At just 24 years old, the outfielder was decisive in the last championship of the Los Angeles Dodgers.
14ymedio/SwingCompleto, Havana, 3 November 2025 — Cuban baseball player Andy Pagés is now the youngest player from the island in history to win two World Series titles in Major League Baseball (MLB). The outfielder from Pinar del Río earned his second title in the world’s best league last Saturday, when the Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in Game 7.
At just 24 years old, Pagés was a defensive key player in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ championship run—their second in a row. In the ninth inning, he made a near-miraculous catch in center field with the bases loaded and two outs, in Toronto. Had the ball hit the ground, it would have meant the title for the Canadians, but his intervention allowed the Dodgers to force extra innings , where they prevailed in the eleventh.
The numbers the player has achieved in the Major Leagues also bring him closer to one of the most iconic feats of a Cuban in MLB: that of Orlando “El Duque” Hernández. The Havana native won three consecutive World Series with the New York Yankees between 1998 and 2000, in addition to a fourth in 2005 with the Chicago White Sox, although the pitcher did so debuting in the Major Leagues at 32 years old.
Andy Pagés also became the ninth Cuban with at least two World Series titles in his career.
With his back-to-back championships with the Los Angeles Dodgers, Andy Pagés also became the ninth Cuban with at least two World Series titles. The list includes names like Aroldis Chapman (2016, 2023), Yuli Gurriel (2017, 2022), José Canseco (1989, 2000), Jorge Soler (2016, 2021), and Dolf Luque (1919, 1933).
He also joins an even more exclusive list: that of Cuban players who have won two consecutive titles. Before him, only Orlando Hernández (1998-2000), Bert Campaneris (1972-1974), and Tony Pérez (1975-1976) had accomplished this feat. His case is particularly noteworthy because he is the only player to achieve this as a position player in his first two seasons in MLB.
Although this postseason he had a modest offensive average of just .078, after four hits in 51 at-bats, with one run batted in and two runs scored, in the regular season he recorded 27 home runs (more than double that of last season, when he became the first player born in Cuba with a home run in a playoff game as a rookie), 86 runs batted in, 74 runs scored, 154 hits, 27 doubles, one triple, 14 stolen bases in 21 attempts and 29 walks.
Among the Cubans who played this season in the MLB, he led in home runs and was first in RBIs
Also, among the Cubans who played this season in the MLB, he led in home runs, was first in RBIs, second in hits , fifth in doubles, fourth in runs scored, third in stolen bases and second in extra-base hits.
His numbers have also made him the twelfth Cuban in Major League history to achieve a season with more than 150 hits, more than 25 home runs, and more than 85 RBIs, but only the second to accomplish this feat before turning 25. The previous one was José Canseco in 1988, at 23 years old, when he collected 187 hits , 42 home runs, and drove in 124 runs.
Looking ahead to 2026 and the World Baseball Classic to be played in March, the Pinar del Río native, who went to the United States in 2017 in search of reaching the Major Leagues, said he is willing to be part of Team Cuba – if he receives permission from his team – despite having been rejected at the time by the selectors of the Island’s national team.
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