List of baseball players who defected from Cuba
List

List of baseball players who defected from Cuba

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Player	Position	Year defected	MLB debut	MLB seasons	Ref

José Abreu	First baseman	2013	March 31, 2014	4

Michel Abreu	Outfielder	2004	—	—

Dariel Álvarez	Outfielder	2012	August 28, 2015	2

Rogelio Álvarez	First baseman	1963	September 18, 1960	2

Jesús Ametller	Second baseman	1996	—	—

Leslie Anderson	Outfielder	2010	—	—

René Arocha	Pitcher	1991	April 9, 1993	4

Noel Argüelles	Pitcher	2008	—	—

Erisbel Arruebarrena	Shortstop	2013	May 23, 2014	1

Rolando Arrojo	Pitcher	1996	April 1, 1998	5

Danys Báez	Pitcher	1999	May 13, 2001	10

Roberto Baldoquin	Second baseman	2014	—	—

Alexei Bell	Outfielder	2016	—	—

Yenier Bello	Catcher	2013	—	—

Yuniesky Betancourt	Shortstop	2003	July 28, 2005	9

Francisley Bueno	Pitcher	2004	August 13, 2008	2

Bárbaro Cañizares	First baseman	2004	June 11, 2009	1

Daniel Carbonell	Outfielder	2013	—	—

Alberto Castillo	Pitcher	1993	July 8, 2008	4

Diosdany Castillo	Pitcher	2014	—	—

Rusney Castillo	Outfielder	2013	September 17, 2014	2

Amaury Cazana	Outfielder	2005	—	—

Yoenis Céspedes	Outfielder	2011	March 28, 2012	6

Aroldis Chapman	Pitcher	2009	August 31, 2010	8

Roberto Colina	First baseman	1996	—	—

Gerardo Concepción	Pitcher	2011	June 21, 2016	1

José Contreras	Pitcher	2002	March 31, 2003	11

Jozzen Cuesta	First baseman	2013	—	—

Odrisamer Despaigne	Pitcher	2013	June 23, 2014	2

Aledmys Díaz	Shortstop	2012	April 5, 2016	2

Juan Díaz	First baseman	1995	June 12, 2002	1

Yandy Díaz	Third baseman	2013	April 3, 2017	1

Roenis Elías	Pitcher	2010	April 3, 2014	4

Yunel Escobar	Shortstop	2004	June 2, 2007	11

José Fernández	Pitcher	2008	April 7, 2013	4

José Miguel Fernández	Infielder	2015	—	—

Osvaldo Fernández	Pitcher	1995	April 5, 1996	4

Bárbaro Garbey	First baseman	1980	April 3, 1984	3

Adonis García	Outfielder	2011	May 19, 2015	3

Adolis García	Outfielder	2016	—	—

Onelki García	Pitcher	2010	September 11, 2013	2

Yasser Gómez	Outfielder	2008	—	—

Miguel Alfredo González	Pitcher	2013	September 3, 2014	1

Lourdes Gurriel Jr.	Infielder	2016	April 20, 2018	—

Yulieski Gurriel	Infielder	2016	August 21, 2016	2

Alex Guerrero	Shortstop	2013	March 22, 2014	2

Vladimir Gutiérrez	Pitcher	2015	—	—

Adeiny Hechavarria	Shortstop	2009	August 4, 2012	6

Adrián Hernández	Pitcher	2000	April 21, 2001	3

Liván Hernández	Pitcher	1995	September 24, 1996	17

Michel Hernández	Catcher	1996	September 6, 2003	3

Orlando Hernández	Pitcher	1997	June 3, 1998	9

Yoslan Herrera	Pitcher	2005	July 12, 2008	2

Dalier Hinojosa	Pitcher	2013	May 3, 2015	2

Andy Ibáñez	Second baseman	2014	—	—

José Iglesias	Shortstop	2008	May 8, 2011	7

Raisel Iglesias	Pitcher	2013	April 12, 2015	3

Hansel Izquierdo	Pitcher	1994	April 21, 2002	1

Raudel Lazo	Pitcher	2011	September 5, 2015	—

Yoan López	Pitcher	2014	—	—

Yadel Martí	Pitcher	2008	—	—

Leonys Martín	Outfielder	2010	September 2, 2011	7

Yunesky Maya	Pitcher	2009	September 7, 2010	3

Víctor Víctor Mesa	Outfielder	2018	—	—

Juan Miranda	First baseman	2005	September 18, 2008	4

Andy Morales	Third baseman	2000	—	—

Kendrys Morales	First baseman	2004	May 23, 2006	10

Adrian Morejón	Pitcher	2015	—	—

Yadil Mujica	Shortstop	2009	—	—

Ronnier Mustelier	Outfielder/Third baseman	2009	—	—

Vladimir Núñez	Pitcher	1995	September 11, 1998	9

Héctor Olivera	Second baseman	2014	September 1, 2015	1

Jorge Oña	Outfielder	2015	—	—

Rey Ordóñez	Shortstop	1993	April 1, 1996	9

Eddie Oropesa	Pitcher	1993	April 2, 2001	4

Bill Ortega	Outfielder	1996	September 7, 2001	1

Brayan Peña	Catcher	1999	May 23, 2005	13

Hassan Peña	Pitcher	2005	—	—

Orlando Pérez	Infielder	2013	—	—

Ariel Prieto	Pitcher	1995	July 2, 1995	7

Yasiel Puig	Outfielder	2012	June 3, 2013	5

Alexei Ramírez	Shortstop	2007	March 31, 2008	8

Roberto Carlos Ramírez	Shortstop	2011	—	—

Victor Rivas	First baseman	2013	—	—

Luis Robert	Outfielder	2017	—	—

Eddy Rodríguez	Catcher	1993	August 2, 2012	1

Larry Rodríguez	Pitcher	1995	—	—

Omar Luis Rodriguez	Pitcher	2012	—	—

Euclides Rojas	Pitcher	1994	—	—

José Julio Ruiz	First baseman	2009	—	—

Alex Sánchez	Outfielder	1994	June 15, 2001	7

Amauri Sanit	Pitcher	2006	May 12, 2011	1

Juan Yasser Serrano	Pitcher	2009	—	—

Misael Siverio	Pitcher	2013	—	—

Alay Soler	Pitcher	2003	May 24, 2006	1

Jorge Soler	Outfielder	2011	August 27, 2014	4

Deinis Suárez	Pitcher	2009	—	—

Michael Tejera	Pitcher	1994	September 8, 1999	5

Jorge Toca	First baseman	1998	September 12, 1999	3

Yasmany Tomás	Outfielder	2014	April 4, 2015	3

Henry Urrutia	Outfielder	2011	July 20, 2013	2

Raúl Valdés	Pitcher	2003	April 11, 2010	5

Dayán Viciedo	Outfielder	2008	June 20, 2010	5

Sentence(s)

Yasiel Puig defected from Cuba in 2012.

final_sentence: Yasiel Puig defected from Cuba in 2012.