Fernando Díaz (baseball)

Fernando Díaz
Fernando Díaz
	Outfielder
	Born: May 30, 1924; Marianao, Cuba
	Died: February 7, 1992 (aged 67); Los Angeles, California
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
debut
	1945, for the New York Cubans
Last appearance
	1950, for the New York Cubans
Teams
	New York Cubans (1945–1947, 1949–1950);
Career highlights and awards
	Negro League World Series champion (1947);

Fernando Díaz Pedroso (May 30, 1924 – February 7, 1992) was an outfielder in Negro league baseball between 1945 and 1950.

A native of Marianao, Cuba, Díaz made his Negro leagues debut in 1945 with the New York Cubans. He played five seasons with the club through 1950, was selected to the East–West All-Star Game in 1946, 1949 and 1950, and was part of New York's 1947 Negro World Series championship squad.[1][2][3] Díaz died in Los Angeles, California in 1992 at age 67.[4]

References

"Fernando Díaz". seamheads.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
"Fernando Díaz". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
"Fernando Pedroso (B-R Bullpen)". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
Diaz, Fernando. "California, Death Index, 1940-1997". FamilySearch. Retrieved 26 January 2015.

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads
Fernando Pedroso at Baseball-Reference Bullpen

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