Roel Santos

Roel Santos is one of those quietly fascinating baseball journeymen whose career map reads like an adventure story — born in Granma Province, Cuba, making his way through the Mexican League with the Conspiradores de Querétaro, and carving out time in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball with the Chiba Lotte Marines. That kind of globe-trotting path doesn't happen by accident; it takes real talent and even more grit to keep finding a roster spot across such wildly different baseball cultures. He never became a household name back in the States, but honestly, guys like Santos are the backbone of professional baseball worldwide — outfielders who show up, play hard, and keep the game going on three continents.

Name (English)

Roel Santos

Name (Japanese)

ロエル・サントス

Reading

ろえる・さんとす

Born

September 15, 1987 (age 38)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Rabbit

Origin

Granma Province, Cuba

Height

173 cm

Occupation

baseball player

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B5%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E3%82%B9

Tags

• Granma Province
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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