José Méndez

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-9, 152lb (175cm, 68kg)

Born: January 2, 1885 in Cardenas, Cuba cu

Died: November 6, 1928 in La Habana, Cuba

Buried: Cementerio Cristobal Colon, La Habana, La Habana

Hall of Fame: Inducted as Player in 2006. (Voted by Negro League Committee)
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Full Name: Jose de la Caridad Mendez

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1907	22	-3.2	Almendares	CUGL	Fgn		8	0	1.000	0.48	1.68	13	7		5	2	0	75.0	38	14	4	0	32		45	4		0	293	0.933	4.6	0.0	3.8	5.4	1.41
1908	23		3 Teams	3 Lgs	Fgn		17	8	.680	0.80	2.03	32	22		20	5	3	235.0	141	53	21	1	53		157	11		4	90	0.826	5.4	0.0	2.0	6.0	2.96
1908	23	-1.9	Almendares	CUGL	Fgn		14	7	.667	0.70	2.20	27	18		16	3	3	192.0	122	47	15	1	45		116	7		4	760	0.870	5.7	0.0	2.1	5.4	2.58
1908	23	-3.6	Almendares	CMLS	Fgn		2	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	3	2		2	2	0	25.0	8	0	0	0	3		24	2		0	90	0.440	2.9	0.0	1.1	8.6	8.00
1908	23	-2.9	Almendares	CNCS	Fgn		1	1	.500	3.00	3.00	2	2		2	0	0	18.0	11	6	6	0	5		17	2		0	73	0.889	5.5	0.0	2.5	8.5	3.40
1909	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		9	2	.818	1.59	2.91	11	11		11	1	0	102.0	66	33	18	0	22		79	6		1	254	0.863	5.8	0.0	1.9	7.0	3.59
1909	24	0.7	Almendares	CUGL	Fgn		7	0	1.000	1.50	2.45	7	7		7	1	0	66.0	43	18	11	0	11		51	2		1	254	0.818	5.9	0.0	1.5	7.0	4.64
1909	24	-1.0	Almendares	CMLS	Fgn		2	2	.500	1.75	3.75	4	4		4	0	0	36.0	23	15	7	0	11		28	4		0	143	0.944	5.8	0.0	2.8	7.0	2.55
1910	25		3 Teams	3 Lgs	Fgn		16	5	.762	1.49	2.44	25	21		18	5	0	199.0	142	54	33	1	56		93	7		3	186	0.995	6.4	0.0	2.5	4.2	1.66
1910	25	-0.5	Almendares	CUGL	Fgn		11	2	.846	1.77	2.14	16	14		11	4	0	122.0	82	29	24	1	40		65	5		2	476	1.000	6.0	0.1	3.0	4.8	1.63
1910	25	-0.4	Almendares	CMLS	Fgn		2	2	.500	1.37	3.52	5	5		5	0	0	46.0	37	18	7	0	12		16	0		0	186	1.065	7.2	0.0	2.3	3.1	1.33
1910	25	-0.6	Almendares	CNCS	Fgn		3	1	.750	0.58	2.03	4	2		2	1	0	31.0	23	7	2	0	4		12	2		1	122	0.871	6.7	0.0	1.2	3.5	3.00
1911	26		Almendares	CUNL	Fgn		9	5	.643	1.91	3.29	19	13		13	2	0	136.2	114	50	29	5	43		92	0		2	553	1.149	7.5	0.3	2.8	6.1	2.14
1911	26	1.4	Almendares Park	CMLS	Fgn		2	4	.333	2.33	3.41	7	5		4	1	1	58.0	44	22	15	2	15		39	2		1	234	1.017	6.8	0.3	2.3	6.1	2.60
1912	27		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		1	3	.250	2.79	4.93	6	5		3	0	0	42.0	43	23	13	1	13		12	1		0	54	1.333	9.2	0.2	2.8	2.6	0.92
1912	27		Almendares	CUNL	Fgn		0	4	.000	4.46	7.36	7	6		2	0	0	40.1	47	33	20	0	21		18	1		0	191	1.686	10.5	0.0	4.7	4.0	0.86
1912	27	-0.9	Almendares	CMLS	Fgn		1	2	.333	3.00	4.50	4	3		2	0	0	30.0	30	15	10	1	9		11	1		0	126	1.300	9.0	0.3	2.7	3.3	1.22
1912	27	2.5	Almendares	CNCS	Fgn		0	1	.000	2.25	6.00	2	2		1	0	0	12.0	13	8	3	0	4		1	0		0	54	1.417	9.8	0.0	3.0	0.8	0.25
1913	28	2.9	Almendares	CMLS	Fgn		0	1	.000	3.00	4.00	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	10	4	3	0	1		5	0		0	36	1.222	10.0	0.0	1.0	5.0	5.00
1914	29	4.6	Almendares	CNCS	Fgn		1	1	.500	0.50	2.00	2	2		2	0	0	18.0	9	4	1	0	6		15	0		0	68	0.833	4.5	0.0	3.0	7.5	2.50
1915	30	5.5	Almendares	CNCS	Fgn		0	1	.000	4.50	6.75	1	0		0	0	0	4.0	4	3	2	0	2		3	0		0	18	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50

