Orestes Kindelán

Orestes Kindelán
Medal record
Men's Baseball
Competitor for  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold 1992 Barcelona Team
Gold 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver 2000 Sydney Team
Baseball World Cup
Gold 1994 Managua Team
Gold 2001 Taipei Team
Intercontinental Cup
Silver 1997 Barcelona Team
Goodwill Games
Gold 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, well 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 legendary Amateur boxer Mario Kindelán.

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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.
  • 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. http://books.google.com/books?id=Afo5vtVTz4wC&lpg=PP1&dq=green%20cathedrals&pg=PP1#v=onepage&q&f=false. 



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