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Fernando Barradas

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Fernando Barradas
Pitcher
Born: (1905-05-20)20 May 1905
Rancho de Santa Rita, Veracruz, Mexico
Died: 20 December 1995(1995-12-20) (aged 90)
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
Member of the Mexican Professional
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1939

Fernando Barradas Villavalso (20 May 1905 – 20 December 1995)[a] was a Mexican professional baseball pitcher and first baseman.

Career

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Barradas debuted with the Mexico national baseball team at 19 years old, earning the win against Cuba at the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Havana.[1] He pitched 15.1 innings, working to a 1.76 earned run average (ERA) and striking out 16.[2]

From 1936 to 1944, Barradas played in the Mexican League with several clubs, including Agrario (1938), Indios de Anáhuac (1939), Azules de Veracruz (1942–44), and Rojos del México and Ángeles de Puebla (both 1944).[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ Baseball Reference gives Barradas' birth date as May 20, 1905, while the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame website lists May 20, 1910.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b "1939 - GUÍA A MÉXICO A SU PRIMER GRAN TRIUNFO INTERNACIONAL". Salon de la fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 August 2024.
  2. ^ Junta Nacional de los II Juegos Deportivos Centro Americanos y del Caribe. "II Juegos Deportivos Centroamericanos y del Caribe Cuba 1930" (PDF). Centro Caribe Sports (in Spanish). p. 91. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Fernando Barradas". Baseball Reference (minors).
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