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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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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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Pitching

Glossary

Basic Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
1907-08	ALM	CUB	22	SP	8	0	1.000	13	7	5	2	0	75.0	14	4	38	0	32	45	0	4	293	0.48	609
1908	CSH	NAC	23	2B	1	2	.333	4	4	0	3	0	0	30.1	24	18	36	0	11	26	1	2	136	5.34	74
1908-09	ALM	MULT	23	SP	17	8	.680	32	22	20	5	3	235.0	53	21	141	1	53	157	4	11	923	0.80	290
1909	CSH	INT	24	RF	6	2	.750	10	8	7	2	0	75.0	16	9	53	1	17	74	0	1	295	1.08	291
1909-10	ALM	CUB / CvM	24	SP	9	2	.818	11	11	11	1	0	102.0	33	18	66	0	22	79	1	6	397	1.59	149
1910	CSH / SC1	EAS / WES	25	SP	3	4	.429	8	8	7	0	0	67.0	42	31	76	2	7	38	0	0	291	4.16	79
1910-11	ALM	MULT	25	SP	16	5	.762	25	21	18	5	0	199.0	54	33	142	1	56	93	3	7	784	1.49	187
1911	CSH	EAS	26	SP	9	0	1.000	11	10	9	3	0	87.0	24	14	69	1	16	77	1	3	343	1.45	285
1911-12	ALM / APK	CUB / CvM	26	SP	11	9	.550	26	18	17	3	1	194.2	72	44	158	7	58	131	3	2	787	2.03	135
1912	CSH	WES	27	RF	4	1	.800	7	6	5	0	0	52.2	13	6	44	0	11	23	0	1	213	1.03	348
1912-13	ALM	MULT	27	3B	1	7	.125	13	11	5	0	0	82.1	56	33	90	1	34	30	0	2	371	3.61	94
1913-14	ALM	CUB / CvM	28	SP	10	1	.909	13	12	8	2	0	94.1	17	11	76	0	27	46	0	2	372	1.05	233
1914-15	ALM	CUB / NvC	29	LF	2	1	.667	4	4	3	0	0	31.0	6	2	23	0	7	18	1	0	118	0.58	363
1915-16	AP	CUB / NvC	30	LF	1	3	.250	10	5	3	0	0	54.0	34	25	50	1	18	26	1	1	228	4.17	85
1917	ALL	WES	32	SS	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.1	4	3	5	0	2	1	0	0	11	20.25	13
1918	CAG	WES	33	SS	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	2	0	4	0	2	4	0	0	33	0.00
1919	DS	WES	34	SS	3	0	1.000	7	4	3	3	1	2	46.1	14	12	33	1	4	21	0	0	1	177	2.33	158
1920	KCM	NNL / NVM	35	2B	3	1	.750	9	5	3	0	0	47.0	23	14	46	3	9	10	0	1	193	2.68	132
1920-21	ALM	CLP / CUB	35	RF	1	2	.333	5	4	1	0	0	20.1	17	10	26	0	7	11	0	0	1	96	4.43	55
1921	KCM	NNL / NVH	36	SS	2	1	.667	4	2	2	0	0	0	24.1	13	11	24	1	6	8	0	0	1	105	4.07	97
1922	KCM	NNL / NVH	37	3B	2	0	1.000	5	1	4	0	0	0	19.1	14	11	34	0	5	14	1	0	99	5.12	90
1923	KCM	NNL	38	SP	12	4	.750	24	16	6	11	1	2	138.2	66	49	138	4	30	60	1	0	5	577	3.18	127
1923-24	SC	CUB / GP	38	RP	5	3	.625	15	3	2	0	3	66.0	38	35	72	2	26	25	1	0	1	285	4.77	75
1924	KCM	NNL / WS	39	RP	8	1	.889	17	3	10	1	1	3	64.1	28	20	57	0	11	37	0	0	2	263	2.80	124
1925	KCM	MULT	40	RP	3	2	.600	10	3	0	0	0	0	27.0	23	21	36	1	7	12	0	1	22	7.00	64
1926	KCM	NNC / NNL	41	RP	3	2	.600	8	2	6	2	0	3	35.0	10	10	36	0	3	13	0	0	0	141	2.57	156
19	9			SP	141	61	.698	293	192	31	145	26	17	1878.0	710	465	1573	27	481	1079	18	0	55	7553	2.23	145
162 Game Average					20	9	.698	41	27	21	20	4	2	263.1	100	65	221	4	67	151	3	0	8	1084	2.23	145

