Three Cubans are members of the Reds Hall of Fame – Leo Cardenas, Adolfo Luque and Tony Perez – while Perez is the only Cuban-born major leaguer who is in the national Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown.
63 years ago today the International Lg's Springfield (MA) Cubs announced move to Cuba to become Havana Sugar Kings: https://t.co/y6GnXqecAI pic.twitter.com/VcCFhTz5Vs
— MiLB.com (@MiLB) January 12, 2017
This list of every Reds player and coach from Cuba is courtesy of the team media guide:
Rafael Almedia, IF, 1911-13
Armando Marsans, OF, 1911-14
Mike Gonzalez, C, 1914
Manuel Cueto, IF/OF, 1917-19
Adolfo Luque, P, 1918-29
Pedro Dibut, P, 1924-25
Tommy de la Cruz, P, 1944
Vincente Amor, P, 1957
Raul Sanchez, P, 1957, ‘60
Danny Morejon, OF, 1958
Orlando Pena, P, 1958-60
Mike Cuellar, P, 1959
Reggie Otero, coach, 1959-65
Rogelio Alvarez, IF, 1960, ‘62
Joe Azcue, C, 1960
Leo Cardenas, IF, 1960-68
Tony Gonzalez, OF, 1960
Cookie Rojas, IF, 1962
Tony Perez, IF, 1964-76, ‘84-86
Chico Ruiz, IF, 1964-69
Mike de la Hoz, IF, 1969
Camilo Pasqual, P, 1969
Pedro Ramos, P, 1969
Tony Menendez, P, 1992
Jose Cardenal, coach, 1993, 2002-03
Osvaldo Fernandez, P, 2000-01
Aroldis Chapman, P, 2010-15
Yonder Alonso, 1B, 2010-11
Brayan Peña, C, 2014-15
Raisel Iglesias, P, 2015-16
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