Andrés Mora
Appearance
Andrés Mora | |
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Left fielder | |
Born: Río Bravo, Coahuila, Mexico | May 25, 1955|
Died: June 12, 2015 Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico | (aged 60)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 13, 1976, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 6, 1980, for the Cleveland Indians | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .223 |
Home runs | 27 |
Runs batted in | 83 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the Mexican Professional | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 2003 |
Andrés Mora Ibarra (May 25, 1955 – June 12, 2015) was a Mexican professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, between 1976 and 1980, for the Baltimore Orioles and Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB). He continued to play professionally in Mexico until 1997 for the Saraperos de Saltillo, Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo and Industriales de Monterrey, and ranks 3rd all time in home runs in Mexican League history. He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003. He died on June 12, 2015, of pneumonia.[1]
In 2020, Mora was selected as the starting left fielder of the Mexican League Historic Ideal Team by a committee of baseball journalists and historians.[2]
Sources
[edit]- ^ Obituary. Esto en Línea. (Spanish). Retrieved on March 27, 2016.
- ^ "La LMB dio a conocer su Novena Ideal Histórica" (in Spanish). Major League Baseball. June 28, 2020. Archived from the original on September 1, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- 1955 births
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- Baltimore Orioles players
- Baseball players from Coahuila
- Cañeros de Los Mochis players
- Cleveland Indians players
- Deaths from pneumonia in Mexico
- Industriales de Monterrey players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball players from Mexico
- Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
- Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Mexican League baseball managers
- Ostioneros de Guaymas players
- People from Saltillo
- Potros de Tijuana players
- Rochester Red Wings players
- Saraperos de Saltillo players
- Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos players
- Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo players
- Tuzos de Zacatecas players
- Venados de Mazatlán players
- Yaquis de Obregón players
- West Palm Beach Expos players
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