Orestes Kindelán Olivares (born November 1, 1964 in Palma Soriano

Palma Soriano

Palma Soriano is a municipality in the Santiago de Cuba Province of Cuba.The municipality is divided into the localite of Alto Cedro, Caney del Sitio, Guaninao, José Martí, Juan Barón, La Concepción, Las Cuchillas, Los Dorados, Norte, Palmarito de Cauto, San Leandro, San Ramón, Santa Filomena and...

, Cuba

Cuba

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) is the most prolific home run

Home run

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 hitter in the history of post-revolutionary

Cuban Revolution

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 Cuban baseball

Baseball in Cuba

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, well known as "El Cañon de Dos Rios" and one of the offensive stars of the Cuban national baseball team

Cuba national baseball team

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, which won numerous World Cups

World Cup of Baseball

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 and two Olympic

Baseball at the Summer Olympics

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 gold medal

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s during his tenure. He is the cousin of legendary Amateur boxer Mario Kindelán.

Records

Kindelán played the bulk of his 21 seasons for his home province's Santiago de Cuba Avispas

Santiago de Cuba Avispas

Santiago de Cuba is a baseball team in the Cuban National Series based in Estadio Guillermón Moncada in Santiago de Cuba. The Avispas are historically one of the most successful teams in the National Series, the main domestic competition in post-revolutionary Cuban baseball...

 (Wasps). He holds the following career records in the Cuban National Series

Cuban National Series

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• Home runs: 487 (With aluminium bat 17 series)
• Runs batted in: 1,511
• Total bases: 3,893

Trivia

• Kindelán played for Japanese corporate team Shidax
  Shidax
  is a company providing feeding services and operating karaoke shop chain in Japan. Its karaoke shop, which operates under the name SHIDAX Please! is typical of the many big karaoke establishments and serves a wide selection of drinks and food....
  
   between 2002 and 2004.
• Kindelán hit the longest home run ever at Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
  Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium
  Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium, often shortened to "Fulton County Stadium," was a multi-purpose stadium that formerly stood in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.-History:...
  
  , a third deck shot during the 1996 Olympics.