Celerino Sánchez Explained

Celerino Sánchez
Position:Third baseman
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:3 February 1944
Birth Place:El Guayabal, Veracruz, Mexico
Death Place:León, Guanajuato, Mexico
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:June 13
Debutyear:1972
Debutteam:New York Yankees
Finalleague:MLB
Finaldate:September 30
Finalyear:1973
Finalteam:New York Yankees
Statleague:MLB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.242
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:1
Stat3label:RBIs
Stat3value:31
Teams:
Highlights:
Hofcolor:green
Hoflink:Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame
Hoftype:Mexican Professional
Hofdate:1994

Celerino Sánchez Pérez (3 February 1944 – 1 May 1992) was a Mexican professional baseball third baseman. He played in MLB for the New York Yankees.

Career

Sánchez starred as a baseball player in the Mexican League from 1964 to 1971, primarily with the Tigres del México, before joining the New York Yankees organization in 1972. After spending a few months with the Yankees' minor league affiliate, the Syracuse Chiefs, Sánchez joined the Yankees in June 1972, and was the Yankees regular third baseman for the rest of the year. In 1973, the Yankees' acquisition of star third baseman Graig Nettles relegated him to a backup role. 1973 was Sánchez' final year in the Major Leagues.

Sanchez hit his only career home run at Yankee Stadium on May 12, 1973 against Mickey Scott of the Baltimore Orioles.[1] He returned to the Mexican Leagues in 1976, where he played for several more years before retiring in 1979.[2]

Sánchez was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1994.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Recordando a Celerino Sánchez. Ríodoce. Fernando. Ballesteros. 9 October 2019. 11 August 2021. es.
  2. Web site: Baseball Reference – minor league career.
  3. Web site: Celerino Sánchez's page at the Salón de la Fama site . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090501005710/http://www.salondelafama.com.mx/salondelafama/trono/alfasf.asp?x=110 . 2009-05-01 .