he was a pitcher who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1945

Rigoberto Fuentes Peat

Tito Fuentes

Rigoberto "Tito" Fuentes Peat retired baseball player, second baseman who played in 13 seasons in the Major Leagues between 1965 and 1978

Eduardo Bauta Gálvez

Ed Bauta

He was a right-handed pitcher, a relief pitcher in the Major Leagues

Germán Mesa Fresneda

El Mago Mesa, El Imán Mesa

The Magician Mesa, The Magnet Mesa was a genius and master at fielding balls, for his superior fielding abilities

Martín Dihigo Llanos

El Inmortal, El Maestro

Versatile Negro Leagues player who played in summer and winter championships

Osmani Tamayo Mulen

Former Cuban baseball player

José Ramón López Hevia

Ramón López

He was a Cuban baseball player who performed in the Cuban Professional Baseball League, in the Mexican League of Baseball, with a brief appearance in the Major Leagues

Esteban Bellán

Steve

Esteban Bellán

Orlando Martínez Oliva

Marty Martínez

A very useful player in the major leagues, he made his debut on May 2, 1962 and played for ten years until July 19, 1972

Bartolomé Portuondo

Bartolo Portuondo

He was a Cuban baseball player who stood out in the second and third decades of the twentieth century, playing for the Habana and Almendares clubs, and also played for Kansas City and San Francisco in ...

Armando Capiró Lafferté

Cuban baseball player, six-time amateur baseball world champion and three-time Pan American and Central American titleholder

Alejandro Oms

El Caballero

Cuban baseball player, known as "El Caballero"

Cristóbal Rigoberto Mendoza Carreras

Minnie Mendoza

He was born in Ceiba del Agua, Havana province

Pedro Dibut Villafaña

Major League pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1924 and 1925

Aurelio Faustino Monteagudo Cintra

Monty

Right-handed pitcher who played in the Major Leagues, he was the eldest son of René Monteagudo, another Cuban baseball player in the Major Leagues

Rogelio Álvarez Hernández

Rogelio "Borrego" Álvarez was one of the baseball players with the greatest hitting power in the history of Cuban professional baseball

Bárbaro Garbey Garbey

Cuban baseball player, outfielder

Julio Enrique González Herrera

Julio González

Right-handed pitcher, he played in the Major Leagues with the PDV team in the seasons from 1947 to 1949

José Dariel Abreu Correa

Pito Abreu

Baseball Player from Cienfuegos (Baseball Team)

Freddy Asiel Álvarez Sáez

Cuban baseball player, Villa Clara pitcher (Baseball Team)

Julio Moreno González

Jiqui

Cuban baseball player, one of the most remembered by Cuban fans, who immortalized him with the nickname "Jiquí", considering that his hits toward home plate were as "hard" as the wood that bears his name. He ...

José Hernández Ramos

Chico

Cuban catcher who played in two seasons in the major leagues with the Chicago Cubs team (1942 and 1943)

Cristobal Torriente

Bambino cubano

He had a outstanding performance for several years in the Negro Leagues in the United States, where he was selected for the Hall of Fame