Osvaldo Vázquez
Full name: Osvaldo Vázquez Torres
Also known as: Osvaldo Vazquez · Osvaldo Vázquez
- Position
- Catcher
- Bats / Throws
- Right / Right
- Born
- 1990-05-20 · Ciego de Ávila
- Debut
- 2009
Osvaldo Vázquez is a Cuban catcher, born on 20 May 1990 in Ciego de Ávila. He batted and threw right-handed.
The record here covers 19 seasons in the Cuban Elite League and Serie Nacional de Béisbol, between 2008 and 2025. Most of that was with Ciego de Ávila, 18 seasons of it, with the remainder for Ganaderos and Matanzas. He appears in 10 postseason campaigns.
Across his recorded career he batted .285, with 840 hits, 154 home runs and 593 runs batted in. His 154 home runs are the 73rd highest total among the 2,009 players holding career records in this database. His highest recorded season average was .346, in 2022 (130 AB). His most home runs in a season was 17, in 2016-17.
Career summary
- Seasons 19 (2008–2025)
- Leagues Cuban Elite League, Serie Nacional de Béisbol
- Teams
Ciego de Ávila, Ganaderos, Matanzas - AVG / OBP / SLG
.285 / .403 / .497
Batting
| Season | Team | League | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | HBP | IBB | SH | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 35 | 81 | 69 | 16 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 32 | .246 | .350 | .464 | .814 |
| 2009-10 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 54 | 130 | 121 | 11 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | .231 | .279 | .388 | .667 |
| 2010-11 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 13 | 32 | 22 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | .318 | .516 | .409 | .925 |
| 2010-11 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 52 | 102 | 94 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 | .298 | .353 | .532 | .885 |
| 2011-12 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
| 2011-12 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 60 | 129 | 109 | 17 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 31 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 38 | .193 | .307 | .349 | .656 |
| 2012-13 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 25 | 52 | 46 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21 | .304 | .373 | .457 | .830 |
| 2013-14 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 22 | 73 | 63 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 27 | .270 | .370 | .429 | .799 |
| 2014-15 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 12 | 51 | 39 | 9 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 26 | .333 | .490 | .667 | 1.157 |
| 2014-15 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 79 | 266 | 221 | 36 | 69 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 4 | 5 | 26 | 49 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 104 | .312 | .402 | .471 | .873 |
| 2015-16 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 10 | 39 | 31 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 17 | .419 | .526 | .548 | 1.074 |
| 2015-16 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 80 | 325 | 247 | 51 | 72 | 12 | 0 | 16 | 52 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 51 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 132 | .291 | .447 | .534 | .981 |
| 2016-17 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 10 | 39 | 34 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | .265 | .359 | .412 | .771 |
| 2016-17 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 75 | 323 | 270 | 47 | 89 | 21 | 0 | 17 | 72 | 2 | 5 | 46 | 38 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 161 | .330 | .432 | .596 | 1.028 |
| 2017-18 · Postseason | Matanzas | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 5 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .105 | .227 | .105 | .332 |
| 2017-18 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 43 | 186 | 142 | 26 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 37 | 27 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 73 | .275 | .446 | .514 | .960 |
| 2018-19 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 |
| 2018-19 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 73 | 295 | 250 | 38 | 65 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 45 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 116 | .260 | .358 | .464 | .822 |
| 2019-20 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 12 | 55 | 48 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .333 | .418 | .417 | .835 |
| 2020-21 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 65 | 268 | 217 | 46 | 70 | 9 | 0 | 14 | 61 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 32 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 121 | .323 | .440 | .558 | .998 |
| 2021-22 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 10 | 46 | 39 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | .359 | .457 | .590 | 1.047 |
| 2021-22 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 57 | 224 | 172 | 41 | 55 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 41 | 27 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 100 | .320 | .469 | .581 | 1.050 |
| 2022 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | — | — | 130 | 34 | 45 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 35 | 17 | 9 | — | — | — | — | .346 | .509 | .600 | — |
| 2022-23 | Ganaderos | Cuban Elite League | — | — | 115 | 14 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 22 | 3 | — | — | — | — | .252 | .372 | .383 | — |
| 2023 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 4 | 19 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | .389 | .421 | .611 | 1.032 |
| 2023 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 70 | 264 | 213 | 45 | 64 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 42 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 122 | .300 | .432 | .573 | 1.005 |
| 2024 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 7 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .300 | .364 | .433 | .797 |
