My Take
Frederich Cepeda is exactly the kind of player who makes Cuban baseball so fascinating to follow — a career outfielder who spent his life representing Sancti Spíritus in the Cuban National Series, a league where the competition is fierce and the national pride is almost suffocating. For a guy standing 5'10" who never made the big defection to the majors, he carved out a genuinely respected career, and his stint with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan shows the kind of international credibility you only earn by being legitimately good. I find myself rooting for players like Cepeda who stay loyal to their baseball ecosystem without chasing the obvious money path — there's something quietly dignified about it that deserves more recognition than it usually gets.
Overview
Frederich Cepeda Cruz (born 8 April 1980) is a Cuban professional baseball outfielder for the Gallos de Sancti Spiritus of the Cuban National Series. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Frederich Cepeda
- Name (Japanese)
- フレデリク・セペダ
- Reading
- ふれでりく・せぺだ
- Born
- April 8, 1980 (age 46)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Aries / Monkey
- Origin
- Sancti Spíritus, Sancti Spíritus Province, Cuba
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 178 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.