René Cárdenas, a pioneer of Spanish-language radio coverage of Major League Baseball, has died at age 96. Multiple outlets report that he played a foundational role in bringing MLB broadcasts to Spanish-speaking audiences. Cárdenas is described as the first Spanish-language broadcaster for the Los Angeles Dodgers, including serving as the Dodgers’ initial Spanish-language announcer for major league games. His career is also reported to span about 60 years, during which he worked with several MLB teams. In addition to the Dodgers, sources say he later broadcast for the Houston Astros and the Texas Rangers. While the reports focus on his pioneering role and long career, they do not provide specific details in the excerpts about the cause of death or the date of death. Collectively, the coverage credits Cárdenas with helping establish mainstream Spanish-language MLB broadcasting in the United States through radio announcing for multiple franchises over several decades.