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José Estrada González

baseball player

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 19, 2026
Entity authorityQ5720065 ↗
Source-derived summary

José Antonio Estrada González (born 22 January 1967) is a Cuban former professional baseball outfielder and Olympic gold medalist.

Career

González played 13 seasons in the Cuban National Series from 1991 to 2004 for Matanzas.

He is a two time gold medalist for baseball, winning at the 1992 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Personal life

Estrada's nephew, Lázaro Estrada, plays in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “José Estrada González” as baseball player. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around José, Estrada and González.

Editorial reviewA productive starting point for separating a subject’s documented career from later reputation and commemoration. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1967, 1991, 2004, 1992—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1971-12-06, 1967-01-22—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with José, Estrada and González providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “José Estrada González”, the useful work is to connect “baseball player” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Biographical claims are most persuasive when dates, appointments and relationships can be traced to records created close to the events described. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 19, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5720065. 1 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1967, 1991, 2004 and 1992.

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This entry incorporates text from “José Estrada González” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.