Antonio Pacheco (baseball)
| Antonio Pacheco | |
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 Pacheco with the Tampa Yankees | |
| Infielder / Manager | |
| Born: 4 June 1964 Santiago, Cuba | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Antonio Pacheco Massó (born 4 June 1964) is a Cuban former baseball player. He played most of his career as a second baseman with the Santiago de Cuba of the Cuban National Series, and was a frequent member of the Cuba national baseball team, as a 3 times Olympic medalist. Pacheco has been a baseball instructor in the New York Yankees farm system since 2014.
Career
He played for Japanese corporate team Shidax between 2002 and 2004.[1]
At the end of his playing career in the National Series, he had posted a career batting average of .334, and held the record for career hits (2,356, since broken). He also collected 1,304 RBI, 1,258 runs, 366 doubles, 284 home runs and 63 triples.[2]
After his retirement as a player, Pacheco returned to manage Santiago, leading the team to an upset in the 2004–05 Cuban National Series.[3]
He coached the Cuba national baseball team to a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]
In 2026, Pacheco was named as a defensive coach for the FCL Yankees the rookie-level affiliate of the New York Yankees.
References
- 1 2 Castillo, José Raúl (5 January 2010). "Antonio Pacheco, preguntas y respuestas" (in Spanish). Beisbol Cubano. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "Yankees Magazine: The Captain of Captains". MLB.com. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
- ↑ Bjarkman, Peter (2007). A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006. McFarland. pp. 358–59. ISBN 978-0786428298.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors), or FCBS
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- 1964 births
- Living people
- Olympic baseball managers
- Olympic baseball players for Cuba
- Olympic gold medalists for Cuba
- Olympic silver medalists for Cuba
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Medalists at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Baseball players at the 1983 Pan American Games
- Baseball players at the 1987 Pan American Games
- Baseball players at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Baseball players at the 1995 Pan American Games
- Cuban expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Pan American Games gold medalists in baseball
- Pan American Games baseball players for Cuba
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba
- Competitors at the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Baseball players at the 1990 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Goodwill Games medalists in baseball
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in baseball
- Baseball players at the 1990 Goodwill Games
- Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1995 Pan American Games
- 1994 Baseball World Cup players
- 1998 Baseball World Cup players
- 2001 Baseball World Cup players
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