Cocaína García

Cuban baseball player (1905–1995)
Baseball player
Cocaína García
Pitcher
Born: (1905-12-28)December 28, 1905
Manacas, Cuba
Died: April 13, 1995(1995-04-13) (aged 89)
Caraballeda, Vargas, Venezuela
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
1927, for the Cuban Stars (West)
Last appearance
1936, for the New York Cubans
Teams
  • Cuban Stars (West) (1927–1928)
  • Cuban Stars (East) (1931, 1933)
  • New York Cubans (1935–1936)

Manuel García Carranza (December 28, 1905 – April 13, 1995), nicknamed "Cocaína", was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the American Negro leagues in the 1920s and 1930s.

A native of Manacas, Cuba, García made his Negro leagues debut in 1927 for the Cuban Stars (West). He earned his unusual nickname as a result of batters who "seemed drugged by his pitches and unable to concentrate or focus on the baseball."[1] Following his Negro leagues career, he went on to play for many more years in the Mexican League and the Venezuelan League.[citation needed] García died in Caraballeda, Venezuela in 1995 at age 89.

References

  1. ^ Layton Revel and Luis Munoz. "Forgotten Heroes: Manuel 'Cocaina' Garcia" (PDF). Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 25, 2024. Retrieved August 4, 2020.
  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
  • Manuel 'Cocaína' García at Negro League Baseball Players Association


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