Antonio Pacheco (baseball)

This article is about the Cuban baseball player who played in the Cuban National Series from 1981 to 2002. For the player who coached in Major League Baseball from 1974 to 1982, see Tony Pacheco.

Antonio Pacheco Massó (born 4 June 1964) is a retired Cuban baseball player. He played most of his career as a second baseman with the Santiago de Cuba of the Cuban National Series, and was a frequent member of the Cuba national baseball team, as a 3 times Olympic medalist. Pacheco has been a baseball instructor in the New York Yankees farm system since 2014.

Antonio Pacheco
Infielder / Manager
Born: (1964-06-04)4 June 1964 Santiago, Cuba
Bats: Right Throws: Right
Career highlights and awards
Baseball World Cup MVP (1998)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Cuba Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team 1996 Atlanta Team 2000 Sydney Team Baseball World Cup 1984 Havana Team 1986 Holland Team 1988 Italy Team 1990 Edmonton Team 1994 Nicaragua Team 1998 Italy Team 2001 Taipei Team Intercontinental Cup 1983 Brussels Team 1985 Edmonton Team 1987 Havana Team 1989 San Juan Team 1997 Barcelona Team Pan American Games 1983 Caracas Team 1987 Indianapolis Team 1991 Havana Team 1995 Mar del Plata Team Central American and Caribbean Games 1986 Santiago de los Caballeros Team 1990 Mexico City Team 1993 Ponce Team 1998 Maracaibo Team Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle Team

Career

He played for Japanese corporate team Shidax between 2002 and 2004.^[1]

At the end of his playing career in the National Series, he had posted a career batting average of .334, and held the record for career hits (2,356, since broken). He also collected 1,304 RBI, 1,258 runs, 366 doubles, 284 home runs and 63 triples.^[2]

After his retirement as a player, Pacheco returned to manage Santiago, leading the team to an upset in the 2004–05 Cuban National Series.^[3]

He coached the Cuba national baseball team to a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[1]