Silvio García Rendon (October 11, 1913 – August 28, 1977) was a Cuban
professional baseball
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infielder
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Standard arrangement of positions
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,
pitcher
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and
left fielder
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in the
Negro leagues
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,
Mexican League
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The league has 20 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games ...
, and
minor leagues
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. He played professionally from 1930 to 1954 with several ballclubs, including the
Diablos Rojos del México
The Diablos Rojos del Mexico (English: Mexico Red Devils) are a professional baseball team in the Mexican League based in Mexico City, Mexico. The team was founded in 1940 by Salvador Lutteroth and Ernesto Carmona. The Diablos Rojos play their ho ...
,
Azules de Veracruz México and the
New York Cubans
The New York Cubans were a Negro league baseball team that played during the 1930s and from 1939 to 1950. Despite playing in the Negro leagues, the team occasionally employed white-skinned Hispanic baseball players as well, because Hispanics pl ...
.
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1913 births
1977 deaths
Azules de Veracruz players
20th-century Cuban sportsmen
Baseball outfielders
Baseball pitchers
Baseball second basemen
Baseball shortstops
Baseball third basemen
Cuban baseball players
Cuban expatriate baseball players in Canada
Cuban expatriate baseball players in Mexico
Cuban expatriate baseball players in Nicaragua
Cuban expatriate baseball players in the United States
Cuban expatriate baseball players in Venezuela
Diablos Rojos del México players
Havana Cubans players
Navegantes del Magallanes players
Negro league baseball players from Cuba
New York Cubans players
Rojos del Águila de Veracruz players
Sherbrooke Athletics players
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