Frederich Cepeda

Frederich Cepeda Cruz (born April 8, 1980) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Piratas de Campeche of the Mexican League and Gallos de Sancti Spiritus of the Cuban National Series. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Yomiuri Giants.

Frederich Cepeda
Cepeda with the Yomiuri Giants in 2014
Piratas de Campeche
Outfielder
Born: (1980-04-08) April 8, 1980
Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
debut
May 15, 2014, for the Yomiuri Giants
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Career

Cepeda signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball on April 19, 2014.[1] On August 13, 2018, Cepeda signed with the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League.[2]

International career

Cepeda previously played for the Cuban national baseball team and Sancti Spíritus of the Cuban National Series. Cepeda was part of the Cuban team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and second place at the 2006 World Baseball Classic and 2008 Summer Olympics. He was selected as part of the All Stars at the 2009 World Baseball Classic where he had a .500 batting average with 3 homers in 6 games and 24 at-bats.

Cepeda won with his national team, the gold medal of the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico.[3][4][5]

References

  1. Cuban Star Frederich Cepeda To Play In Japan
  2. https://www.mlb.com/player/frederich-cepeda-493315?stats=career-r-hitting-minors&year=2020
  3. "Hockey de RD da salto cualitativo". El Nacional (in Spanish). 2014-11-24. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  4. "Veracruz 2014: Cuba, campeón del béisbol centroamericano". Cubasi.cu (in Spanish). 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2014-11-28.
  5. "Cuba gana medalla de oro en béisbol". ESPN Deportes (in Spanish). Veracruz, Mexico. EFE. 2014-11-22. Retrieved 2014-11-28.


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