| 2024 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 48 | 202 | 162 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 36 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 70 | .228 | .361 | .432 | .793 |
| 2025 | Ciego de Ávila | Cuban Elite League | — | — | 162 | 26 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 36 | 7 | — | — | — | — | .228 | .361 | .432 | — |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | — | — | 2948 | 517 | 840 | 158 | 2 | 154 | 593 | 18 | 20 | 494 | 581 | 102 | 96 | 21 | 23 | — | .285 | .403 | .497 | .900 |
Fielding
| Season | Team | League | INN | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | TC | TP | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-09 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 163.0 | 89 | 7 | 1 | 1 | .990 | 97 | 0 | 3 |
| 2009-10 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 297.1 | 158 | 14 | 5 | 2 | .972 | 177 | 0 | 3 |
| 2010-11 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 73.1 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .938 | 48 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010-11 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 168.2 | 75 | 8 | 2 | 1 | .976 | 85 | 0 | 2 |
| 2011-12 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011-12 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 298.0 | 153 | 27 | 1 | 6 | .994 | 181 | 0 | 6 |
| 2012-13 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 119.2 | 53 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .969 | 64 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013-14 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 149.2 | 30 | 4 | 3 | 0 | .919 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014-15 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 107.1 | 65 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .986 | 74 | 0 | 1 |
| 2014-15 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 559.1 | 295 | 30 | 3 | 6 | .991 | 328 | 0 | 4 |
| 2015-16 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 87.0 | 46 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .962 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015-16 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 643.0 | 358 | 35 | 3 | 5 | .992 | 396 | 0 | 4 |
| 2016-17 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 83.0 | 62 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 65 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016-17 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 593.2 | 366 | 43 | 8 | 8 | .981 | 417 | 0 | 5 |
| 2017-18 · Postseason | Matanzas | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 16.0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017-18 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 120.0 | 74 | 9 | 1 | 2 | .988 | 84 | 0 | 3 |
| 2018-19 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 21.2 | 16 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018-19 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 532.2 | 322 | 33 | 6 | 5 | .983 | 361 | 0 | 3 |
| 2019-20 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 47.0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020-21 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 368.0 | 205 | 13 | 3 | 11 | .986 | 221 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021-22 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 84.0 | 63 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .985 | 65 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021-22 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 156.2 | 110 | 6 | 1 | 9 | .991 | 117 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 370.0 | 191 | 27 | 4 | 3 | .982 | 222 | 0 | 4 |
| 2024 · Postseason | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 56.0 | 48 | 3 | 1 | 5 | .981 | 52 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Ciego de Ávila | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 334.1 | 319 | 14 | 1 | 52 | .997 | 334 | 0 | 1 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 5945.0 | 3420 | 327 | 56 | 137 | .985 | 3803 | 0 | 44 |
Fielding totals are published aggregated across every position a player appeared at, not split by position.
International appearances
- 2017 — World Baseball Classic (Cuba 2–4)
Awards and honours
- 2016-17 — led the league in home runs
- 2016-17 — led the league in slugging
Leaderships are computed from the season lines held here, using a qualification of 3.1 plate appearances or one inning per scheduled game. They describe this record rather than the league's own adjudication of its titles.
Transactions
- 2022-23–2025 —
Ganaderos →
Ciego de Ávila
Moves are inferred from a change of club between consecutive seasons in the same competition. No transfer date is recorded because none is published.
Frequently asked questions
When was Osvaldo Vázquez born?
Osvaldo Vázquez was born on 1990-05-20 in Ciego de Ávila.
Which teams did Osvaldo Vázquez play for?
Osvaldo Vázquez appears for Ciego de Ávila, Ganaderos, Matanzas across 19 recorded seasons.
What are Osvaldo Vázquez's career statistics?
In 19 recorded seasons Osvaldo Vázquez batted .285 with 840 hits, 154 home runs and 593 runs batted in.
What position did Osvaldo Vázquez play?
Osvaldo Vázquez is recorded as C.
Sources and licences
- Biographical detail from EcuRed, the Cuban encyclopedia, used under its non-commercial licence. custom-noncommercial (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Cuban league statistics from the Federación Cubana de Béisbol (beisbolcubano.cu). (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Roster details from Federación Cubana de Béisbol and INDER tournament bulletins and JIT squad announcements. Factual roster data only. (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Biographical data from Wikidata, released under CC0 1.0. CC0-1.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
- Biographical detail from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. CC-BY-SA-4.0 (retrieved 2026-08-29)
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