Alfredo Despaigne

Alfredo Despaigne is one of those players who makes you wonder what might have been if Cuban baseball and Major League Baseball had a cleaner relationship — because the raw power this man brings to the plate is genuinely elite. Born in Palma Soriano, the same town that produced legends like Minnie Miñoso, Despaigne carved out a remarkable career representing Cuba internationally and lighting up Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league with both the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, where he hit with the kind of authority that made NPB pitchers nervous. He's a Cuba National Series cornerstone with Alazanes de Granma, a guy who thrived outside the MLB spotlight and still made a lasting impression across two continents. For fans who followed international baseball closely, Despaigne is a reminder that world-class talent exists well beyond one league's borders.

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Name (English)

Alfredo Despaigne

Name (Japanese)

アルフレド・デスパイネ

Reading

あるふれど・ですぱいね

Born

June 17, 1986 (age 40)

Origin

Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba Province, Cuba

Height

175 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Tiger

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• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo%20Despaigne
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AB%E3%83%95%E3%83%AC%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%82%A4%E3%83%8D
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Tags

• Santiago de Cuba Province
• baseball player

Last updated

September 18, 2026

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