Antonio Pacheco (baseball)

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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 place1992 BarcelonaTeam
Gold medal – first place1996 AtlantaTeam
Silver medal – second place2000 SydneyTeam
Baseball World Cup
Gold medal – first place1984 HavanaTeam
Gold medal – first place1986 HollandTeam
Gold medal – first place1988 ItalyTeam
Gold medal – first place1990 EdmontonTeam
Gold medal – first place1994 NicaraguaTeam
Gold medal – first place1998 ItalyTeam
Gold medal – first place2001 TaipeiTeam
Intercontinental Cup
Gold medal – first place1983 BrusselsTeam
Gold medal – first place1985 EdmontonTeam
Gold medal – first place1987 HavanaTeam
Gold medal – first place1989 San JuanTeam
Silver medal – second place1997 BarcelonaTeam
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1983 CaracasTeam
Gold medal – first place1987 IndianapolisTeam
Gold medal – first place1991 HavanaTeam
Gold medal – first place1995 Mar del PlataTeam
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place1986 Santiago de los CaballerosTeam
Gold medal – first place1990 Mexico CityTeam
Gold medal – first place1993 PonceTeam
Gold medal – first place1998 MaracaiboTeam
Goodwill Games
Gold medal – first place1990 SeattleTeam

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. 1 2 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.