Elefantes de Cienfuegos (English: Cienfuegos Elephants) is a

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team in the

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. Based in the southern city of

Cienfuegos Cienfuegos (), capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba. It is located about from Havana and has a population of 178,368 in 2022. Since the late 1960s, Cienfuegos has become one of Cuba's main industrial centers, ...

, the Elefantes had their best season in their second year of existence, finishing fourth in the National Series. The team achieved its best result in the 2009–10 season finishing third. There were two pitchers on the

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at the

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Adiel Palma Adiel Palma López (born August 20, 1970) is a Cuban left-handed pitcher for the Cuban national baseball team and Cienfuegos of the Cuban National Series. Palma was on the gold medal-winning Cuban team at the 2004 Summer Olympics and the silver ...

and Yosvany Pérez.

Roster

National Series MVPs

*1980

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*2011

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Other notable players

* Roberto Almarales *

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* Erisbel Arruebarrena *

Norberto González Norberto González Miranda (born 10 October 1979) is a former baseball player who was a left-handed pitcher for the Cuba national baseball team, Cuban national baseball team and Elefantes de Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos of the Cuban National Series, w ...

(pitcher) * Alex Guerrero *

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* Antonio Muñoz *

(pitcher) * Yosvani Pérez (pitcher) *

Yasiel Puig Yasiel Puig Valdés ( , ; born December 7, 1990) is a Cuban-born American professional baseball right fielder who is a free agent. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Cincinnati Reds, and Clevelan ...

* Alexander Quintero (pitcher) *

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* Remberto Rosell * Yangency Socarrás

References

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