Omar Linares | |
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Third baseman / First baseman | |
Born: San Juan y Martínez, Pinar del Río, Cuba | October 23, 1968|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Professional debut | |
SNB: 1982, for the Vegueros de Pinar del Río | |
NPB: July 23, 2002, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
Last appearance | |
SNB: June 16, 2002, for the Vegueros de Pinar del Río | |
NPB: 2004, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
SNB statistics | |
Batting Average | .368 |
Home runs | 404 |
Runs batted in | 1,221 |
NPB statistics | |
Batting Average | .246 |
Home runs | 11 |
Runs batted in | 61 |
Teams | |
Member of the Cuban | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 2014 |
Medals |
Omar Linares Izquierdo (born October 23, 1968)[1] is a Cuban former baseball third baseman. He played for the Cuba national baseball team as well as professionally for Vegueros de Pinar del Río of the Cuban National Series (SNB) and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
In 2009, Linares decided to become a hitting and first base coach for longtime rival team Industriales, helping them to conquer a national championship, his first as an assistant coach.