- René Monteagudo
René Monteagudo Miranda (
March 12 ,1916 -September 14 ,1973 ) was aMajor League Baseball pitcher andoutfielder who played with the Washington Senators (1938, 1940) andPhiladelphia Phillies (1945). Monteagudo threw and batted left-handed.Monteagudo was born in
Havana, Cuba . Signed by the Senators, he debuted as a pitcher on September 6, 1938, but bothered by a sore arm, he switched to the outfield. In 1945, for the Phillies, he was the most used and most successful pinch-hitter in the league, going 18-for-52 (.346). He also pitched 14 games in relief.In 1946, Monteagudo was one of the ballplayers blackballed by Commissioner
Happy Chandler after leaving the majors to play in theMexican League .In a four-season major league career, Monteagudo was a .289 hitter(78-for-270) with 21 RBI, 32 runs, nine doubles, one triple, and two
stolen base s in 156 games. As a pitcher, he posted a 3-7 record with 93strikeout s, a 6.42 ERA, two saves, and 168 innings in 46 games (11 as a starter).René Monteagudo died in
Hialeah, Florida at the age of 57.ee also
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List of second generation Major League Baseball players
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