Frederich Cepeda

Frederich Cepeda
Cepeda with the Yomiuri Giants in 2014
Toros de Tijuana – No. 52
Outfielder
Born: (1980-04-08) April 8, 1980 Sancti Spiritus, Cuba
Bats: Switch Throws: Right
debut
May 15, 2014, for the Yomiuri Giants
Teams
Yomiuri Giants (2014–2015)
Career highlights and awards
All-World Baseball Classic team (2009)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 2004 Athens Team 2008 Beijing Team Baseball World Cup 2003 Havana Team 2005 Rotterdam Team 2007 Taipei Team 2009 Nettuno Team Intercontinental Cup 2002 Havana Team 2006 Taichung Team Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Team 2007 Rio Janeiro Team 2011 Guadalajara Team Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena Team 2014 Veracruz Team

Frederich Cepeda Cruz (born April 8, 1980) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Toros de Tijuana of the Mexican League and the Gallos de Sancti Spiritus of the Cuban National Series. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Yomiuri Giants.

Baseball career

Cepeda previously played for the Cuban national baseball team and Sancti Spíritus of the Cuban National Series. Cepeda was part of the Cuban team that won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics and second place at the 2006 World Baseball Classic and 2008 Summer Olympics. He was selected as part of the All Stars at the 2009 World Baseball Classic where he had a .500 batting average with 3 homers in 6 games and 24 at-bats.

Cepeda signed with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball on April 19, 2014.^[1][2][3]

Cepeda won with his national team, the gold medal of the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games in Veracruz, Mexico.^[4][5][6]

References

External links

• Cuban Baseball Career statistics

• Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)