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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Batting

Glossary

Basic Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
1907-08	ALM	CUB	22	SP	15	36	30	5	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	5		0	2			.100	.206	.100	.306	0
1908	CSH	NAC	23	2B	19	71	62	9	17	2	1	0	10	1		5			0	4			.274	.328	.339	.667	113
1908-09	ALM	MULT	23	SP	41	120	107	8	18	3	0	0	4	3		10	8		2	1			.168	.252	.196	.448	61
1909	CSH	INT	24	RF	27	89	75	6	16	2	1	0	10	1		8			0	6			.213	.289	.267	.556	78
1909-10	ALM	CUB/CvM	24	SP	15	52	44	6	11	1	0	0	2	5	0	6	1		0	2			.250	.340	.273	.613	129
1910	CSH/SC1	EAS/WES	25	SP	15	63	56	6	12	4	2	0	5	0		5			0	2			.214	.279	.357	.636	109
1910-11	ALM	MULT	25	SP	31	102	87	6	12	3	0	0	5	3	0	5	10		1	9			.138	.194	.172	.366	24
1911	CSH	EAS	26	SP	15	50	42	6	8	1	0	0	3	3		6			1	1			.190	.306	.214	.520	43
1911-12	ALM/APK	CUB/CvM	26	SP	32	100	90	7	20	1	1	0	6	3	0	7	5		1	2			.222	.286	.256	.541	66
1912	CSH	WES	27	RF	17	66	60	7	15	3	0	0	6	0		1			0	5			.250	.262	.300	.562	86
1912-13	ALM	MULT	27	3B	36	124	93	23	16	1	1	1	12	12		24			1	6			.172	.347	.237	.584	68
1913-14	ALM	CUB/CvM	28	SP	19	55	47	2	3	1	0	0	0	3		8			0	0			.064	.200	.085	.285	-13
1914-15	ALM	CUB/NvC	29	LF	37	153	125	17	33	2	3	0	11	7	5	15	15		0	13			.264	.343	.328	.671	111
1915-16	AP	CUB/NvC	30	LF	38	143	114	15	23	2	0	0	17	7	3	19	8		0	10		4	.202	.316	.219	.535	51
1916	ALL	WES	31	SS	7	29	27	3	6	2	0	0	2	0		1			0	1			.222	.250	.296	.546	67
1917	ALL	WES	32	SS	14	67	59	10	17	2	1	0	5	1		6			0	2			.288	.354	.356	.710	125
1918	CAG	WES	33	SS	15	61	52	6	10	3	1	0	4	0		5			0	4			.192	.263	.288	.552	66
1919	DS	WES	34	SS	33	116	101	15	22	2	2	3	12	3		12			0	3			.218	.301	.366	.667	84
1920	KCM	NNL/NVM	35	2B	58	230	186	21	38	6	1	0	14	5		28			2	14	0		.204	.315	.247	.562	68
1920-21	ALM	CLP/CUB	35	RF	21	69	61	7	10	1	0	0	5	3		4			0	4			.164	.215	.180	.396	27
1921	KCM	NNL/NVH	36	SS	62	236	196	23	54	9	1	1	16	17		25			0	15			.276	.357	.347	.704	101
1922	KCM	NNL/NVH	37	3B	45	147	121	16	22	5	2	0	9	9		17	1		2	7			.182	.293	.256	.549	48
1923	KCM	NNL	38	SP	39	104	88	16	21	8	2	1	15	1		5			0	11			.239	.280	.409	.689	78
1923-24	SC	CUB/GP	38	RP	18	31	27	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1		0	1			.148	.233	.185	.419	13
1924	KCM	NNL/WS	39	RP	20	36	33	6	6	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	3		0	0			.182	.250	.333	.583	72
1925	KCM	MULT	40	RP	15	14	12	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1		0	.250	.308	.333	.641	76
1926	KCM	NNC/NNL	41	RP	8	12	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	0		0	1			.143	.455	.143	.597	69
20	9			SP	712	2376	2002	254	421	68	19	7	180	88	8	237	58	0	10	127	0	4	.210	.297	.274	.571	72
162 Game Average						541	456	58	96	15	4	2	41	20	11	54	51	0	2	29	0	17	.210	.297	.274	.571	72

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
16	Negro Leagues				397	1349	1139	155	263	52	13	6	114	42	0	130	4	0	5	75	0	0	.231	.312	.315	.628	84
11	vs Latin Leagues				273	896	745	95	137	15	5	1	60	46	8	99	44		5	47		4	.184	.284	.221	.505	58
7	vs Major Leagues				32	95	86	4	16	1	0	0	5	0	0	6	9		0	3	0		.186	.239	.198	.437	48
2	vs High Minors				10	36	32	0	5	0	1	0	1	0		2	1		0	2			.156	.206	.219	.425	15

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+
10	Almendares			SP	277	934	778	95	145	15	5	1	61	46	8	102	47		5	49		4	.186	.285	.222	.507	60
5	Cuban Stars West			SP	80	286	248	29	57	8	2	0	29	5		21			1	16			.230	.293	.278	.571	79
1	Stars of Cuba I			SP	13	53	47	5	11	4	2	0	5	0		4			0	2			.234	.294	.404	.698	133
1	Almendares Park I			SP	8	20	20	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	5		0	0			.200	.200	.200	.400	33
2	All Nations Club			SS	21	96	86	13	23	4	1	0	7	1		7			0	3			.267	.323	.337	.660	108
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	15	61	52	6	10	3	1	0	4	0		5			0	4			.192	.263	.288	.552	66
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	33	116	101	15	22	2	2	3	12	3		12			0	3			.218	.301	.366	.667	84
7	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	247	779	643	87	145	31	6	3	58	33	0	83	5	0	4	49	0	0	.226	.318	.306	.624	76
1	Santa Clara			RP	18	31	27	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	1		0	1			.148	.233	.185	.419	13

