- Osvaldo Fernández
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Osvaldo Fernández Pitcher Born: November 4, 1968
Holguín, CubaBatted: Right Threw: Right MLB debut April 5, 1996 for the San Francisco Giants Last MLB appearance August 8, 2001 for the Cincinnati Reds Career statistics Win–loss record 19-26 Earned run average 4.93 Strikeouts 208 Teams Medal record Men's Baseball Competitor for Cuba
Goodwill Games Gold 1990 Seattle Team Baseball World Cup Gold 1994 Managua Team Osvaldo Fernández Rodríguez (born November 4, 1968 in Holguín, Cuba) is a former Cuban professional baseball player who pitched in the Major Leagues from 1996-1997 and 2000-2001. He was a member of the Cuban baseball team which won a gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. On July 29, 1995, Fernández defected when the Cuban national baseball team played the United States in Millington, Tennessee.
Fernández also pitched for Holguín in the Cuban National Series.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
Categories:- Major League Baseball pitchers
- San Francisco Giants players
- Cincinnati Reds players
- Major League Baseball players from Cuba
- Tacoma Rainiers players
- Cuban defectors
- Baseball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Olympic baseball players of Cuba
- Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Cuban baseball biography stubs
- Baseball pitcher stubs
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