José Fernández (catcher) explained

José Fernández
Position:	Catcher / First baseman
Birth Date:	June 6, 1896
Birth Place:	Guanabacoa, Cuba
Death Place:	Guanabacoa, Cuba
Bats:	Right
Throws:	Right
Debutleague:	Negro league baseball
Debutyear:	1916
Debutteam:	Cuban Stars (East)
Finalyear:	1946
Finalteam:	New York Black Yankees
Stat1label:	Batting average
Stat1value:	.274
Stat2label:	Hits
Stat2value:	353
Stat3label:	Managerial record
Stat3value:	280–326–18
Teams:	As player San Francisco Park (1915) Cuban Stars (East) (1916–1920) Almendares (1918, 1923, 1927) All Cubans (1921) Cuban Stars (East) (1922–1929) Chicago American Giants (1930) Cuban Stars (East) (1931–1937) New York Cubans (1939–1942, 1944, 1947) As manager Cuban Stars (East) (1928–1929, 1932) New York Cubans (1939–1950)
Highlights:	Negro World Series champion (1947)

José María Tranquilino Fernández Marín Sr. (June 6, 1896 July 20, 1972) was a Cuban baseball catcher and manager in the Negro leagues from the 1910s to the 1940s.

A native of Guanabacoa, Cuba, Fernández was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Rudy Fernández.^[1] He managed the New York Cubans for 12 consecutive seasons from 1939 to 1950.^[2] Fernández died in Guanabacoa in 1972 at age 76.

External links

and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads

• and Seamheads
• José Fernandez at Negro League Baseball Museum

Notes and References

1. Web site: José María Fernández . seamheads.com . August 4, 2020.
2. Web site: All Time Negro League Managers . Center for Negro League Baseball Research . October 12, 2020.