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===Professional baseball career=== |
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After college, he played many seasons in the minor leagues before a his career at the major league level: Called up in September of{{By|1987}} with the [[New York Yankees]], called up {{By|1988}} with the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], and {{By|1993}} and {{By|1994}} for the [[Florida Marlins]]. He also played 5 seasons (1989–1992 and 1995) for the [[Seibu Lions]] of the Japanese Pacific League, where he led the league in home runs for three consecutive years. [[Randy Johnson]] struck out Destrade for Johnson's first major league strikeout. |
After college, he played many seasons in the minor leagues before a his career at the major league level: Called up in September of{{By|1987}} with the [[New York Yankees]], called up {{By|1988}} with the [[Pittsburgh Pirates]], and {{By|1993}} and {{By|1994}} for the [[Florida Marlins]]. He also played 5 seasons (1989–1992 and 1995) for the [[Seibu Lions]] of the Japanese Pacific League, where he led the league in home runs for three consecutive years. [[Randy Johnson]] struck out Destrade for Johnson's first major league strikeout. |
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While playing in the Yankees’ system, Destrade became “like an older brother” to many of the young Latin American players who, unlike Destrade, were getting their first taste of the United States. |
While playing in the Yankees’ system, Destrade became “like an older brother” to many of the young Latin American players who, unlike Destrade, were getting their first taste of the United States. |
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Revision as of 13:55, 6 August 2010
| Orestes Destrade | |
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| First baseman | |
Batted: Switch Threw: Right | |
| debut | |
| September 11, 1987, for the New York Yankees | |
| Last appearance | |
| May 24, 1994, for the Florida Marlins | |
| Career statistics | |
| Batting average | .241 |
| Home runs | 26 |
| Runs batted in | 106 |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Orestes Cucuas Destrade (born May 8, 1962 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba[1]) is a former Major League Baseball infielder.
Biography
Destrade emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of six. He graduated from Christopher Columbus High School in Miami. He later attended Florida College.
Professional baseball career
After college, he played many seasons in the minor leagues before a his career at the major league level: Called up in September of1987 with the New York Yankees, called up 1988 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and 1993 and 1994 for the Florida Marlins. He also played 5 seasons (1989–1992 and 1995) for the Seibu Lions of the Japanese Pacific League, where he led the league in home runs for three consecutive years. Randy Johnson struck out Destrade for Johnson's first major league strikeout.
While playing in the Yankees’ system, Destrade became “like an older brother” to many of the young Latin American players who, unlike Destrade, were getting their first taste of the United States.
After breaking in with the Yankees in 1987, Destrade played a year with the Pirates before starting his spectacular career in Japan. He returned to the Major Leagues with the Florida Marlins in 1993, their first year.
He is fluent in English, Spanish, and Japanese. Destrade played parts of five seasons in Japan with Seibu Lions and led the Pacific League in home runs for three consecutive seasons (1990-92). He belted 42 round trippers in 1990. 39 in 1991 and 41 in 1992. In 1989, his first season in Japan, he hit 32 home runs in only 83 games, after joining the Lions in late May. With Destrade in the lineup, the Lions made up 11-1/2 games in the standings and moved into first place in August
Destrade, Save Magadan, and Walt Weiss were the veteran leaders for the Marlins. Destrade led the club with 20 home runs and 87 runs batted in, and, unofficially, community activities.
Broadcasting career
Destrade appeared on ESPN's Baseball Tonight. He provided color commentary for the 2006 World Baseball Classic and broadcasted again with the 2009 World Baseball Classic for ESPN. He helped broadcast the 2007, 2008 & 2009 Little League World Series. Until April 2007 he was co-host of XM Radio's Baseball This Morning show on MLB Home Plate, XM channel 175, along with Buck Martinez and Mark Patrick.
Personal life
Orestes is married and is the father of 4 children: Danielle, Devin, Armando,and Isabella.
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference
- Career statistics and player information from Fangraphs
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- 1962 births
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- Seibu Lions players
- Florida Marlins players
- Pittsburgh Pirates players
- New York Yankees players
- Major League Baseball players from Cuba
- Cuban expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Oneonta Yankees players
- Major League Baseball first basemen
- Nashville Sounds players
- Cuban baseball biography stubs
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