Orestes Destrade

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Orestes Destrade

First Baseman

Born: May 8, 1962 (1962-05-08) (age 46)
Batted: Switch	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 11, 1987 for the New York Yankees
Final game
May 24, 1994 for the Florida Marlins
Career statistics
Batting Average	.241
Home runs	26
Runs batted in	106
Teams
New York Yankees (1987) Pittsburgh Pirates (1988) Florida Marlins (1993-1994)
Career highlights and awards
Member of the Florida Marlins 1993 Inaugural Season

Orestes Cucuas Destrade (Born May 8, 1962 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba^[1]) is a retired Cuban Major League Baseball infielder. He came to the United States with his family when he was six. He attended Florida College for two years, where he was a junior college All American.

After college, he played four seasons at the major league level: 1987 with the New York Yankees, 1988 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and 1993 and 1994 for the Florida Marlins. He also played 5 seasons (1989-1992 and 1995) for the Seibu Lions of the Japanese Pacific League, where he led the league in home runs for three consecutive years.

Destrade currently appears on ESPN's Baseball Tonight and co-hosts ESPN Radio's SportsNation with John Seibel. He has also provided color commentary for the 2006 World Baseball Classic and the 2007 Little League World Series. Until April 2007 he was co-host of XM Radio's Baseball This Morning show on MLB Home Plate, XM channel 175, along with Buck Martinez and Mark Patrick.

Orestes is a father of three children: Danielle, Devin, and Armando.

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Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

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^ Orestes Destrade - Biography

v • d • e Florida Marlins 1993 Inaugural Season

9 C Benito Santiago • 39 1B Orestes Destrade • 8 2B Bret Barberie • 12 3B Dave Magadan • 22 SS Walt Weiss • RF Junior Felix • 2 CF Scott Pose • 19 LF/1B Jeff Conine • 49 P Charlie Hough • 26 IF Alex Arias • 55 C Steve Decker • IF Gus Polidor • 6 IF Rich Renteria • 10 3B Gary Sheffield • 16 OF Geronimo Berroa • 28 OF Greg Briley • OF Matías Carrillo • 29 OF Henry Cotto • 3 OF Carl Everett • 4 LF Monty Fariss • 52 C Mitch Lyden • 57 OF Terry McGriff • 13 C Bob Natal • OF 17 Darrell Whitmore • OF Nigel Wilson

77 SP Jack Armstrong • 46 SP Ryan Bowen • 11 SP Chris Hammond • 48 SP Pat Rapp • 27 RP Luis Aquino • RP Cris Carpenter • RP 41 Jim Corsi • RP 34 Bryan Harvey • 51 RP Trevor Hoffman • 40 RP John Johnstone • RP Joe Klink • 24 RP Richie Lewis • 57 RP Bob McClure • 31 RP Robb Nen • RP Rich Rodriguez • RP 54 Matt Turner • 35 RP David Weathers

Manager 15 Rene Lachemann

v • d • e Baseball Tonight Personalities

Hosts	Karl Ravech (Lead Host, 1996-present) · Chris Berman (Host, 1990-present) · Steve Berthiaume (Host, 2003-2005, 2007-present) · Gary Miller (Lead Host, 1990-1995) · Dave Marash (Host, 1990) · Rich Eisen (Host, 1996-2002) · Brian Kenny (Host, 2003) · Chris Myers (1991-1995) · Scott Reiss (Host, 2006)

Analysts	Orestes Destrade (Analyst, 2005-present) · Orel Hershiser (Analyst, 2006-present) · John Kruk (Lead Analyst, 2004-present) · Eduardo Perez (Analyst, 2007-present) · Steve Phillips (Lead Analyst, 2005-present) · Fernando Viña (Analyst, 2007-present) · Eric Young (Analyst, 2007-present) · Dusty Baker (Analyst, 2007) · Larry Bowa (Analyst, 2005) · Jeff Brantley (Analyst, 2002-2006) · Dave Campbell (Lead Analyst, 1990-2004) · Rob Dibble (Analyst, 1998-2004) · Ray Knight (Analyst, 1998-2003) · Mike Macfarlane (Analyst, 1999) · Tino Martinez (Analyst, 2006) · Brian McRae (Analyst, 2000-2005) · Harold Reynolds (Lead Analyst, 1996-2006) · Bill Robinson (Analyst, 1990-1991) · Buck Showalter (Lead Analyst, 2001-2002, 2008-present) · Rick Sutcliffe (Analyst, 2002-2003) · Bobby Valentine (Lead Analyst, 2003)

Reporters	Peter Gammons (Lead Reporter, 1990-present) · Tim Kurkjian (Reporter, 1998-present) · Buster Olney (Reporter, 2003-present) · Jayson Stark (2000-present)

Correspondents	Pedro Gomez (2004-present) · Bob Holtzman (2004-present)

See also: Major League Baseball on ESPN