Antonio Pacheco (baseball)

This article is about the Cuban baseball player who played in the Cuban National Series from 1981 to 2002. For the player who coached in Major League Baseball from 1974 to 1982, see Tony Pacheco.

Antonio Pacheco
Infielder / Manager
Born: (1964-06-04)4 June 1964
Santiago, Cuba
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1992 Barcelona Team
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Silver medal – second place 2000 Sydney Team
Baseball World Cup
Gold medal – first place 1984 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 1986 Holland Team
Gold medal – first place 1988 Italy Team
Gold medal – first place 1990 Edmonton Team
Gold medal – first place 1994 Nicaragua Team
Gold medal – first place 1998 Italy Team
Gold medal – first place 2001 Taipei Team
Intercontinental Cup
Gold medal – first place 1983 Brussels Team
Gold medal – first place 1985 Edmonton Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 1989 San Juan Team
Silver medal – second place 1997 Barcelona Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1983 Caracas Team
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis Team
Gold medal – first place 1991 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 1986 Santiago de los Caballeros Team
Gold medal – first place 1990 Mexico City Team
Gold medal – first place 1993 Ponce Team
Gold medal – first place 1998 Maracaibo Team
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place 1990 Seattle Team

Antonio Pacheco Massó (born 4 June 1964) is a retired Cuban baseball player. He played most of his career as a second baseman with the Santiago de Cuba of the Cuban National Series, and was a frequent member of the Cuba national baseball team, as a 3 times Olympic medalist. Pacheco has been a baseball instructor in the New York Yankees farm system since 2014.

Career

He played for Japanese corporate team Shidax between 2002 and 2004.[1]

At the end of his playing career in the National Series, he had posted a career batting average of .334, and held the record for career hits (2,356, since broken). He also collected 1,304 RBI, 1,258 runs, 366 doubles, 284 home runs and 63 triples.[2]

After his retirement as a player, Pacheco returned to manage Santiago, leading the team to an upset in the 2004–05 Cuban National Series.[3]

He coached the Cuba national baseball team to a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Castillo, José Raúl (5 January 2010). "Antonio Pacheco, preguntas y respuestas" (in Spanish). Beisbol Cubano. Archived from the original on 20 July 2011. Retrieved 14 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Yankees Magazine: The Captain of Captains". MLB.com. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  3. ^ Bjarkman, Peter (2007). A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006. McFarland. pp. 358–59. ISBN 978-0786428298.
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