Sherman Obando

Sherman Obando is one of those guys who makes you appreciate just how wide baseball's net can stretch — a 6-foot-7 outfielder from Bocas del Toro Province, Panama, one of those places most fans couldn't find on a map, who somehow made it to the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos in the 1990s. I have a soft spot for big, raw athletes who get a shot at the majors on sheer physical tools alone, and Obando fit that mold perfectly: he had the frame of a first baseman, the arm of an outfielder, and a swing with legitimate power potential. He never became a household name, but the fact that he's stayed in the game as a first base coach for the Charleston RiverDogs tells you everything about his genuine love for baseball. That kind of career arc — journeyman player to lifer coach — is honestly what the sport is built on.

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Name (English)

Sherman Obando

Name (Japanese)

シャーマン・オバンドー

Reading

しゃーまん・おばんどー

Born

January 23, 1970 (age 56)

Origin

Bocas del Toro Province, Panama

Height

200 cm

Occupation

professional baseball player

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Dog

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherman%20Obando
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%90%E3%83%B3%E3%83%89%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7495225

Tags

• Bocas del Toro Province
• professional baseball player

Last updated

October 18, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.