Rudy Fernández (baseball)

Rudy Fernández
Rudy Fernández
	Pitcher
	Born: June 27, 1911; Guanabacoa, Cuba
	Died: September 6, 2000 (aged 89); New York, New York
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1932, for the Cuban Stars (East)
Last appearance
	1946, for the New York Black Yankees
Teams
	Cuban Stars (East) (1932–1934); New York Cubans (1935); Cuban Stars (East) (1936); New York Cubans (1939, 1943–1944); New York Black Yankees (1946);

Rodolfo Fernández Marín (June 27, 1911 – September 6, 2000) was a Cuban pitcher in the American Negro leagues in the 1930s and 1940s.

A native of Guanabacoa, Cuba, Fernández was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer José Fernández.[1] Younger brother Rudy broke into the Negro leagues in 1932 with the Cuban Stars (East), and pitched for over a decade, ending his career with the New York Black Yankees in 1946. He tossed shutout wins against both the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers in exhibition games in Havana.[2] Fernández died in New York, New York in 2000 at age 89.

References

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues) and Seamheads
Rodolfo 'Rudy' Fernandez at NLBPA Profile

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