Orestes Kindelán Olivares (born November 1, 1964) is the most prolific

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hitter in the history of post-

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Cuban baseball, known as "El Cañon de Dos Rios" and one of the offensive stars of the

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, which won numerous

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and two

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s during his tenure. He is a cousin of amateur boxer

Mario Kindelán Mario César Kindelán Mesa (born August 10, 1971), best known as Mario Kindelán, is a Cuban former amateur boxer. He is a two-time Olympic gold medalist, having competed in the lightweight division at the 2000 and 2004 events. His cousin is ...

Career

Kindelán played the bulk of his 21 seasons for his home province's

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(Wasps). He holds

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records for home runs (487, with aluminium bat 17 series), runs batted in (1,511), and total bases (3,893). Kindelán played for Japanese corporate team Shidax between 2002 and 2004 in the

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. Kindelán hit the longest home run ever at

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, a third-deck home run during the

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Related players

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Antonio Pacheco Massó Antonio Pacheco Massó (born 4 June 1964) is a retired Cuban baseball player, and is also a 3 times Olympic medalist. He coached the Cuba national baseball team to a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He played for Japanese corporate tea ...

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