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
11	vs Latin Leagues				72	30	.706	143	98	75	15	6	949.2	320	194	730	10	289	538	13	0	28	3839	1.84	161
15	Negro Leagues				59	20	.747	125	74	30	52	8	10	715.2	313	226	682	14	138	413	4	0	18	2864	2.84	131
6	vs Major Leagues				9	11	.450	24	20	18	3	1	204.0	74	42	152	3	51	123	1	9	815	1.85	129
1	vs High Minors				1	0	1.000	1	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	3	3	9	0	3	5	0	0	0	35	3.12	135

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	W	L	W%	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	R	ER	H	HR	BB	K	WP	BK	HBP	BF	ERA	ERA+
10	Almendares			SP	74	34	.685	145	110	87	17	3	1029.2	334	186	766	9	299	597	12	0	34	4135	1.63	172
5	Cuban Stars West			SP	21	5	.808	33	29	0	25	5	0	254.0	81	50	206	2	56	204	2	7	1020	1.77	213
1	Stars of Cuba I			SP	2	4	.333	7	7	6	0	0	58.0	38	28	72	2	6	34	0	0	258	4.34	73
1	Almendares Park I			SP	2	4	.333	7	5	4	1	1	58.0	22	15	44	2	15	39	1	2	234	2.33	103
1	All Nations Club			SS	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	1.1	4	3	5	0	2	1	0	0	11	20.25	13
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	1	0	1.000	1	1	0	1	0	0	9.0	2	0	4	0	2	4	0	0	33	0.00	0
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	3	0	1.000	7	4	3	3	1	2	46.1	14	12	33	1	4	21	0	0	1	177	2.33	158
7	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	33	11	.750	77	32	28	17	2	8	355.2	177	136	371	9	71	154	2	0	10	1400	3.44	113
1	Santa Clara			RP	5	3	.625	15	3	2	0	3	66.0	38	35	72	2	26	25	1	0	1	285	4.77	71

Advanced Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
1907-08	ALM	CUB	22	SP	75.0	0.93	1.19	15.4%	9.8%	10.9%	9.9%	1.41	1.00	0.0%	0.4%
1908	CSH	NAC	23	2B	30.1	1.55	1.40	19.1%	9.0%	8.1%	6.7%	2.36	1.34	0.0%	0.3%
1908-09	ALM	MULT	23	SP	235.0	0.83	1.11	17.0%	12.0%	5.7%	9.2%	2.96	1.23	0.1%	0.2%
1909	CSH	INT	24	RF	75.0	0.93	1.23	25.1%	13.0%	5.8%	6.6%	4.35	1.96	0.3%	0.7%
1909-10	ALM	CUB / CvM	24	SP	102.0	0.86	1.05	19.9%	14.7%	5.5%	8.0%	3.59	1.81	0.0%	0.4%
1910	CSH / SC1	EAS / WES	25	SP	67.0	1.24	1.24	13.1%	12.4%	2.4%	6.9%	5.43	2.24	0.7%	0.7%
1910-11	ALM	MULT	25	SP	199.0	0.99	1.19	11.9%	11.0%	7.1%	10.1%	1.66	1.00	0.1%	0.2%
1911	CSH	EAS	26	SP	87.0	0.98	1.45	22.4%	16.2%	4.7%	9.1%	4.81	1.78	0.3%	0.7%
1911-12	ALM / APK	CUB / CvM	26	SP	194.2	1.11	1.26	16.6%	14.3%	7.4%	10.8%	2.26	1.24	0.9%	0.4%
1912	CSH	WES	27	RF	52.2	1.04	1.31	10.8%	13.1%	5.2%	6.9%	2.09	1.90	0.0%	0.8%
1912-13	ALM	MULT	27	3B	82.1	1.51	1.41	8.1%	12.4%	9.2%	10.9%	0.88	1.14	0.3%	0.1%
1913-14	ALM	CUB / CvM	28	SP	94.1	1.09	1.31	12.4%	9.8%	7.3%	9.2%	1.70	0.96	0.0%	0.2%
1914-15	ALM	CUB / NvC	29	LF	31.0	0.97	1.19	15.3%	12.4%	5.9%	10.2%	2.57	1.25	0.0%	0.0%
1915-16	AP	CUB / NvC	30	LF	54.0	1.26	1.48	11.4%	10.1%	7.9%	11.9%	1.44	0.83	0.4%	0.1%
1917	ALL	WES	32	SS	1.1	5.25	1.18	9.1%	11.0%	18.2%	8.1%	0.50	1.37	0.0%	0.2%
1918	CAG	WES	33	SS	9.0	0.67	1.23	12.1%	8.1%	6.1%	8.3%	2.00	0.98	0.0%	0.4%
1919	DS	WES	34	SS	46.1	0.80	1.34	11.9%	10.4%	2.3%	9.1%	5.25	1.14	0.6%	1.0%
1920	KCM	NNL / NVM	35	2B	47.0	1.17	1.29	5.2%	11.0%	4.7%	8.1%	1.11	1.36	1.6%	0.5%
1920-21	ALM	CLP / CUB	35	RF	20.1	1.62	1.20	11.5%	10.1%	7.3%	9.2%	1.57	1.23	0.0%	0.1%
1921	KCM	NNL / NVH	36	SS	24.1	1.23	1.31	7.6%	11.9%	5.7%	8.0%	1.33	1.51	1.0%	1.1%
1922	KCM	NNL / NVH	37	3B	19.1	2.02	1.38	14.1%	11.0%	5.1%	7.3%	2.80	1.51	0.0%	1.1%
1923	KCM	NNL	38	SP	138.2	1.21	1.38	10.4%	9.2%	5.2%	7.7%	2.00	1.19	0.7%	1.4%
1923-24	SC	CUB / GP	38	RP	66.0	1.48	1.44	8.8%	9.5%	9.1%	8.0%	0.96	1.11	0.7%	0.5%
1924	KCM	NNL / WS	39	RP	64.1	1.06	1.25	14.1%	10.8%	4.2%	7.4%	3.36	1.46	0.0%	0.6%
1925	KCM	MULT	40	RP	27.0	1.59	1.32	9.9%	-1,050.7%	5.8%	-825.6%	1.71	1.31	0.8%	0.6%
1926	KCM	NNC / NNL	41	RP	35.0	1.11	1.36	9.2%	10.4%	2.1%	8.2%	4.33	1.32	0.0%	0.8%
19	9			SP	1878.0	1.09	1.27	14.1%	-29.4%	6.3%	-23.0%	2.24	1.32	0.4%	0.5%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
11	vs Latin Leagues				949.2	1.07	1.24	14.0%	11.6%	7.5%	10.8%	1.86	1.11	0.3%	0.3%
15	Negro Leagues				715.2	1.15	1.33	13.9%	-94.8%	4.7%	-75.9%	2.99	1.56	0.5%	0.8%
6	vs Major Leagues				204.0	1.00	1.16	15.1%	13.2%	6.3%	8.9%	2.41	1.50	0.4%	0.3%
1	vs High Minors				8.2	1.38	1.37	14.3%	13.1%	8.6%	9.0%	1.67	1.46	0.0%	1.5%

