Leo Posada
Cuban baseball player
Leopoldo Jesús Posada Hernández (April 1, 1936 – June 23, 2022) was a Cuban-American professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Kansas City Athletics of Major League Baseball from 1960 through 1962.
| Leo Posada | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
| Born: April 1, 1936 Havana, Cuba | |||
| Died: June 23, 2022 (aged 86) Miami, Florida, U.S. | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| September 21, 1960, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| July 20, 1962, for the Kansas City Athletics | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .256 | ||
| Home runs | 8 | ||
| Runs batted in | 58 | ||
| Teams | |||
Posada died on June 23, 2022 in Miami, Florida from pancreatic cancer, aged 86.[1][2]
References
change- ↑ Martínez, Marino (June 23, 2022). "Fallece en Miami pelotero cubano que jugó en Grandes Ligas". El Nuevo Herald (in Spanish). Retrieved June 29, 2022.
- ↑ Leo Posada, obituary (in Spanish)
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