COMPLETE LIST OF ALL CUBAN PLAYERS THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN THE BIG LEAGUES

[nospinzone1]

Al Pardo (España),
Alex Fernández (Miami, FL),
Alex González (Miami, FL),
Alex Ochoa (Miami Lakes, FL),
Carlos Reyes (Miami, FL),
Danilo Tartabull (Miami, FL),
David Seguí (Kansas City, KS),
Eduardo Pérez (Cincinnati, OH),
Femando Viña (Sacramento, CA).
Islay Molina (New York, NY),
Javier Ortiz (Boston, MA),
Jorge Fábrega (Miami, FL),
Jorge Pedré (Culver City, CA),
Jorge Posada ( Puerto Rico),
José Alvarez (Tampa, FL),
Luis González (Tampa, FL),
Orlando Palmeiro (Hoboken, NJ),
Oscar Muñoz (Hialeah, FL),
Raúl Ibáñez (New York, NY),
Ricky Gutiérrez (Miami FL),
Roberto Estalella (Hialeah, FL)


JUGADORES CUBANOS EN LAS GRANDES LIGAS
(1871 - 1996)
(EN ORDEN CRONOLOGICO Y ALFABETICO)
1871
1. - Esteban Bellán.

1882
2. - Sandy Nava.

1911
3. - Rafael Almeida. 4. - Armando Marsans.

1912
5. - Miguel Angel González.

1913
6. - Merito Acosta. 7- Alfredo "Pájaro" Cabrera. 8. - Jacinto Calvo.

1914
9. - Angel Aragón. 10. - Manuel Cueto. 11. - Adolfo Luque.

1915
12. - Emilio Palmero.

1916
13. - Joseito Rodríguez.

1918
14. - Eusebio González. 15. - 0scar Tuero.

1920
16. - José Acosta. 17-Ricardo Torres.

1924
18. - Pedro Dibut

1925
19. - Paíto Herrera.

1929
20 - Oscar Estrada.

1935
21. - Roberto 'Tarzan" Estalella.

1937
22. - Fermín Guerra.

1938
23, - Rene Monteagudo.

1940
24. - Gilberto Torres.

1941
25. - Jack Aragón. 26. - Roberto Ortiz.

1942
27. - Salvador Hernández.

1943
28. - Antonio "Mosquito" Ordeñana. 29. - Napoleón Reyes.

1944
30. - Tomas de la Cruz. 31. - Preston Gómez.
32. - Oliverio Ortiz. 33. - Luis Suárez.
34. - Santia Ulrich. 35. - Rogelio Valdés.

1945
36. - Jorge Camellas. 37-Isidoro León.
38. - Región Otero. 39. - Armando Roche.
40. - Adrián Zabala. 41. - Tony Zardón.

1948
42. - Angel Fleitas. 43. - Moaín García.

1949
44. - Enrique "Julio" González. 45. - 0restes "Minnie" Miñoso.

1950
46. - Witto Alomá. 47-Sandalio Consuegra.
48. - Conrado Marrero. 49. - Limonar Martínez.
50. - Julio "Jiqui" Moreno. 51. - Carlos "Patato" Pascual

1951
52. - Cisco Campos. 53. - Willie Miranda. 54. - Rafael Noble.

1952
55. - Edmundo Amorós. 56. - Mike Fornieles.
57. - Héctor Rodríguez. 58. - Raúl Sánchez

1954
59. - Carlos Paula. 60. - Camilo Pascual

1955
61. - Vicente Amor. 62. - Julio Bécquer.
63. - Juan Delís. 64. - Lino Donoso.
65. - Wenceslao González. 66. - Román Mejías.
67. - Pedro Ramos. 68. - José Valdivieso.

1956
69. - Humberto Fernandez. 70. - Evelio Hernández.
71. - Gonzalo Naranjo.

1957
72. - Rene "Látigo" Valdez.

1958
73. - Ossie Álvarez. 74. - Panchón Herrera.
75. - Daniel Morejón. 76. - Orlando Pena.
77-Femando "Trompoloco" Rodríguez. 78. - Tony Taylor.

1959
79. - Rodolfo Arias. 80. - Mike Cuellar. 81. - Zoilo Versalles.

1960
82. - Borrego Alvarez. 83. - Joaquín Azcue.
84. - Eduardo Bauta. 85. - Leonardo Cárdenas.
86. - Miguel de la Hoz. 87. - Tony "Haitiano" González.
88. - Héctor Maestri. 89. - Leopoldo Posada.

1961
90. - Dagoberto Cueto. 91. - Manuel Montejo.

1962
92. - Héctor Martines. 93. - 0rlando "Marty" Martines.
94. - Orlando McFarlane. 95. - Tony Oliva.
96. - 0ctavio "Cookie" Rojas. 97. - Diego Seguí.
98. - José Tartabull.

1963
99. - José Cardenal. 100. - Marcelino López.
101. - Tony Martines. 102. - Aurelio Monteagudo.

