Jorge Luis Valdés
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Born: Jovellanos, Matanzas Province, Cuba | 12 February 1961|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died: 28 January 2025 Matanzas, Cuba | (aged 63)|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jorge Luis Valdés Berriel (12 February 1961 – 28 January 2025), nicknamed "Tati", was a Cuban baseball pitcher who was Olympic Champion with Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics.[1] Valdés is considered the best left-handed pitcher in the history of the Cuban National Series.[2]
Valdés died on 28 January 2025, at the age of 63.[3][4]
References
- ^ "Olympedia – Jorge Luis Valdés". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ^ "Fallece a los 63 años Jorge Luis 'Tati' Valdés, el mejor pícher zurdo del béisbol cubano". swissinfo.ch (in Spanish). EFE. 29 January 2025. Retrieved 6 March 2025.
- ^ "Muere Jorge Luis Valdés, 'zurdo de oro' del béisbol cubano". Diario de Cuba. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
- ^ This was the final farewell to Jorge Luis Valdés, a legend of Cuban baseball