Jose Mendez

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Jose Mendez

Cuban baseball player

Also known as: José de la Caridad Méndez

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baseball
Segregation
…Black pitchers, John Donaldson and Jose Mendez.
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…Black pitchers, John Donaldson and Jose Mendez.
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Latin Americans in Major League Baseball Through the First Years of the 21st Century
Early history
…three times by Almendares pitcher José de la Caridad Méndez. Because Méndez was black, he was unable to play on a major league team; he had a notable career as a player and later as manager of the Kansas City Monarchs, one of the best teams in the Negro leagues.…
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…three times by Almendares pitcher José de la Caridad Méndez. Because Méndez was black, he was unable to play on a major league team; he had a notable career as a player and later as manager of the Kansas City Monarchs, one of the best teams in the Negro leagues.…
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