José Santiago (1950s pitcher)

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José Santiago
Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Professional debut
NgL: 1947, for the New York Cubans
MLB: April 17, 1954, for the Cleveland Indians
Last MLB appearance
July 15, 1956, for the Kansas City Athletics
MLB statistics
Win–loss record3–2
Earned run average4.66
Strikeouts29
Teams
Negro leagues
Major League Baseball
Member of the Caribbean
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2003

José Guillermo Santiago Guzmán (September 4, 1928 – October 9, 2018),

Kansas City Athletics (1956). In the Negro leagues, he played for the New York Cubans
from 1947 to 1948.

Playing career

Born in

minor league baseball
.

In 2003, Santiago was inducted into the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame.

After baseball

In the 1970s, Santiago became a boxing promoter in Puerto Rico.

Puerto Rican Independence, Santiago, like his friend Fufi Santori, owned a technically possible, Puerto Rican passport, in his case numbered #001261, since 1997.[4]

See also

References

  • Clark, Dick; Lester, Larry (1994), The Negro Leagues Book, Cleveland, Ohio: Society for American Baseball Research
  • Rene A. Santiago Fuentes (Son)
  • Jose Santiago baseball statistics by Baseball Almanac
  1. ^ ""Murió un ícono del béisbol"". Primera Hora. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 10 October 2018.
  2. ^ Shelton, Christopher (2 August 2017). "Esteban de Jesus, Roberto Duran y AIDS (1972-89)".
  3. ^ "Esteban de Jesus, Roberto Duran y AIDS (1972-89) - The CBZ Newswire". Archived from the original on 2018-10-10. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  4. ^ VOCERO, Yamaira Muñiz Pérez, EL. "Personalidades del deporte elogian el legado de Fufi Santori". El Vocero de Puerto Rico.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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