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Manuel Alarcón

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Manuel Alarcón
Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Silver medal – second place 1967 Pan American Games Team
Men's baseball
Representing  Cuba
Gold medal – first place 1963 Pan American Games Team

Manuel Alarcon Reina (February 19, 1941 – May 29, 1998) was a Cuban baseball player.

In 1964–1965, he became the first pitcher in the history of the league to strike out more than 100 batters in a season, striking out 101 in 94.2 innings. On January 24, in the 1966–1967 season, he threw the third no-hitter in Cuban National Series history. He won the Cuban National Series Most Valuable Pitcher award that season.

Biography

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He was born in Bartolomé Masó, Cuba and died in Havana, Cuba. He pitched for the Orientales in the Cuban National Series for seven years in the 1960s. He posted a win-loss record of 41-24 and an ERA of 1.82 ERA in 87 games, 70 of which he started. He also threw 43 complete games and 12 shutouts.[1]

He also pitched in the 1963 Pan American Games and the 1967 Pan American Games.[2]

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