Cuno Barragan

Cuno Barragan
Catcher
Born: June 20, 1932 (1932-06-20) (age 79) Sacramento, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 1, 1961 for the Chicago Cubs
Last MLB appearance
April 21, 1963 for the Chicago Cubs
Career statistics
Batting average	.202
Hits	33
Home runs	1
Teams
Chicago Cubs (1961-1963)

Facundo Anthony "Cuno" Barragan (June 20, 1932 in Sacramento, California) was a catcher in Major League Baseball for the Chicago Cubs from 1961 to 1963.

Cuno Barragan's only Major League career home run came on his very first major league at bat, on September 1, 1961.^[1] 5,427 people witnessed this event, which came early in a 14-inning loss by the Cubs to the Giants at Wrigley Field on a Friday afternoon.

His Hispanic given name and its unique nickname, combined with his cup-of-coffee career, led the authors of The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book ^[2] to make the following sarcastic comment next to the illustration of his Topps baseball card: "Who the hell is Cuno Barragan? And why are they saying those terrible things about him?"

Barragan was inducted into the Mexican American Baseball Hall of Fame in 1973.^[3]

See also

• List of players with a home run in first major league at-bat

References

1. ^ Baseball almanac
2. ^ The Great American Baseball Card Flipping, Trading and Bubble Gum Book, Brendan C. Boyd & Fred C. Harris, Little Brown & Co, 1973, page 68
3. ^ http://www.mex-americanhalloffame.org/baseball.html

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube

Persondata
Name	Barragan, Cuno
Alternative names
Short description	American baseball player
Date of birth	June 20, 1932
Place of birth	Sacramento, California
Date of death
Place of death