My Take
Raúl Alcántara is one of those quietly fascinating journeyman pitchers whose career map reads like a world baseball tour — Oakland A's in the majors, then Japan with the Hanshin Tigers, then back to Korea bouncing between the KT Wiz, the Doosan Bears, and the Kiwoom Heroes. Growing up in Santa Cruz de Barahona in the Dominican Republic, a country that has exported an almost absurd volume of baseball talent, he had to be genuinely good just to get noticed, and he clearly was. What I find compelling about guys like Alcántara is that they thrive in three different baseball cultures without being a household name in any of them — that takes real adaptability and a serious arm. He may never have been an ace in the traditional sense, but carving out a long professional career across MLB, NPB, and the KBO is its own kind of achievement that deserves more respect than it usually gets.
Overview
Raúl Alcántara (born December 4, 1992) is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Kiwoom Heroes of the KBO League. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Oakland Athletics, in the KBO League for the KT Wiz and Doosan Bears, and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Raúl Alcántara
- Name (Japanese)
- ラウル・アルカンタラ
- Reading
- らうる・あるかんたら
- Born
- December 4, 1992 (age 33)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Monkey
- Origin
- Santa Cruz de Barahona, Dominican Republic
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- 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.