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Cuban baseball player In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Muñoz and the second or maternal family name is Hernández. Baseball player

Antonio Muñoz
First baseman
Born: (1949-01-17) January 17, 1949 (age 75) Trinidad, Las Villas, Cuba
Bats: LeftThrows: Left
SNB statistics
Batting average	.302
Hits	2,014
Home runs	355

Member of the Cuban
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2014

Antonio Nicolás Muñoz Hernández (born January 17, 1949) is a Cuban former baseball player who spent his 24-year career as a first baseman in the Cuban National Series (SNB). Known as "El Gigante del Escambray" (The Giant of Escambray), he played with Azucareros, Las Villas, Sancti Spíritus, and Cienfuegos.

Muñoz won eight home run titles, and was the first player in the history of the National Series to reach 300 home runs. At the time of his retirement, he was the league's all-time leader in nine offensive statistics, including runs scored, doubles, home runs, total bases, walks and intentional walks.

Muñoz was selected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 2014, and was awarded the Hero of the Republic of Cuba by Miguel Díaz-Canel in 2024. Sports Illustrated writer Ron Fimrite described him as a "left-handed Tony Pérez." After Major League Baseball manager Preston Gómez visited Cuba in 1977, he reportedly said that the only thing he wanted to take back with him was "that big hillbilly in my suitcase," referring to Muñoz.

References

""Solo me faltó jugar en las Grandes Ligas"". Vanguardia. 23 January 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
"Otro título al pecho de Antonio Muñoz" (in Spanish). 5 Septiembre. 3 May 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
"Antonio Muñoz: El Gigante del Escambray". Nuestra pasión beisbolera (in Spanish). Retrieved 15 September 2024.
"Muñoz and Román: Work heros from the sports world". Radio Habana Cuba. 30 April 2024.
Fimrite, Ron (6 June 1977). "In Cuba, It's Viva El Grand Old Game". Sports Illustrated.
"The All-Time Cuban Team - Part 2 (Serie Nacional)". Cuban Baseball Digest. 13 May 2021.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

v t e Members of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame
Pitchers	Adolfo Luján Carlos Maciá Braudilio Vinent José Méndez José Muñoz Camilo Pascual Arturo Valdés Carlos Royer Juan Manuel Pastoriza Connie Marrero José Acosta Ramón Bragaña Adolfo Luque Tomás de la Cruz Isidro Fabré Martín Dihigo Emilio Palmero Luis Tiant Bravo Luis Tiant Vega Miguel Cuellar
Catchers	Miguel Ángel González Rafael Figarola Regino García Gervasio González Tinti Molina Moisés Quintero Francisco Poyo Gonzalo Sánchez
Infielders	Rafael Almeida Luis Bustamante Antonio María García José Rodríguez Esteban Bellán Armando Cabañas Alfredo Cabrera Román Calzadilla Bert Campaneris Julián Castillo Pelayo Chacón Manuel Cueto Wenceslao Gálvez Valentín González Bienvenido Jiménez Omar Linares Eduardo Machado Antonio Mesa Carlos Zaldo Carlos Morán Antonio Muñoz Oscar Rodríguez Tomás Romañach Emilio Sabourín Lázaro Salazar Rogelio Valdés Zoilo Versalles Tito Fuentes Tony Taylor Leo Cárdenas
Outfielders	Merito Acosta Alfredo Arango Alfredo Arcaño Sandy Amoros Bernardo Baró Ricardo Cabaleiro Jack Calvo Luis Casanova Valentín Dreke Orestes Miñoso Nemesio Guilló Eustaquio Gutiérrez Rafael Hernández Heliodoro Hidalgo Orestes Kindelán Julio López Armando Marsans Antonio Oliva Cristóbal Torriente Ricardo Martínez Alejandro Oms Luis Padrón Emilio Palomino Pablo Ronquillo José Teuma Manuel Villa Juan Violá
Miscellaneous	Amado Maestri (Umpire) Juan Antiga Eugenio Jiménez Preston Gómez Octavio Rojas

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