Gregorio Américo Pérez Valdés

Gregorio Américo Pérez Valdés (28 November 1941 – 15 February 2021) was a Cuban baseball player, who served as a pitcher in the National Baseball Series, first with the Camagüey teams and later with Las Tunas, he was also known as Black Hand.

Biography Valdés was born on 28 November 1941 in the then town of Guayabal, now Amancio Rodríguez in Las Tunas, in the eastern region of Cuba.

He began playing on the town's grounds in the 1950s, and did it as an outfielder, until he did it as a pitcher in official events with the Loggers team.

In the 1969–1970 season, during the IX National Baseball Series, he was the leader in games won with 12 victories. Since 1971, due to changes in the political and administrative structure of the country, he was a member of the teams from the eastern region; East, Miners, Coffee growers.

He died on 15 February 2021, at the age of 79 from prostate cancer.

Career statistics He officially retired in 1982, dedicating himself to the work of pitching coach, first at the Julio Antonio Mella Stadium and then at the José Octavio Bello González training center, in the capital of Tunis. He continues in this work until retirement in 1997, although he has not stopped collaborating with the development of the ball in the municipality and in the province. In 1998 he was a member of the delegation that accompanied the Cuban baseball team to the game against the Major League Baseball team, Baltimore Orioles, held in that American city. In 2005 he collaborated in sports in Venezuela for 19 months.