| Omar Ajete | |
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| Born: July 31, 1965 (age 58) San Juan, Pinar del Río, Cuba | |
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Omar Ajete Iglesias (born 31 July 1965) is a Cuban former baseball pitcher who starred for Pinar del Río of the Cuban National Series, and the Cuban national team.[1]
Ajete was born on 31 July 1965 in San Juan in the Cuban province of Pinar del Río.[2] He started practicing baseball when he was 13 years old. Ajete initially played center field but switched positions and played as pitcher in a youth province championship.[3]
Ajete, a left-handed starter, made his debut in the Cuban National Series in 1984 with the Pinar del Río team and compiled a career record of 179–96 over sixteen 90-game seasons in the National Series, from 1984 to 2001, winning four championships in 1985, 1988, 1997 and 1998.[4] He pitched for Cuba national baseball team at the 1992, 1996 and 2000 Olympic games, earning two gold medals, in 1992 and 1996 and a silver medal in 2000.[5] After the 2000–01 season, Ajete retired from baseball.
