Elefantes de Cienfuegos (English: Cienfuegos Elephants) is a

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team in the

Cuban National Series The Cuban National Series (, SNB) is the primary domestic professional baseball competition in Cuba. Formed after the dissolution of the Cuban League in the wake of the Cuban Revolution, the Series is a part of the Cuban baseball league system. ...

. Based in the southern city of

Cienfuegos Cienfuegos (), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 150,000. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, especial ...

, the Elefantes had their best season in their second year of existence, finishing fourth in the National Series. The team achieved its best result in the 2009–10 season finishing third. There were two pitchers on the

Cuba national baseball team The Cuba national baseball team (Spanish: ''Selección de béisbol de Cuba'') represents Cuba at regional and international levels. The team is made up from the most professional players from the Cuban national baseball system. Cuba has been des ...

at the

2006 World Baseball Classic The 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 to 20 in stadiums that are in and around Tokyo, Japan; San Juan, Puerto ...

Adiel Palma Adiel Palma López (born August 20, 1970) is a Cuban left-handed pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and Cienfuegos of the Cuban National Series. Palma was on the gold medal-winning Cuban team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver ...

and Yosvany Pérez.

Roster

National Series MVPs

*1980 Pedro José Rodríguez *2011

José Dariel Abreu José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

Other notable players

* Roberto Almarales * Osvaldo Arias *

Erisbel Arruebarrena Bárbaro Erisbel Arruebarrena Escalante (; born March 25, 1990) is a Cuban professional baseball shortstop for the Algodoneros de Guasave of the Mexican Pacific League and the Cocodrilos de Matanzas of the Cuban National Series. Arruebarrena pla ...

Norberto González Norberto González Miranda (born October 10, 1979 in Cienfuegos, Cuba) is a left-handed pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and Cienfuegos of the Cuban National Series. In the 2005-06 Cuban National Series, pitching alo ...

(pitcher) * Alex Guerrero * Sixto Hernández * Rolando Macías *

Yoan Moncada Yoan is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Yoan Capote (born 1977), Cuban sculptor * Yoan Garneau (born 1995), Quebec singer, winner of season 2 of '' La Voix'' in 2014 * Yoan Gouffran (born 1986), French footballer of Guadeloupe ...

* Antonio Muñoz *

(pitcher) *

Yosvani Pérez Yosvani Pérez Ruiz (born January 23, 1974, in Rodas, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba) is a left-handed pitcher for Cienfuegos of the Cuban National Series, and the Cuban national baseball team . Pérez was part of the Cuban roster at the 2006 Wor ...

(pitcher) * Yasiel Puig * Alexander Quintero (pitcher) * Iván Rojas * Remberto Rosell * Yangency Socarrás

References

Baseball teams in Cuba Cienfuegos Baseball teams established in 1977 1977 establishments in Cuba {{Cuba-baseball-team-stub