San Pedro de Macorís, San Pedro de Macorís

San Pedro de Macoris (population 125,000) is the capital of the province of San Pedro de Macoris, located on the south coast of the Dominican Republic, 20 miles west of La Romana, La Romana. It has produced more than fifty major league players.

Teams that have played here

• Estrellas Orientales, Dominican League, 1951-

Persons who were born here

• Abner Abreu, minor league outfielder
• Esdras Abreu, minor league outfielder
• Manny Acta, manager
• Al Alburquerque, pitcher
• Juan Alcala, minor league catcher
• Santo Alcala, pitcher
• Manny Alexander, infielder
• Joaquin Andujar, pitcher
• Jayson Aquino, pitcher
• Jose Arredondo, pitcher
• Mártires Astacio, Dominican national team infielder
• Olivo Astacio, minor league pitcher
• Abiatal Avelino, infielder
• Augustin Avila, minor league outfielder
• Lorenzo Barcelo, pitcher
• Rafael Batista, infielder
• Xavier Batista, NPB infielder
• George Bell, outfielder
• Juan Bell, infielder
• Miguel Bernard, minor league catcher
• Oscar Bernard, coach
• Luis Bernardo, minor league catcher
• Carlos Bernhardt, minor league pitcher
• Cesar Bernhardt, minor league infielder
• Josephang Bernhardt, minor league infielder
• Juan Bernhardt, infielder
• Hector Borg, minor league infielder
• Lesli Brea, pitcher
• Vidal Bruján, outfielder
• Wally Bryan, minor league infielder
• Daniel Cabrera, pitcher
• Roni Cabrera, minor league outfielder
• Alexis Candelario, minor league pitcher
• Robinson Cano, infielder
• Hector Carrasco, pitcher
• Rico Carty, outfielder
• Rico Carty, Jr., minor league infielder
• Carlos Casimiro, designated hitter
• Carmen Castillo, outfielder
• Juan Castillo, infielder
• Luis Castillo, infielder
• Miguel Celestino, minor league pitcher
• Audy Ciriaco, minor league infielder
• Juan Aneuris Ciriaco, minor league infielder
• Juan Manuel Ciriaco, minor league infielder
• Pedro Ciriaco, infielder
• Jesus Colome, pitcher
• Henry Corniel, minor league outfielder
• Juan Crousset, minor league outfielder
• Johnny Cueto, pitcher
• Jose Cueto, minor league pitcher
• Arturo DeFreites, infielder
• Pedro DeLeon, minor league pitcher
• Enyel De Los Santos, pitcher
• Jose De Los Santos, minor league pitcher
• Joselo Diaz, pitcher
• Kelvin Diaz, minor league infielder
• Freddy Dolsi, pitcher
• Jose Dominguez, pitcher
• Rayne Doncon, minor league infielder
• Andres Duncan, minor league infielder
• Mariano Duncan, infielder
• Wilfredo Echavarría, minor league pitcher
• Hector Eduardo, minor league outfielder/pitcher
• Ramon Espinosa, minor league outfielder
• Humberto Evangelista, Dominican national team pitcher
• Tony Fernandez, infielder
• Óscar Mir Flores, Dominican national team pitcher
• Ruben Francisco, minor league outfielder
• Manny Francois, minor league infielder
• Pepe Frias, infielder
• Balvino Galvez, pitcher
• Cesar German, minor league infielder
• Domingo Germán, pitcher
• Hector Gomez, infielder
• Miguel Gomez, minor league pitcher
• Pedro Gonzalez, infielder
• Reymin Guduan, pitcher
• Emilio Guerrero, minor league infielder
• Juan Guerrero, minor league outfielder
• Pedro Guerrero, infielder
• Pedro Guerrero, coach
• Santiago Guzman, pitcher
• Julian Heredia, minor league pitcher
• Diory Hernandez, infielder
• Elian Herrera, infielder
• Bolivar Hinojosa, minor league infielder
• Guadelupe Jabalera, minor league infielder
• Al Javier, outfielder
• Domingo Jean, pitcher
• Elvio Jimenez, outfielder
• José Jimenez, pitcher
• Manny Jimenez, outfielder
• Ruben Jimenez, minor league infielder
• Jonathan Joseph, minor league pitcher
• Onil Joseph, minor league outfielder and manager
• Rick Joseph, infielder
• Junior Lake, outfielder
• Manuel Lee, infielder
• Julio Linares, minor league outfielder
• Rufino Linares, outfielder
• Rafael Luis López, Dominican Republic national team manager
• Reynaldo López, pitcher
• Jose Lugo, minor league pitcher
• Warner Madrigal, pitcher