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	IP	WHIP	Lg	K%	Lg	BB%	Lg	K/BB	Lg	HR%	Lg
10	Almendares			SP	1029.2	1.03	1.22	14.4%	11.8%	7.2%	10.6%	2.00	1.15	0.2%	0.3%
5	Cuban Stars West			SP	254.0	1.03	1.35	20.0%	13.5%	5.5%	7.6%	3.64	1.79	0.2%	0.7%
1	Stars of Cuba I			SP	58.0	1.34	1.22	13.2%	14.5%	2.3%	6.1%	5.67	2.38	0.8%	0.8%
1	Almendares Park I			SP	58.0	1.02	1.11	16.7%	15.6%	6.4%	9.3%	2.60	1.68	0.9%	0.3%
1	All Nations Club			SS	1.1	5.25	1.18	9.1%	11.0%	18.2%	8.1%	0.50	1.37	0.0%	0.2%
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	9.0	0.67	1.23	12.1%	8.1%	6.1%	8.3%	2.00	0.98	0.0%	0.4%
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	46.1	0.80	1.34	11.9%	10.4%	2.3%	9.1%	5.25	1.14	0.6%	1.0%
7	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	355.2	1.24	1.33	10.3%	-200.2%	4.7%	-157.4%	2.17	1.32	0.6%	1.0%
1	Santa Clara			RP	66.0	1.48	1.44	8.8%	9.2%	9.1%	8.5%	0.96	1.11	0.7%	0.5%