1964
103. - Bert Campaneris. 104. - Tony Pérez
105. - Luis Tiant 106. - Chico Ruiz.

1965
107. - Paulino Casanova. 108. - Tito Fuentes.
109. - Jackie Hernandez. 110. - Hilario Baldes Pino.

1966
111. - José Ramón López.

1967
112. -Minervino Rojas. 113. - Enrique Izquierdo.
114. - Jorge Lauzerique.

1968
115. - José Arda. 116. - Lorenzo Fernandez.

1969
117. -José Martines.

1970
118. - Rigoberto Mendoza.

1974
119. -0scar Zamora.

1976
120. - Orlando González.

1978
121. - Bobby Ramos.

1980
122. - Leonardo Sutherland.

1981
123. - José Alvarez.

1984
124. - Bárbaro Garbey. 125. - Danilo Tartabull

1985
126. - José Canseco. 127. - Al Pardo.

1986
128. - Rafael Palmeiro.

1987
129. - Orestes Destrade. 130. - Nelson Santovenia.

1988
131. -Tony Fossas. 132. - Israel Sánchez.

1990
133. - Ossie Canseco. 134 - Alex Fernández.
135. - Luis González. 136. - Javier Ortiz.
137. - David Seguí

1991
138. - Jorge Pedré.

1992
139. - Tony Menéndez.

1993
140. - Rene Arocha. 141. - Ricky Gutiérrez.
142. - Eduardo Pérez. 143. - Femando Viña

1994
144. - Jorge Fábregas. 145. - Alex González. 146. - Carlos Reyes.

1995
147. - Oscar Muñoz. 148. - Alex Ochoa.
149. - Orlando Palmeiro. 150. - Ariel Prieto.

1996
151. - Osvaldo Fernández. 152. - Livan Hernandez.
153. - Reynaldo Ordóñez. 154. - Roberto Estalella
155. - Islay Molina. 156. - Jorge Posada. 157. - Raúl Ibáñez

[kimnat]

Man!!! That's quite a list and from one small country, too!  Amazing!

[nospinzone1]

Man!!! That's quite a list and from one small country, too!  Amazing!

Kim, it would even be longer if Kastro had not cut the supply of players. In Cuba right now there are players "so called amateurs" that are big league caliber right now.

(did you forget to ask your dad?)

I am going to go thru that list and pointout some anecdotes about some of the playrs.

[kimnat]

No, his phone and computer line has been out.  The line got cut somehow.

[nospinzone1]

I thought Robert Estalella was dead. He played with the Senators around world war II and after his baseball career he was working in the washington area as a butcher.

MIGUEL ANGEL GONZALES: Played with the Cardinals; third base coach; unforgettable the world series where he gave the green light to Enos Slaughter to score the winning run. Slaughter scored from first base on a single.

ROBERTO ORTIZ: Also played with the Senators around World War II. He was from a sugar cane area near my hometown. He was discovered when people alerted a scout of a cuban winter league team that he could kill birds in flight with rocks.

MINNIE MINOSO: MET him when he played a short time with the expansion Senators. fearless outfielder, always crashing into walls, which he also did here. Very nice fellow.

CONRADO (CONNIE) MARRERO: MET him in Havana when I was working there briefly waiting for our family visa. He would hold court near where I worked before going to the ballpark on a bus. He was frugal that way. Then when we came to the States in 1954, we reacquainted at the barbershop owned by a cuban fellow. He would ride to Griffith Stadium in the streetcar.

CARLOS (PATATO) PASCUAL: CAMILO'S older brother. had a cup of tea with the Senators but quit in the middle of the season because he was homesick for his girlfriend, who he married.

CARLOS PAULA: MET HIM ALSO WHEN WITH SENATORS. THE REASON HE KEPT BEING SENT DOWN TO TRIPLE A WAS THAT HE HAD A DRINKING PROBLEM AND THEY WOULD NOT PUT UP WITH IT HERE.

JULIO BECQUER: ONE OF THE NICEST PERSONS I HAVE EVR MET. SLICK FIELDING FIRST BASEMAN. TEACHER IN CUBA IN THE OFFSEASON.

ZOILO VERSALLES: SMART ASS PERSON. MY FATHER COULD NOT STAND HIM AND WHEN PASCUAL LIVED IN OUR HOUSE MY FATHER ASKED CAMILO NOT TO INVITE HIM TO VISIT.

PAUL CASANOVA: ANOTHER PRINCE OF A GUY. GRET WITH KIDS AND FANS. CROWD FAVORITE.

PEDRO RAMOS: LADIES MAN. LUCKY PITCHER. WITTY

JOSE VALDIVIELSO: VERY NICE SHY GUY. HAD A DRINKING PROBLEM.

[saltydad]

Didn't realize that Danny Tartabull and Jorge Posada were Cubanos. Liked Tartabull a lot, and Posada is fantastic!

[tomterp]

Old timers to RFK can still hear the PA announcer's lyrical announcement of "Paul Cas-a-NOV-a".