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He was an Afro Cuban baseball player and coach. His father worked in the fields of the sugarcane plantation on which the family lived. While working on his father's plantation, he found players and equipment. In , he moved to Havana to live with his sister and play baseball there. Batting leadoff for the Cubans, he hit. He was the starting third baseman for the East in the All-Star Game and From there, nicknamed "The Cuban Comet" and "Mr.

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White Sox. He batted over. He was the AL leader in triples and stolen bases three times each and in hits, doubles, and total bases once each. He helped the "Go-Go" White Sox become one of the premier teams of the s and s. He rejoined the White Sox as a coach and made brief but highly publicized player appearances in and He became the third player to get a hit after age 50 and the second to appear in the major leagues in five decades.

He married Sharon Rice in the s, and they have one son, Charles. He also has three children from a previous marriage: Orestes Jr. His eldest son, Orestes Jr. His White Sox uniform number 9 was retired in , and a statue of him was unveiled at U.