Andrés Mora Explained

Andrés Mora
Position:Left fielder
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:25 May 1955
Birth Place:Río Bravo, Coahuila, Mexico
Death Place:Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:April 13
Debutyear:1976
Debutteam:Baltimore Orioles
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:May 6
Finalyear:1980
Finalteam:Cleveland Indians
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.223
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:27
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:83
Teams:
Highlights:
  • Cañeros de Los Mochis #27 retired
Hofcolor:green
Hoflink:Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
Hoftype:Mexican Professional
Hofdate:2003

Andrés Mora Ibarra (May 25, 1955  - June 12, 2015) was a Mexican professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, between and, for the Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He continued to play professionally in Mexico until 1997 for the Saraperos de Saltillo, Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo and Industriales de Monterrey, and ranks 3rd all time in home runs in Mexican League history. He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003. He died on June 12, 2015, of pneumonia.[1]

In 2020, Mora was selected as the starting left fielder of the Mexican League Historic Ideal Team by a committee of baseball journalists and historians.[2]

Notes and References

  1. http://estoenlinea.oem.com.mx/76610-lmb-de-luto-por-muerte-de-andres-mora/ Obituary
  2. News: La LMB dio a conocer su Novena Ideal Histórica. Major League Baseball. 28 June 2020. 29 May 2023. es. https://web.archive.org/web/20200901025904/https://www.mlb.com/es/news/lmb-presento-su-novena-ideal-historica. 1 September 2020. live.