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José Méndez
	José (Del Valle) Méndez
	(El Diamante Negro; Joe)

	Born: January 2, 1885 in Cárdenas, Cuba
	Died: October 31, 1928 - 43 years old in La Habana, Cuba
	Bats: R	Throws: R	Ht: 5'10"	Wt: 152

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Notes:
- Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as a Player in 2006
- Visit Méndez's Managerial Page
- Buried: Cementerio Cristóbal Cólon; Havana, La Habana, Cuba

All-Teammate Team

Left Field	Yrs	First	Last	WS
Armando Marsans	7	1907	1913	201.9
Hurley McNair	6	1917	1924	131.7
Heavy Johnson	3	1922	1924	112.7
Rogelio Valdés	7	1907	1911	85.9
Jacinto Calvo	1	1912	1912	23.4

Center Field	Yrs	First	Last	WS
Heliodoro Hidalgo	12	1907	1915	197.1
John Donaldson	8	1916	1924	44.1
Dink Mothell	2	1920	1924	36.3
George Sweatt	3	1922	1924	25.8
Pete Hill	2	1918	1919	19.7

Right Field	Yrs	First	Last	WS
Cristóbal Torriente	5	1913	1917	143.2
Emilio Palomino	6	1907	1912	89.3
Juan Violá	5	1908	1914	47.6
Luis Padrón	3	1909	1911	8.6
Guillermo Pareda	1	1915	1915	4.6

Shortstop	Yrs	First	Last	WS
Dobie Moore	5	1920	1924	141.5
Alfredo Cabrera	9	1907	1915	126.9
Tomás Romañach	4	1910	1913	38.3
Pelayo Chacón	6	1908	1915	31.8
Luis Bustamante	5	1908	1912	8.3

Second Base	Yrs	First	Last	WS
Armando Cabañas	7	1907	1915	73.7
Newt Allen	2	1923	1924	50.1
Ramón Herrera	2	1913	1915	14.1
Fidelio Hungo	1	1914	1914	13.2
Manuel Villa	6	1909	1915	9.1

Third Base	Yrs	First	Last	WS
Rafael Almeida	7	1907	1915	96.6
Manuel Cueto	5	1911	1915	82.7
Newt Joseph	3	1922	1924	79.1
Bartolo Portuondo	3	1920	1922	21.2
Ricardo Hernández	4	1908	1911	8.8

First Base	Yrs	First	Last	WS
Julián Castillo	7	1907	1914	77.9
Regino García	6	1908	1914	64.5
Lemuel Hawkins	4	1921	1924	36.6
George Carr	3	1920	1922	36.0
Agustín Parpetti	5	1908	1921	12.4

Manager	Yrs	First	Last	mPts
Alfredo Cabrera	8	1907	1915	55.9
José Méndez	5	1910	1924	25.3
Eugenio Santa Cruz	1	1913	1913	11.7
	4	1908	1911	11.5
Pete Hill	1	1919	1919	6.0

Catcher	Yrs	First	Last	WS
Gervasio González	11	1907	1915	214.0
Frank Duncan	4	1921	1924	56.3
Vicente Rodríguez	3	1915	1920	7.8
Desiderio Hernández	2	1915	1916	6.0
Rafael Figarola	6	1908	1915	3.9

Starting Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WS
José Méndez	23	1907	1924	620.1
Eustaquio Pedroso	10	1909	1915	371.3
José Muñoz	11	1907	1913	235.6
Bullet Rogan	5	1920	1924	218.8
Adolfo Luque	2	1914	1915	109.1
Carlos Royer	5	1907	1910	66.0
Reuben Curry	4	1920	1923	60.7
Bill Drake	4	1917	1924	55.0
Andrés Ortega	2	1907	1908	50.2
Tatica Campos	3	1913	1915	44.5
Sam Crawford	6	1918	1923	41.9
William Bell	2	1923	1924	32.2
Cliff Bell	4	1921	1924	23.4
Harold Morris	1	1924	1924	19.7
Juan Padrón	1	1915	1915	16.3
Dick Whitworth	1	1918	1918	14.5
Willie Gisentaner	2	1922	1923	11.9
Lico Mederos	3	1910	1911	9.5
Frank Wickware	2	1918	1919	7.4
Conrado Rodríguez	4	1908	1915	6.8

Swingman	Yrs	First	Last	WS
Bill McCall	1	1924	1924	2.8

Relief Pitcher	Yrs	First	Last	WS
Hop Bartlett	1	1924	1924	1.3
Francisco Mullin	1	1914	1914	0.3