Adolfo Talamantes

Adolfo Talamantes Valencia (El Loko)

• School Instituto Politécnico Nacional?

• Born August 9, 1930 in Mexicali, Baja California Mexico

Biographical Information

Adolfo Talamantes played for the Mexican national team in the 1959 Central American and Caribbean Games, hitting .200 and fielding .952 at C and 1.000 at 1B. He was also with them for the 1959 Pan American Games; the Chicago Tribune carried box scores for four of their five games. He was 7-for-13 in those games with a double, two triples, a steal, three runs and a RBI. His performance due the interest of scouts from teams like the New York Yankees. He never turned pro and later worked as an announcer.