Mike Herrera (baseball)

Mike Herrera
Second baseman
Born: December 19, 1897(1897-12-19) Havana, Cuba
Died: February 3, 1978(1978-02-03) (aged 80) Havana, Cuba
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 22, 1925 for the Boston Red Sox
Last MLB appearance
September 22, 1926 for the Boston Red Sox
Career statistics
Batting average	.275
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	27
Teams
Boston Red Sox (1925-26)

Ramón "Mike" Herrera [er-ray'-ra] (December 19, 1897 - February 3, 1978) was an infielder in Major League Baseball, playing mainly as a second baseman for the Boston Red Sox in part of two seasons. Listed at 5' 6", 147 lb., Herrera batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Havana, Cuba.

Long before Jackie Robinson and Larry Doby, Herrera was one of the first men to play in both the major leagues (1925-1926) and the Negro leagues (1915-1928). He joined the Boston Red Sox in September 1925, appearing in 10 games while hitting a .385 batting average, but he hit only .257 in 74 games in 1926.

In a two-season career, Herrera was a .275 hitter (76-for-276) with 22 runs and 27 RBI in 84 appearances, including 14 doubles, one triple, and one stolen base. He did not hit a home run.

Herrera was enshrined in the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1963. He died in his homeland of Havana, Cuba at age 80.

Sources

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference
• Boston Red Sox chronology
• Cuban All-Stars
• Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame
• Cuban Baseball timeline
• New York Cubans
• Out of the Shadows

Persondata
Name	Herrera, Mike
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	December 19, 1897
Place of birth	Havana, Cuba
Date of death	February 3, 1978
Place of death	Havana, Cuba