Gregorio Américo Pérez Valdés (1941-2021) *79

was a Cuban baseball player, who served as a pitcher in the National Baseball Series, first with the Camagüey teams and later with Las Tunas, he was also known as Black Hand. He was born on 28 November 1941 in the then town of Guayabal, now Amancio Rodríguez in Las Tunas, in the eastern region of Cuba.

He began playing on the town's grounds in the 1950s, and did it as an outfielder, until he did it as a pitcher in official events with the Loggers team.

He made his debut in the III National Series in 1964-1965 with the Farmers team, representing Camagüey, where he achieved the first results in Cuban baseball on 26 December 1965, during the V National Series, he launched the inaugural game of the Cándido González Stadium in Camagüey, held between the Industrial and Farmers teams, with a victory for the locals, five races by one.