Eddie Oropesa Baseball player
Edilberto Oropesa (born November 23, 1971 in Matanzas, Cuba) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for four seasons. He pitched for the Philadelphia Phillies in 2001, the Arizona Diamondbacks from 2002 to 2003, and the San Diego Padres in 2004, where he earned the win in the first ever Major League Game at Petco Park against the San Francisco Giants. He last played professionally in 2007 for Sparta-Feyenoord in the Dutch Major League. He defected from the Cuban team at the World University Games in Buffalo in 1993. In 2012 he was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers to work with their newly signed Cuban player Yasiel Puig.
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| Career start | April 02, 2001 |
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| Career end | May 20, 2004 |
| batting side | Left |
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| throwing side | Left |