Rafael Acebey
Full name: Rafael Orlando Acebey Del Rio
- Bats / Throws
- Right / Right
- Born
- —
- Debut
- 1983
Rafael Acebey is a Cuban baseball player. His full name is recorded as Rafael Orlando Acebey Del Rio. He batted and threw right-handed.
The record here covers 15 seasons in the Cuban Selective Series and Serie Nacional de Béisbol, between 1991 and 2003. Most of that was with Villa Clara, 12 seasons of it, with the remainder for Centrales and Las Villas. His play before 1991 survives only as a single career aggregate, so the season-by-season table begins after it. He appears in 10 postseason campaigns.
Across his recorded career he batted .285, with 1,715 hits, 140 home runs and 805 runs batted in. His 1,715 hits are the 59th highest total among the 4,634 players holding career records in this database. His 805 runs batted in are the 70th highest total among the 4,114 players holding career records in this database. His highest recorded season average was .346, in 1994-95 (188 AB). His most home runs in a season was 8, in 1995-96.
Career summary
- Seasons 15 (1991–2003), plus aggregate totals through 1991
- Leagues Cuban Selective Series, Serie Nacional de Béisbol
- TeamsCentrales, Las Villas, Villa Clara
- AVG / OBP / SLG
.285 / .332 / .415
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through 1991 (aggregate) | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 749 | 2792 | 2596 | 346 | 718 | 120 | 22 | 81 | 361 | 28 | 27 | 93 | 395 | 48 | 12 | 24 | 31 | 1125 | .277 | .310 | .433 | .743 |
| 1991-92 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 48 | 192 | 171 | 15 | 49 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 73 | .287 | .347 | .427 | .774 |
| 1992-93 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 11 | 46 | 43 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | .256 | .304 | .349 | .653 |
| 1992 | Las Villas | Cuban Selective Series | 36 | 136 | 125 | 17 | 37 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 49 | .296 | .319 | .392 | .711 |
| 1992-93 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 58 | 212 | 185 | 19 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 68 | .270 | .349 | .368 | .717 |
| 1993 | Centrales | Cuban Selective Series | 8 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .077 | .000 | .077 |
| 1994-95 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 10 | 35 | 31 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .290 | .343 | .290 | .633 |
| 1994-95 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 51 | 210 | 188 | 39 | 65 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 26 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 90 | .346 | .402 | .479 | .881 |
| 1995-96 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 12 | 47 | 38 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | .184 | .319 | .237 | .556 |
| 1995 | Centrales | Cuban Selective Series | 27 | 95 | 82 | 14 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 38 | .329 | .366 | .463 | .829 |
| 1995-96 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 50 | 201 | 176 | 36 | 57 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 96 | .324 | .397 | .545 | .942 |
| 1996-97 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 10 | 32 | 31 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | .290 | .313 | .323 | .636 |
| 1996-97 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 62 | 244 | 217 | 24 | 72 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 90 | .332 | .381 | .415 | .796 |
| 1997-98 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 88 | 382 | 343 | 45 | 102 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 50 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 35 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 132 | .297 | .352 | .385 | .737 |
| 1998-99 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 4 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | .333 | .385 | .500 | .885 |
| 1998-99 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 81 | 313 | 277 | 28 | 71 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 97 | .256 | .327 | .350 | .677 |
| 1999-00 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 3 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .273 | .385 | .273 | .658 |
| 1999-00 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 63 | 247 | 221 | 22 | 68 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 26 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 81 | .308 | .344 | .367 | .711 |
| 2000-01 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 4 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .182 | .154 | .182 | .336 |
| 2000-01 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 64 | 239 | 210 | 38 | 65 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 100 | .310 | .364 | .476 | .840 |
| 2001-02 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 8 | 22 | 19 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .053 | .182 | .053 | .235 |
| 2001-02 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 62 | 147 | 123 | 20 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 36 | .195 | .303 | .293 | .596 |
| 2002-03 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 15 | 38 | 34 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .147 | .211 | .147 | .358 |
| 2002-03 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 60 | 197 | 171 | 23 | 51 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 29 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 65 | .298 | .373 | .380 | .753 |
| 2003-04 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 14 | 51 | 50 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | .240 | .255 | .400 | .655 |
| 2003-04 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 72 | 236 | 213 | 34 | 71 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 28 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 96 | .333 | .384 | .451 | .835 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | — | — | 5789 | 793 | 1651 | 243 | 48 | 138 | 773 | 99 | 105 | 262 | 776 | 182 | 34 | 76 | 72 | — | .285 | .332 | .415 | .747 |
| Career total | — | Cuban Selective Series | 71 | 244 | 219 | 33 | 64 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 87 | .292 | .324 | .397 | .721 |
Cuban per-season statistics begin with the XXXI Serie Nacional (1991-92). Earlier play is published by the Federación only as a single aggregate.
