Elefantes de Cienfuegos (English: Cienfuegos Elephants) is a

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

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, 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 de ...

at the 2006 World Baseball Classic: Adiel Palma and Yosvany Pérez.

Roster

National Series MVPs

*1980 Pedro José Rodríguez *2011

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Other notable players

* Roberto Almarales * Osvaldo Arias * Erisbel Arruebarrena * Norberto González (pitcher) * Alex Guerrero * Sixto Hernández * Rolando Macías * Yoan Moncada * Antonio Muñoz * Adiel Palma (pitcher) * Yosvani Pérez (pitcher) * Yasiel Puig * Alexander Quintero (pitcher) * Iván Rojas * Remberto Rosell * Yangency Socarrás

References

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