Opponent's Batting

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1907-08	ALM	CUB	22	SP	13	293	247	14	38	4	1	0	16	32	45	4	10	0	6	.154	.261	.178	.440
1908	CSH	NAC	23	2B	4	136	119	24	36	7	1	0	3	11	26	2	4	2	.303	.371	.378	.749
1908-09	ALM	MULT	23	SP	32	923	839	53	141	10	4	1	47	53	157	11	20	12	.168	.227	.193	.420
1909	CSH	INT	24	RF	10	295	267	16	53	9	1	1	3	17	74	1	10	1	.199	.249	.251	.500
1909-10	ALM	CUB / CvM	24	SP	11	397	361	33	66	3	6	0	23	22	79	6	8	3	.183	.242	.224	.466
1910	CSH / SC1	EAS / WES	25	SP	8	291	276	42	76	23	4	2	1	7	38	0	8	1	.275	.293	.409	.703
1910-11	ALM	MULT	25	SP	25	784	698	54	142	16	7	1	24	56	93	7	23	18	.203	.269	.251	.520
1911	CSH	EAS	26	SP	11	343	318	24	69	5	3	1	7	16	77	3	6	4	.217	.261	.261	.522
1911-12	ALM / APK	CUB / CvM	26	SP	26	787	700	72	158	18	6	7	36	58	131	2	26	9	.226	.287	.299	.585
1912	CSH	WES	27	RF	7	213	197	13	44	6	4	0	0	11	23	1	4	1	.223	.268	.294	.562
1912-13	ALM	MULT	27	3B	13	371	321	56	90	10	6	1	19	34	30	2	14	8	.280	.353	.358	.711
1913-14	ALM	CUB / CvM	28	SP	13	372	329	17	76	5	4	0	11	27	46	2	14	9	.231	.293	.271	.564
1914-15	ALM	CUB / NvC	29	LF	4	118	109	6	23	2	2	0	2	7	18	0	2	4	.211	.259	.266	.525
1915-16	AP	CUB / NvC	30	LF	10	228	197	34	50	10	6	1	8	18	26	1	13	8	.254	.319	.381	.700
1917	ALL	WES	32	SS	1	11	9	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.556	.636	.556	1.192
1918	CAG	WES	33	SS	1	33	30	2	4	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	1	1	.133	.188	.133	.321
1919	DS	WES	34	SS	7	177	168	14	33	2	4	1	4	4	21	1	4	2	.196	.220	.274	.493
1920	KCM	NNL / NVM	35	2B	9	193	177	23	46	9	2	3	6	9	10	1	6	4	.260	.299	.384	.684
1920-21	ALM	CLP / CUB	35	RF	5	96	86	17	26	2	6	0	3	7	11	1	2	0	.302	.362	.465	.827
1921	KCM	NNL / NVH	36	SS	4	105	96	13	24	1	5	1	1	6	8	0	1	2	1	.250	.301	.396	.697
1922	KCM	NNL / NVH	37	3B	5	99	91	14	34	7	0	0	2	5	14	0	3	2	.374	.406	.451	.857
1923	KCM	NNL	38	SP	24	577	524	66	138	24	10	4	30	60	5	18	7	.263	.309	.370	.680
1923-24	SC	CUB / GP	38	RP	15	285	252	38	72	10	1	2	3	26	25	1	6	9	.286	.355	.357	.712
1924	KCM	NNL / WS	39	RP	17	263	241	28	57	10	8	0	3	1	11	37	2	8	1	3	.237	.275	.344	.619
1925	KCM	MULT	40	RP	10	22	18	23	36	1	0	1	0	0	7	12	1	0	0	1	2.000	1.692	2.222	3.915
1926	KCM	NNC / NNL	41	RP	8	141	130	10	36	3	1	0	4	0	3	13	0	0	7	6	.277	.293	.315	.609
19	9			SP	293	7553	6800	710	1573	197	92	27	228	1	481	1079	0	55	219	1	122	.227	.283	.295	.578

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
11	vs Latin Leagues				143	3839	3411	320	730	77	42	10	160	289	538	28	113	0	67	.214	.281	.270	.551
15	Negro Leagues				125	2864	2629	313	682	106	41	14	36	1	138	413	0	18	81	1	35	.249	.290	.336	.626
6	vs Major Leagues				24	815	728	74	152	13	7	3	32	51	123	9	25	19	.209	.269	.258	.527
1	vs High Minors				1	35	32	3	9	1	2	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	1	.281	.343	.438	.780

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	DP	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
10	Almendares			SP	145	4135	3678	334	766	72	45	9	181	299	597	34	125	0	74	.208	.274	.260	.534
5	Cuban Stars West			SP	33	1020	933	81	206	28	9	2	13	56	204	7	24	8	.221	.270	.277	.547
1	Stars of Cuba I			SP	7	258	244	38	72	22	4	2	1	6	34	0	8	1	.295	.312	.443	.755
1	Almendares Park I			SP	7	234	209	22	44	8	3	2	8	15	39	2	7	3	.211	.270	.306	.576
1	All Nations Club			SS	1	11	9	4	5	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	.556	.636	.556	1.192
1	Chicago American Giants			SP	1	33	30	2	4	0	0	0	2	2	4	0	1	1	.133	.188	.133	.321
1	Detroit Stars I			SP	7	177	168	14	33	2	4	1	4	4	21	1	4	2	.196	.220	.274	.493
7	Kansas City Monarchs			SP	77	1400	1277	177	371	55	26	9	16	1	71	154	0	10	44	1	24	.269	.310	.374	.683
1	Santa Clara			RP	15	285	252	38	72	10	1	2	3	26	25	1	6	9	.286	.355	.357	.712

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