Advanced Batting

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
1907-08	ALM	CUB	36	.172	.303	11.1%	9.9%	13.9%	8.8%	0.80	1.13	0.0%	0.4%	.000	.052
1908	CSH	NAC	71	.311	.303	7.0%	6.9%					0.0%	0.3%	.065	.060
1908-09	ALM	MULT	120	.243	.286	8.3%		6.7%	8.9%	1.25		0.0%	0.1%	.028	.042
1909	CSH	INT	89	.255	.290	9.0%	6.7%					0.0%	0.5%	.053	.079
1909-10	ALM	CUB/CvM	52	.305	.268	11.5%		1.9%	7.6%	6.00		0.0%	0.4%	.023	.053
1910	CSH/SC1	EAS/WES	63	.288	.278	7.9%			6.0%			0.0%	0.8%	.143	.082
1910-11	ALM	MULT	102	.184	.311	4.9%		9.8%	10.1%	0.50		0.0%	0.2%	.034	.042
1911	CSH	EAS	50	.271	.345	12.0%	8.4%					0.0%	0.7%	.024	.093
1911-12	ALM/APK	CUB/CvM	100	.277	.326	7.0%		5.0%	10.0%	1.40		0.0%	0.4%	.033	.061
1912	CSH	WES	66	.246	.282	1.5%	6.1%					0.0%	0.5%	.050	.074
1912-13	ALM	MULT	124	.315	.350	19.4%			11.1%			0.8%	0.2%	.065	.057
1913-14	ALM	CUB/CvM	55	.179	.330	14.5%			9.8%			0.0%	0.1%	.021	.045
1914-15	ALM	CUB/NvC	153	.322	.327	9.8%		9.8%	10.1%	1.00		0.0%	0.0%	.064	.043
1915-16	AP	CUB/NvC	143	.277	.358	13.3%	8.1%	5.6%	11.0%	2.38	1.35	0.0%	0.1%	.018	.056
1916	ALL	WES	29	.259	.318	3.4%	8.6%					0.0%	0.4%	.074	.073
1917	ALL	WES	67	.344	.309	9.0%	8.7%					0.0%	0.2%	.068	.067
1918	CAG	WES	61	.256	.319	8.2%	8.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.096	.079
1919	DS	WES	116	.311	.340	10.3%	9.7%					2.6%	1.1%	.149	.108
1920	KCM	NNL/NVM	230	.274	.321	12.2%			8.1%			0.0%	0.5%	.043	.077
1920-21	ALM	CLP/CUB	69	.196	.312	5.8%			8.4%			0.0%	0.2%	.016	.058
1921	KCM	NNL/NVH	236	.320	.324	10.6%			7.5%			0.4%	0.9%	.071	.102
1922	KCM	NNL/NVH	147	.259	.337	11.6%		0.7%	7.8%	17.00		0.0%	1.2%	.074	.117
1923	KCM	NNL	104	.276	.344	4.8%	8.1%					1.0%	1.3%	.170	.120
1923-24	SC	CUB/GP	31	.211	.347	9.7%	6.1%	3.2%	8.3%	3.00	1.37	0.0%	0.5%	.037	.093
1924	KCM	NNL/WS	36	.274	.314	8.3%		8.3%	7.5%	1.00		2.8%	0.7%	.152	.093
1925	KCM	MULT	14	.279	.325	7.1%		7.1%	7.9%	1.00		0.0%	1.3%	.083	.121
1926	KCM	NNC/NNL	12	.336	.334	33.3%		0.0%	8.0%			0.0%	1.3%	.000	.113
20	9		2376	.275	.321	10.0%	8.7%	9.8%	7.7%	1.00	1.53	0.3%	0.5%	.063	.075

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
16	Negro Leagues		1349	.290	.320	9.6%	7.8%	36.4%	8.5%	0.00	0.83	0.4%	0.7%	.084	.091
11	vs Latin Leagues		896	.262	.325	11.0%	10.0%	8.7%	8.0%	1.23	1.31	0.1%	0.2%	.038	.051
7	vs Major Leagues		95	.220	.301	6.3%	8.0%	15.8%	8.7%	0.33	1.20	0.0%	0.3%	.012	.058
2	vs High Minors		36	.186	.330	5.6%	7.6%	6.7%	1.5%	1.00	5.34	0.0%	1.3%	.063	.130

Year	Team	Lg	PA	wOBA	LG	BB%	LG	K%	LG	BB/K	LG	HR%	LG	ISO	LG
10	Almendares		934	.263	.323	10.9%	10.0%	9.2%	8.1%	1.15	1.28	0.1%	0.2%	.036	.050
5	Cuban Stars West		286	.267	.302	7.3%	6.9%					0.0%	0.5%	.048	.076
1	Stars of Cuba I		53	.310	.272	7.5%	5.9%					0.0%	0.8%	.170	.080
1	Almendares Park I		20	.195	.294	0.0%	8.1%	25.0%	10.2%	0.00	0.80	0.0%	0.3%	.000	.072
2	All Nations Club		96	.319	.312	7.3%	8.7%					0.0%	0.3%	.070	.069
1	Chicago American Giants		61	.256	.319	8.2%	8.9%					0.0%	0.4%	.096	.079
1	Detroit Stars I		116	.311	.340	10.3%	9.7%					2.6%	1.1%	.149	.108
7	Kansas City Monarchs		779	.286	.328	10.7%	7.8%	19.2%	3.0%	0.20	4.32	0.4%	0.9%	.081	.100
1	Santa Clara		31	.211	.347	9.7%	8.3%	3.2%	6.1%	3.00	1.37	0.0%	0.5%	.037	.093

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