Orestes Kindelán Olivares (born November 1, 1964) is the most prolific home run hitter in the history of post-revolutionary Cuban baseball, known as "El Cañon de Dos Rios" and one of the offensive stars of the Cuba national baseball team, which won numerous World Cups and two Olympic gold medals during his tenure. He is a cousin of amateur boxer Mario Kindelán.

Orestes Kindelán

Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Olympic Games
	1992 Barcelona	Team
	1996 Atlanta	Team
	2000 Sydney	Team
Pan American Games
	1991 Havana	Team
	1995 Mar del Plata	Team
	1999 Winnipeg	Team
Baseball World Cup
	1990 Edmonton	Team
	1994 Nicaragua	Team
	1998 Italy	Team
	2001 Taipei	Team
Intercontinental Cup
	1997 Barcelona	Team
Goodwill Games
	1990 Seattle	Team

Career

Kindelán played the bulk of his 21 seasons for his home province's Santiago de Cuba Avispas (Wasps). He holds Cuban National Series 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 Intercity Baseball Tournament.

Kindelán hit the longest home run ever at Atlanta–Fulton County Stadium, a third-deck home run during the 1996 Olympics.[1]

Related players

• Omar Linares
• Antonio Pacheco Massó

References

External links

• Cuban Baseball Career statistics

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Orestes Kindelán". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

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