Eddie Oropesa, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Eddie Oropesa

Cuban baseball player

Date of Birth: 23-Nov-1971

Place of Birth: Matanzas, Matanzas Province, Cuba

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Edilberto Oropesa (born November 23, 1971), is a Cuban former professional baseball pitcher, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies (2001), Arizona Diamondbacks (2002–2003), and San Diego Padres (2004).
On April 8, 2004, he was credited with the win, in the first-ever big league game played at Petco Park, as the Padres defeated the San Francisco Giants, 4 to 3.Oropesa defected from the Cuban team at the World University Games in Buffalo, New York, in 1993.
In 2012, he was hired by the Los Angeles Dodgers to work with their newly signed Cuban player, Yasiel Puig.
Oropesa last played professionally in 2014, for the Mampaey Hawks, of the Dutch Major League.