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Orestes Kindelán

Orestes Kindelán
Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1991 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Gold medal – first place 1999 Winnipeg Team
Baseball World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1994 Managua Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Taipei Team
Intercontinental Cup
Silver medal – second place 1997 Barcelona Team
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Seattle Team

Orestes Kindelán Olivares (born November 1, 1964 in Palma Soriano, Cuba) is the most prolific home run hitter in the history of post-revolutionary Cuban baseball, known as "El Cañon de Dos Rios" and one of the offensive stars of the Cuban national baseball team, which won numerous World Cups and two Olympic gold medals during his tenure. He is the cousin of amateur boxer Mario Kindelán.

Records

Kindelán played the bulk of his 21 seasons for his home province's Santiago de Cuba Avispas (Wasps). He holds the following career records in the Cuban National Series:

  • Home runs: 487 (with aluminium bat 17 series)
  • Runs batted in: 1,511
  • Total bases: 3,893

Trivia

  • Kindelán played for Japanese corporate team Shidax between 2002 and 2004 in the Intercity Baseball Tournament.
  • Kindelán hit the longest home run ever at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, a third deck shot during the 1996 Olympics.[1]

Related players

References

  1. ^ Lowry, Philip (2006). Green Cathedrals. Walker & Company. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8027-1608-8.

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