José Méndez

José Colmenar del Valle Méndez
(El Diamante Negro; Joe)

Born: January 2, 1885 in Cárdenas, Cuba
Died: October 31, 1928 in La Habana, Cuba
(43 years old)

Bats: R

Throws: R

Ht: 5'10"

Wt: 152

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Notes:

• Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006
• Inducted into the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939
• Buried: Cementerio Cristóbal Cólon (La Habana, La Habana, Cuba)
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Wins Above Replacement

Glossary

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
1907-08	ALM	CUB	22	SP	36	75.0	3.2	-0.2	0.1	3.4	0.0
1908	CSH	NAC	23	2B	71	30.1	-0.1	0.4	-0.1	-0.4	0.0
1908-09	ALM	MULT	23	SP	120	235.0	7.3	-0.1	-0.2	7.6	0.0
1909	CSH	INT	24	RF	89	75.0	3.6	0.1	0.1	3.4	0.0
1909-10	ALM	CvM/CUB	24	SP	52	102.0	3.5	0.4	0.0	3.0	0.0
1910	SC1/CSH	WES/EAS	25	SP	63	67.0	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.0
1910-11	ALM	MULT	25	SP	102	199.0	7.5	-0.2	0.1	7.6	0.0
1911	CSH	EAS	26	SP	50	87.0	4.2	-0.2	0.0	4.4	0.0
1911-12	APK/ALM	CvM/CUB	26	SP	100	194.2	3.9	0.2	0.1	3.7	0.0
1912	CSH	WES	27	RF	66	52.2	2.5	0.1	0.2	2.2	-0.1
1912-13	ALM	MULT	27	3B	124	82.1	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1913-14	ALM	CvM/CUB	28	SP	55	94.1	3.2	-0.4	-0.1	3.7	0.0
1914-15	ALM	NvC/CUB	29	LF	153	31.0	2.4	0.6	0.9	0.9	0.0
1915-16	AP	NvC/CUB	30	LF	143	54.0	0.0	-0.3	-0.1	0.4	-0.1
1916	ALL	WES	31	SS	29		-0.1	0.0	-0.1	0.0	0.0
1917	ALL	WES	32	SS	67	1.1	-0.1	0.4	-0.2	-0.4	0.1
1918	CAG	WES	33	SS	61	9.0	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.1
1919	DS	WES	34	SS	116	46.1	1.4	0.1	-0.1	1.3	0.0
1920	KCM	NNL/NvM	35	SS	261	47.0	0.2	0.0	-0.6	0.6	0.2
1920-21	ALM	CUB/CLP	35	RF	69	20.1	-1.4	-0.2	-0.4	-0.7	-0.1
1921	KCM	NNL/NvH	36	SS	241	24.1	2.3	1.1	0.8	0.3	0.1
1922	KCM	NNL/NvH	37	3B	146	19.1	0.0	-0.2	0.2	-0.1	0.1
1923	KCM	NNL	38	SP	104	138.2	2.1	0.2	-0.3	2.2	0.0
1923-24	SC	CUB/GP	38	RP	31	66.0	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0
1924	KCM	NNL/WS	39	RP	36	64.1	1.1	0.1	0.0	1.0	0.0
1925	KCM	MULT	40	RP	12	27.0	-0.5	0.0	0.0	-0.5	0.0
1926	KCM	NNL/NNC	41	RP	12	35.0	1.2	0.1	0.0	1.1	0.0
20	9			SP	2409	1878.0	47.9	2.1	0.4	45.0	0.4
162 Game Average					247	192.1	4.9	0.2	0.0	4.6	0.0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
16	Negro Leagues				1380	715.2	18.4	2.7	-0.1	15.1	0.6
11	vs Latin Leagues				896	949.2	26.3	-0.2	0.6	26.1	-0.2
2	vs High Minors				36	8.2	-0.1	-0.3	-0.1	0.4	0.0
7	vs Major Leagues				97	204.0	3.3	-0.2	0.0	3.4	0.0

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	PA	IP	WAR	Off	Fld	Pit	Adj
2	Kansas City All Nations			SS	96	1.1	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	-0.4	0.2
10	Almendares			SP	934	1029.2	29.2	-0.1	0.5	28.9	-0.2
1	Almendares Park			SP	20	58.0	0.6	-0.1	0.0	0.7	0.0
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	61	9.0	0.3	-0.1	0.0	0.3	0.1
5	Cuban Stars of Havana			SP	286	254.0	10.2	0.4	0.3	9.7	-0.1
1	Detroit Stars			SP	116	46.1	1.4	0.1	-0.1	1.3	0.0
7	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	812	355.2	6.4	1.3	0.1	4.6	0.4
1	Santa Clara			RP	31	66.0	-0.2	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	0.0
1	Stars of Cuba			SP	53	58.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0

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