Fielding
| Season | Team | League | INN | PO | A | E | DP | FPCT | TC | TP | PB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Through 1991 (aggregate) | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 6066.2 | 641 | 1740 | 153 | 151 | .940 | 2534 | 1 | 0 |
| 1991-92 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 416.1 | 39 | 123 | 7 | 9 | .959 | 169 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992-93 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 95.0 | 4 | 34 | 1 | 5 | .974 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992 | Las Villas | Cuban Selective Series | 301.0 | 39 | 103 | 5 | 9 | .966 | 147 | 0 | 0 |
| 1992-93 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 473.1 | 54 | 152 | 17 | 14 | .924 | 223 | 0 | 0 |
| 1993 | Centrales | Cuban Selective Series | 25.0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | .857 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994-95 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 74.0 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 1 | .923 | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 1994-95 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 430.0 | 34 | 148 | 13 | 18 | .933 | 195 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995-96 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 96.0 | 7 | 34 | 2 | 1 | .953 | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995 | Centrales | Cuban Selective Series | 218.2 | 19 | 66 | 5 | 9 | .944 | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| 1995-96 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 403.2 | 39 | 122 | 10 | 18 | .942 | 171 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996-97 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 71.0 | 8 | 21 | 4 | 2 | .879 | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996-97 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 549.2 | 53 | 161 | 13 | 22 | .943 | 227 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997-98 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 782.2 | 95 | 244 | 20 | 33 | .944 | 359 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998-99 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 30.1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | .917 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 1998-99 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 702.0 | 74 | 202 | 15 | 16 | .948 | 291 | 1 | 0 |
| 1999-00 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 31.0 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 2 | .857 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999-00 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 517.1 | 34 | 137 | 12 | 13 | .934 | 183 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000-01 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 31.0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | .909 | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000-01 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 492.1 | 38 | 147 | 10 | 15 | .949 | 195 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001-02 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 49.2 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001-02 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 337.0 | 35 | 93 | 10 | 11 | .928 | 138 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002-03 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 106.0 | 9 | 30 | 1 | 3 | .975 | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 2002-03 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 452.2 | 38 | 137 | 6 | 17 | .967 | 181 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003-04 · Postseason | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 104.2 | 9 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003-04 | Villa Clara | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 533.2 | 44 | 132 | 6 | 16 | .967 | 182 | 0 | 0 |
| Career total | — | Serie Nacional de Béisbol | 13850.1 | 1382 | 4050 | 327 | 403 | .943 | 5759 | 2 | 0 |
Fielding totals are published aggregated across every position a player appeared at, not split by position.
Transactions
- 1992–1993 —
Las Villas →
Centrales
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 Rafael Acebey born?
Rafael Acebey's date of birth is not recorded in any of the open sources this page draws on.
Which teams did Rafael Acebey play for?
Rafael Acebey appears for Centrales, Las Villas, Villa Clara across 15 recorded seasons.
What are Rafael Acebey's career statistics?
In 15 recorded seasons Rafael Acebey batted .285 with 1651 hits, 138 home runs and 773 runs batted in.
Sources and licences
- Season leaders computed from the season lines held in this database, using a qualification of 3.1 plate appearances or one inning per scheduled game. CC0-1.0 (retrieved 2026-09-01)
- Cuban league statistics from the Federación Cubana de Béisbol (beisbolcubano.cu). (retrieved 2026-08-29)