1917	32	5.9	Kansas City	INDP	Non		0	0		20.25	27.00	1	1		0	0	0	1.1	5	4	3	0	2		1	0		0	11	5.250	33.8	0.0	13.5	6.8	0.50
1918	33	6.7	Chicago American Giants	INDP	Non		1	0	1.000	0.00	2.00	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	4	2	0	0	2		4	0		0	33	0.667	4.0	0.0	2.0	4.0	2.00
1919	34	7.6	Detroit	INDP	Non		3	0	1.000	2.14	2.72	7	4		3	1	2	46.1	33	14	11	1	4		21	1		0	177	0.799	6.4	0.2	0.8	4.1	5.25
1920	35		Kansas City	NNL	NgM		3	1	.750		4.09		5		3	0		50.2	44	23			8		9	0		0		1.026	7.8		1.4	1.6	1.13
1921	36		Kansas City	NNL	NgM		1	0	1.000		5.17		2		0	0		15.2	15	9			1		6	0		0		1.021	8.6		0.6	3.4	6.00
1922	37		Kansas City	NNL	NgM		1	2	.333		7.65		1		0	0		20.0	30	17			3		13	0		0		1.650	13.5		1.4	5.9	4.33
1923	38		Kansas City	NNL	NgM		11	4	.733		4.51		15		10	1		129.2	132	65			29		57	5		1		1.242	9.2		2.0	4.0	1.97
1924	39		Kansas City	NNL	NgM		7	1	.875		3.60		3		1	1		65.0	50	26			10		31	0		1		0.923	6.9		1.4	4.3	3.10
1925	40		Kansas City	NNL	NgM		3	2	.600		7.09		3		0	0		26.2	34	21			5		12	0		0		1.463	11.5		1.7	4.1	2.40
1926	41		Kansas City	NNL	NgM		2	2	.500		3.09		2		2	0		32.0	36	11			4		13	0		0		1.250	10.1		1.1	3.7	3.25
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
NLB (17 seasons)					NLB		77	26	.748		3.16	83	91		66	14	5	934.1	728	328	82	3	217		492	28		10	2339	1.011	7.0		2.1	4.7	2.27
Foreign (6 seasons)					Foreign		18	20	.474	2.15	3.71	50	39		33	5	1	381.0	313	157	91	8	115		233	10		3	1559	1.123	7.4	0.2	2.7	5.5	2.03
All Levels (19 Seasons)							95	46	.674		3.32	133	130		99	19	6	1315.1	1041	485	173	11	332		725	38		13	3898	1.044	7.1		2.3	5.0	2.18