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Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; ... The following is a list of baseball players from Cuba who have played in Major League Baseball
As such, player representation by birth spans to 25 countries as of the 2022 MLB season, with the United States topping the list at 1,057 players called up to 26-man rosters. [9] The most represented overseas country is the Dominican Republic , with 171 players called up to 26-man rosters . [ 9 ]
Pages in category "Major League Baseball players from Cuba" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 229 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a non-diffusing parent category of Category:Olympic baseball players of Cuba The contents of that subcategory can also be found within this category, or in diffusing subcategories of it. Cuba portal
Despite his not making his debut until June, Puig received 842,915 write-in votes from the fans for the 2013 All-Star Game. His name was included among the All-Star Final Vote candidates. [25] Puig received 15.5 million votes, second to Atlanta Braves' first baseman Freddie Freeman who received 19.7 million. [26] [27]
Yoán Manuel Moncada Olivera (born May 27, 1995) is a Cuban professional baseball third baseman for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and Chicago White Sox. He made his MLB debut for the Red Sox in 2016, and was traded to the White Sox during the ...
His older brother, Adonis García, is a former professional baseball player. [31] [32] García is the godfather of Randy Arozarena's daughter. Arozarena, who defected from Cuba a year before García and also signed his first minor league contract with the Cardinals, described García in July 2023 as "kind of like my brother." [33]
Bárbaro Garbey left Cuba in the Mariel boatlift in 1980. [1] After the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, Cuba's economy struggled badly and faced severe repercussions from the embargo. [2] Baseball players began to seek careers in MLB due to the high salaries. In 1991, René Arocha defected. He was followed by Rey Ordóñez in 1993.