Frank Andy Montieth Herrera (born 11 January 1985) is a Cuban

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pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

. He pitches for the

Industriales Industriales is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series. Located in Cerro, La Habana, it is known as the only team representing the country’s capital, Havana. Industriales is historically the most successful team in the National Series, a ...

of the

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. He has also competed extensively for the

Cuban 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 ...

, winning a

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at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...

in Athens. Montieth bats and throws right-handed.

Career

Montieth debuted in the

in the 2003–04 season. He went 2–3 with 13 saves and a 2.34 ERA for the Industriales. That year, Montieth won the Cuban National Series Rookie of the Year Award, beating out

Yoenis Céspedes Yoenis Céspedes Milanés (born October 18, 1985), nicknamed "La Potencia" (The Power), is a Cuban-born professional baseball outfielder. He made his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut on March 28, 2012, for the Oakland Athletics, and has also p ...

. During the regular season of the 2005-06 Cuban National Series, Montieth was 7–5 with a 3.13

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. During the three-round playoffs, he went 4–2, leading the team in wins as Industriales went on to win the title. In 2015, he played for the

at the

2015 WBSC Premier12 The 2015 WBSC Premier12 was an international baseball championship sponsored by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (WBSC), the inaugural event of the WBSC Premier12. It was held from November 8 to 21 in Taiwan and Japan. The South Korean ...

. In the seasons 2016, 2017 and 2018, besides still pitching for the

and

, Montieth also play in Italy in the Italian Baseball Championship Serie A Federale for Athletics Bologna.

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2016 and 2017 with Athletics Bologna – Italy – Serie A Federale League :

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Montieth, Frank 1985 births Living people Olympic baseball players of Cuba Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Cuba Competitors at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in baseball