Miguel Sotelo

Miguel Sotelo
Pitcher
Born: May 22, 1933
Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
Bats: Right Throws: Right
MLB debut
1953
Career statistics
Teams
Career highlights and awards
  • Elected to the Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México, 1985
  • Managed teams to the Mexican League championship 1 times

Miguel Sotelo is a former Mexican Major League Baseball who played from Mexican club in 1953. The following year he was under the orders of George Genovese in a minor league team in Hutchinson, Kansas Pittsburgh Pirates lower division club. In 1955 he transferred to the Mexican- Arizona league where he shone with Club Cananea pitching a no hitter against Club Phoenix.

One year later he returned to Mexico and made his Mexican Baseball League debut with Tigres de Mexico. He also played for Los Mochis and in his first year had a record of 18-6 with 13 consecutive wins. In the 1962-1963 season playing for Hermosillo he pitched a no hitter against Navajo. He retired in 1967 with a total of 133 win 115 losses in the Mexican Major League and with a record of 130-88 in the Liga de la Costa del Pacífico.

He started his managerial career in 1967 with Ciudad Obregón, and also managed Broncos de Reynosa, Pericos de Puebla, 'Tampico and Sultanes de Monterrey. In 1968 he managed to win the league championship with Broncos de Reynosa[1]

Managerial achievements

League Club Country Season
Mexican Baseball League Broncos de Reynosa México 1967–1968

References

  1. ."Miguel Sotelo page at Salón de la Fama" (in Spanish www.salondelafama.com.mx). Retrieved 2009.