Position: Manager
Born: January 2, 1885 in Cardenas, Cuba cu
Died: October 31, 1928 in La Habana, Cuba
Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2006. (Voted by Negro League Committee)
Full Name: José Colmenar Méndez
Nicknames: El Diamante Negro or The Black Diamond
View Player Info from the B-R Bullpen
View Player Bio from the SABR BioProject
Career
307
200
103
4
.660
| Rk | Year | Age | Tm | Lg | W | L | T | G | Finish | Wpost | Lpost | W-L%post | Ejections | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1920 | 35 | Kansas City Monarchs | NNL | 42 | 35 | .545 | 2 | 79 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2 | 1923 | 38 | Kansas City Monarchs | NNL | 2nd of 2 | 35 | 20 | .636 | 0 | 55 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NNL Pennant | ||
| 3 | 1924 | 39 | Kansas City Monarchs | NNL | 57 | 22 | .722 | 0 | 79 | 1 | 5 | 4 | .556 | WS Champs | ||
| 4 | 1925 | 40 | Kansas City Monarchs | NNL | 66 | 26 | .717 | 2 | 94 | 1 | 5 | 8 | .385 | NNL Pennant | ||
| 4 years | 200 | 103 | .660 | 4 | 307 | 1.3 | 10 | 12 | .455 | 3 Pennants and 1 World Series Title |
All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos.
Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net.
Copyright © 2000-2026 Sports Reference LLC. All rights reserved.
The SPORTS REFERENCE, STATHEAD, IMMACULATE GRID, and IMMACULATE FOOTY trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited.
Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.
Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball.
Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of Baseballprojection.com and author of WAR in Pieces.
Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports.
Some defensive statistics Copyright © Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2026.
Some high school data is courtesy David McWater.
Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only.
Data Provided By
the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB.
We're Social...for Statheads
Site Last Updated: Tuesday, June 9, 5:23AM
Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction?
Subscribe to our Free Email Newsletter
Subscribe to Stathead Baseball: Get your first month FREE
Your All-Access Ticket to the Baseball Reference Database
Do you have a sports website? Or write about sports? We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. Find out more.