Norberto González Miranda (born October 10, 1979 in

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 ...

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) is a left-handed

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for the

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and

of the

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. In the 2005-06 Cuban National Series, pitching alongside national team stalwarts Yosvani Pérez and Adiel Palma, González maintained a 3.97

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and notched 90

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s in 133 innings. However, his record was only 6-10, as Cienfuegos stumbled to a 35-54 record.

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* 1979 births Living people 2009 World Baseball Classic players Olympic baseball players of Cuba Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2007 Pan American Games Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Baseball players at the 2011 Pan American Games Olympic silver medalists for Cuba Olympic gold medalists for Cuba Olympic medalists in baseball 2013 World Baseball Classic players Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics 2015 WBSC Premier12 players Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Pan American Games gold medalists for Cuba Pan American Games bronze medalists for Cuba Pan American Games medalists in baseball Medalists at the 2011 Pan American Games People from Cienfuegos {{Cuba-baseball-pitcher-stub