# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/german-mesa
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:48:59.895Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/german-mesa"
name: "Germán Mesa"
slug: "german-mesa"
description: "Germán Mesa Fresneda is a Cuban baseball manager and former player. A shortstop who played for the Industriales of the Cuban National Series and for the Cuba national baseball team, Mesa was known as \"El Imán\" for his superior fielding skills, compared by international scouts to the likes of major leaguers Ozzie Smith and Omar Vizquel. He was also an exceptional hitter and base runner who led Cuban baseball in hits, triples, and stolen bases during his career. He has managed in the National Series, and was named skipper of the Cuban national team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic."
tagline: "Baseball player"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/NL-HlmNHA_1478_32690K01_03.jpg/330px-NL-HlmNHA_1478_32690K01_03.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=api&utm_content=thumbnail"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1967-05-12"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  momentum:             15.75601374570447
  historical:           11.54460133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "赫尔曼·梅萨"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "خيرمان ميسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "خيرمان ميسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Mesa"
    title: "Germán Mesa"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Mesa"
    title: "Germán Mesa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Mesa"
    title: "Germán Mesa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%87%D8%B1%D9%85%D8%A7%D9%86_%D9%85%D8%B3%D8%A7"
    title: "هرمان مسا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Mesa"
    title: "Germán Mesa"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%98%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9E%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%B5"
    title: "ヘルマン・メサ"
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  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%ED%97%A4%EB%A5%B4%EB%A7%8C_%EB%A9%94%EC%82%AC"
    title: "헤르만 메사"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Mesa"
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  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Mesa"
    title: "Germán Mesa"
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  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germ%C3%A1n_Mesa"
    title: "Germán Mesa"
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    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump