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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Fielding Breakdown by Position

					C		1B		2B		3B		SS		LF		CF		RF		PH	PR	P
Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Runs	G	Runs	G	Runs	G	Runs	G	Runs	G	Runs	G	Runs	G	Runs	G	G	G
1907-08	ALM	CUB	22	SP							2	0.0							1	1.0			13
1908	CSH	NAC	23	2B					7	0.1	2	0.4	4	-1.7					2	-0.4			4
1908-09	ALM	MULT	23	SP					1	0.4	3	-0.2	2	-1.0	1	-0.3			3	-1.2			32
1909	CSH	INT	24	RF					2	0.0	3	1.6			2	0.4	4	0.3	8	-0.8			11
1909-10	ALM	CUB/CvM	24	SP							1	-0.3			2	1.3			2	-0.4			11
1910	CSH/SC1	EAS/WES	25	SP							1	0.7			4	1.3			3	-1.1			8
1910-11	ALM	MULT	25	SP							5	1.6			1	-0.6							25
1911	CSH	EAS	26	SP							2	-0.5			1	0.1			1	0.3			11
1911-12	ALM/APK	CUB/CvM	26	SP							4	0.7			1	1.4	1	-0.8					26
1912	CSH	WES	27	RF							1	0.1							11	2.1			7
1912-13	ALM	MULT	27	3B					8	1.2	13	-0.4			3	-1.3	1	0.5					13
1913-14	ALM	CUB/CvM	28	SP					1	-0.2			1	-0.1	2	-0.3	1	0.3	2	-0.4			13
1914-15	ALM	CUB/NvC	29	LF							2	-0.3	12	0.8	20	8.1			1	1.2			4
1915-16	AP	CUB/NvC	30	LF					3	0.1					25	-1.7	3	2.2	3	-1.5			10
1916	ALL	WES	31	SS									7	-1.4
1917	ALL	WES	32	SS									14	-2.1									1
1918	CAG	WES	33	SS									13	-1.0					1	0.3			1
1919	DS	WES	34	SS					1	-0.5	7	-0.6	9	-0.3	4	1.1			5	-0.4	2		7
1920	KCM	NNL/NVM	35	2B			1	-0.1	23	-4.9	4	0.3	23	-1.2			1	-0.3	1	-0.1			9
1920-21	ALM	CLP/CUB	35	RF			1	0.2	1	-0.4					2	0.6	1	-0.5	12	-3.3			5
1921	KCM	NNL/NVH	36	SS					3	-3.2	11	3.8	26	9.4					20	-1.7			4
1922	KCM	NNL/NVH	37	3B					8	0.0	28	3.3	4	0.0			3	0.0			1	1	5
1923	KCM	NNL	38	SP			1	-0.5	1	-0.7	7	-1.3			2	0.2	3	-2.5	2	0.9	2		24
1923-24	SC	CUB/GP	38	RP											2	0.5							15
1924	KCM	NNL/WS	39	RP													2	0.3			1		17
1925	KCM	MULT	40	RP			1	-0.1											1	1.8		1	12
1926	KCM	NNC/NNL	41	RP																			8
20	9			SP			4	-0.4	59	-8.1	96	8.9	115	1.4	72	10.7	20	-0.4	79	-3.5	6	2	296

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	C	Runs	1B	Runs	2B	Runs	3B	Runs	SS	Runs	LF	Runs	CF	Runs	RF	Runs	PH	PR	P
16	Negro Leagues						3	-0.7	41	-8.5	64	7.1	100	1.7	13	3.1	13	-2.2	50	1.7	6	2	128
11							1	0.2	13	1.6	28	0.7	13	0.7	59	7.6	7	1.8	24	-4.6			143
2									4	-0.7									5	-0.7			1
7	vs Major Leaguers								1	-0.5	4	1.1	2	-1.0									24

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	C	Runs	1B	Runs	2B	Runs	3B	Runs	SS	Runs	LF	Runs	CF	Runs	RF	Runs	PH	PR	P
10	Almendares			SP			1	0.2	14	1.1	30	1.2	15	-0.3	57	7.1	7	1.8	24	-4.6			145
5	Cuban Stars West			SP					9	0.1	8	1.6	4	-1.7	4	1.5	4	0.3	22	1.2			34
1	Stars of Cuba I			SP							1	0.7			3	0.4			3	-1.1			7
1	Almendares Park I			SP																			7
2	All Nations Club			SS									21	-3.5									1
1	Chicago American Giants			SP									13	-1.0					1	0.3			1
1	Detroit Stars I			SP					1	-0.5	7	-0.6	9	-0.3	4	1.1			5	-0.4	2		7
7	Kansas City Monarchs			SP			3	-0.7	35	-8.8	50	6.1	53	8.2	2	0.2	9	-2.5	24	0.9	4	2	79
1	Santa Clara			RP											2	0.5							15

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