Leo Rodríguez | |
Birth Date: | 1 June 1929 |
Birth Place: | Tlahualilo, Durango, Mexico |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
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Hofcolor: | green |
Hoflink: | Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame |
Hoftype: | Mexican Professional |
Hofdate: | 1980 |
Leonardo Briones Rodríguez (1 July 1929 – 16 August 2011) was a Mexican professional baseball player notable for his time in the Mexican League. Rodríguez's playing career began in 1949 and ended in 1971. He debuted in 1949 with Unión Laguna de Torreón and won the Rookie of the Year Award.[1] He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980.[2] [3]
He was born in Tlahualilo Municipality, Mexico and died on 16 August 2011.[4]