Jefferson Delgado

Jefferson Delgado Castañeda (born 30 November 1982) is a Cuban retired baseball infielder. Delgado played 15 seasons in the Cuban National Series, most of them with the Cocodrilos de Matanzas. He was part of the Cuban team that participated in the 2017 World Baseball Classic.

Early life Delgado was born on 30 November 1982 in Santo Domingo, Villa Clara Province, Cuba. As a schoolboy, Delgado was not initially considered by talent scouts and coaches for youth teams. He later had to take on other jobs while pursuing his baseball career.

In 2000, he was selected to represent the Villa Clara provincial team. Later, he moved to Varadero in Matanzas Province, where he worked as a secondary school physical education instructor.

In 2009, Delgado was transferred to the Naranjas de Villa Clara, where he spent two seasons until 2011. In 2014, he returned to play with Matanzas. He split the 2018–19 season between Matanzas and the Tigres de Ciego de Ávila. He last played in the Cuban National Series during the 2021–22 season. He subsequently settled in Jacksonville, Florida. He began working for an electrical panel company and continued playing amateur baseball. He appeared in five games, recording nine at bats, two hits, one double, and a .222/.222/.333 batting line.