• Josias Manzanillo, pitcher
• Ravelo Manzanillo, pitcher
• Eric María, minor league catcher
• Norberto Martin, infielder
• Manny Martinez, outfielder
• Luis Mateo, minor league outfielder
• Jesus Matos, minor league pitcher
• Ronny Mauricio, infielder
• Fidel Mejía, Dominican Republic national team infielder
• Miguel Mejia, outfielder
• Natanael Mejia, minor league catcher and manager
• Andres Mena, minor league pitcher
• Roman Mendez, pitcher
• Luis Mercedes, outfielder
• Domingo Michel, minor league infielder
• Agustin Montero, pitcher
• Francisco Morales, minor league catcher
• Juan Morillo, pitcher
• Alfonso Mota, minor league infielder
• Guillermo Mota, pitcher
• Jose Mota, minor league infielder/coach
• Willy Mota, minor league outfielder/pitcher
• Luis Muñoz, minor league pitcher
• Luis Natera Jr., minor league infielder
• Cristopher Navarro, minor league infielder
• Yamaico Navarro, infielder
• Jhonkensy Noel, minor league infielder
• Nelson Norman, infielder
• Gustavo Nunez, minor league infielder
• Wirfin Obispo, NPB pitcher
• Alexi Ogando, pitcher
• José Offerman, infielder
• Jose Oliva, infielder
• Osvaldo Oliva, minor league player
• Teuris Olivares, minor league infielder
• Yoyo O'Reilly, Dominican national team pitcher
• Gabriel Ortiz, minor league catcher
• Luis Ortiz, pitcher
• Ariel Ovando, minor league pitcher/outfielder
• Sandy Patrone, Serie A1 pitcher
• Dionis Pascual, minor league pitcher
• Rudy Pemberton, outfielder
• Angel Pena, catcher
• Elvis Pena, infielder
• Felix Pena, pitcher
• Billy Percibal, minor league pitcher
• Henry Perez, minor league pitcher
• Denis Phipps, outfielder
• Esequier Pie, minor league pitcher
• Jorge Polanco, infielder
• Jhonaldo Pozo, minor league infielder
• Néstor Ramírez, Dominican Republic national team player
• Rafael Ramirez, infielder
• Kelly Ramos, minor league catcher
• Ben Rivera, pitcher
• Sendy Rleal, pitcher
• Rafael Robles, infielder
• Eddy Rodriguez pitcher
• Nerio Rodriguez, pitcher
• Reynaldo Rodríguez, minor league infielder
• Eddie Rogers, infielder
• Felix Romero, minor league pitcher
• Ramon Romero, pitcher
• Edgar Rondon, minor league infielder
• Miguel Sabino, minor league outfielder
• Amado Samuel, infielder
• Francisco Samuel, minor league pitcher
• Juan Samuel, infielder, manager
• Alejandro Sanchez, outfielder
• Starlyng Sanchez, minor league pitcher
• Miguel Sano, infielder/outfielder
• Andres Santana, infielder
• Dennis Santana, pitcher
• Julio Santana, pitcher
• Pedro Santana, infielder
• Michael Santos, minor league pitcher
• Luis Saturria, outfielder
• Isaac Silva, minor league pitcher
• Alfonso Soriano, outfielder
• Dioni Soriano, NPB pitcher
• George Soriano, pitcher
• Sammy Sosa, outfielder
• Raimel Tapia, outfielder
• Fernando Tatis, infielder
• Fernando Tatis Jr., infielder
• Salomon Torres, pitcher
• Jordany Valdespin, outfielder
• Phillips Valdez, pitcher
• José Valverde, pitcher
• Martin Vargas, minor league pitcher
• Eugenio Velez, infielder
• Bryan Villalona, minor league pitcher
• Carlos Virgen, minor league pitcher
• Junior Vizcaino, minor league infielder
• Roberto Yil, minor league pitcher
• Junior Zamora, minor league infielder
• Jose Zapata, minor league manager
• Julio Zorrilla, minor league infielder

Persons who died here

• Joaquin Andujar, pitcher
• Pedro Gonzalez, infielder
• Rufino Linares, outfielder
• Luis Mercedes, outfielder
• Yoyo O'Reilly, Dominican national team pitcher

Educational institutions located here

• Centro Academico Rogers
• Colegio Biblico Cristiano
• Colegio Bilingüe Academia de Liderazgo UCE
• Colegio Ramón Matías Mella
• Colegio San Benito Abad
• Escuela Ana Josefa Puello
• Liceo Secundario Gastón Fernando Deligné
• Liceo Jose Joaquin Perez
• Universidad Central del Este

Further Reading

• Mark Kurlansky: The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macorís, Riverhead Books, New York, NY, 2010. (ISBN 9781594487507)