Eduardo Paret
Naranjas de Villa Clara – No. 2
Batter
Born: (1972-10-23) October 23, 1972 (age 51)
Santa Clara, Villa Clara, Cuba
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Cuban National Series debut
April 15, 1997, for the Naranjas de Villa Clara
Cuban National Series statistics
(through 1997-2008)
Home runs139
Average.293
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Eduardo Paret
Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
World Baseball Classic
Silver medal – second place 2006 San Diego Team
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1996 Atlanta Team
Gold medal – first place 2004 Athens Team
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Team
Baseball World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2001 Taipei Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Cuba Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Netherlands Team
Silver medal – second place 2007 Taipei Team
Intercontinental Cup
Gold medal – first place 1995 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Havana Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Taipei Team
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Gold medal – first place 2003 Santo Domingo Team
Gold medal – first place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
Gold medal – first place 2006 Cartagena Team

Eduardo Paret Pérez (born October 23, 1972, in Santa Clara) is a Cuban baseball player. He is a shortstop for Villa Clara of the Cuban National Series, and for the Cuban national baseball team.[1]

Paret was the starting shortstop on the Cuban teams that won gold medals at the 1996 and 2004 Summer Olympics and second place at the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He was named most valuable player of the 2005 World Cup of Baseball after going 12 for 19 with 8 stolen bases in the tournament.[2]

In July 1997, Paret and his Villa Clara teammates Osmani García and Angel López spoke with Cuban defector Rolando Arrojo by telephone. As a result, they were banned from Cuban baseball for "maintaining contact with baseball traitors."[3] The ban has since been lifted. On July 28, 2006, ESPN.com reported that Paret and Yulieski Gurriel had defected from Cuba and into Colombia. .[4] Days later, Gurriel denied the report.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Eduardo Paret Pérez" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on February 6, 2012. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
  2. ^ "World Cup Baseball 2005". official site. Archived from the original on 2007-01-02. Retrieved 2006-10-10.
  3. ^ Jamail, Milton H. (2000). Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball. Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press. p. 88. ISBN 0-8093-2310-9.
  4. ^ "Report: Cuban baseball players defect in Colombia". ESPN.com news services. Retrieved July 28, 2006.
  5. ^ Rojas, Enrique. "Cuban star Gurriel has no interest in deserting". ESPNdeportes.com. Retrieved August 1, 2006.

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