Rey Vicente Anglada
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| Rey Vicente Anglada | |
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| Second baseman / Manager | |
| Born: January 6, 1953 Havana, Cuba | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| SNB statistics | |
| Batting average | .291 |
| Home runs | 40 |
| Runs batted in | 303 |
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Rey Vicente Anglada Ferrer (born 6 January 1953) is a Cuban former baseball player and manager. He played ten seasons in the Cuban National Series with Industriales, which he later managed to three championships in 2003, 2004, and 2006. He also played and managed the Cuba national baseball team.
Anglada debuted as a player with Industriales under manager Pedro Chávez in the 1971–72 Cuban National Series; he went on to play in ten National Series between 1972 and 1982, finishing with a .291 average, 109 doubles, 35 triples, 40 home runs, 303 runs batted in, and a slugging percentage of .398.[1] An excellent defensive second baseman and base runner, René Arocha described him as a "spectacular" player, and said that Anglada would have been on the level of Hall-of-Famer Roberto Alomar had he played in the major leagues.[2][3] During his playing career, he was reportedly offered a $150,000 contract to sign with the St. Louis Cardinals, but declined.[4]
Anglada also played for the Cuba national baseball team that participated at the 1976 Amateur World Series in Havana, as well as the and 1978 Amateur World Series in Italy. He also participated at the 1978 Central American and Caribbean Games in Medellín, Colombia, and the 1979 Pan American Games in Puerto Rico.[1] In Medellín he went 12-for-34 (.353) with two home runs and three walks.[5]
In March 1982, Anglada's career was cut short when he and 16 other active players were implicated in a game-fixing scandal.[6] Anglada vehemently denied the charges, but he was suspended by the Baseball Federation of Cuba and ultimately imprisoned for three years. After his serving his sentence, he did not return to playing baseball but instead worked as an electrician and truck driver.[2][7]
