René Monteagudo
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René Monteagudo Miranda (March 12, 1916 - September 14, 1973) was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder who played with the Washington Senators (1938, 1940) and Philadelphia Phillies (1945). Monteagudo threw and batted left-handed.
Monteagudo was born in Havana, Cuba. Signed by the Senators, he debuted as a pitcher on September 6, 1938, but bothered by a sore arm, he switched to the outfield. In 1945, for the Phillies, he was the most used and most successful pinch-hitter in the league, going 18-for-52 (.346). He also pitched 14 games in relief.
In 1946, Monteagudo was one of the ballplayers blackballed by Commissioner Happy Chandler after leaving the majors to play in the Mexican League.
In a four-season major league career, Monteagudo was a .289 hitter(78-for-270) with 21 RBI, 32 runs, nine doubles, one triple, and two stolen bases in 156 games. As a pitcher, he posted a 3-7 record with 93 strikeouts, a 6.42 ERA, two saves, and 168 innings in 46 games (11 as a starter).
René Monteagudo died in Hialeah, Florida at the age of 57.
[edit] See also
- List of second generation Major League Baseball players
- List of players from Cuba in Major League Baseball
[edit] External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
