José Méndez

Positions: Pitcher, Shortstop and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 152lb (178cm, 68kg)

Born: January 2, 1885 in Cardenas, Cuba cu

Died: October 31, 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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Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1920 season

Full Name: José Colmenar Méndez

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.1

ERA

3.46

320.0

139

WHIP

1.250

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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
1907-08	22	-3.5	Almendares	CUWL	FgW		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	-2.7	Cuban Stars	NATC	N/A		1	2	.333	5.34	7.12	4	4	0	3	0	0	30.1	36	24	18	0	11		26	2		1	136	1.549	10.7	0.0	3.3	7.7	2.36
1908-09	23	-1.9	Almendares	CUWL	FgW		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
1909	24	-2.6	Cuban Stars	INTC	N/A		6	2	.750	1.08	1.92	10	8		7	2	0	75.0	53	16	9	1	17		74	1		0	295	0.933	6.4	0.1	2.0	8.9	4.35
1909-10	24	0.7	Almendares	CUWL	FgW		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
1910	25		2 Teams	BLK	Non		3	4	.429	4.16	5.64	8	8		7	0	0	67.0	76	42	31	2	7		38	0		0	291	1.239	10.2	0.3	0.9	5.1	5.43
1910	25	-0.2	Stars of Cuba	BLK	Non		2	4	.333	4.34	5.90	7	7		6	0	0	58.0	72	38	28	2	6		34	0		0	258	1.345	11.2	0.3	0.9	5.3	5.67
1910	25	-0.2	Cuban Stars of Havana	BLK	Non		1	0	1.000	3.00	4.00	1	1		1	0	0	9.0	4	4	3	0	1		4	0		0	33	0.556	4.0	0.0	1.0	4.0	4.00
1910-11	25	-0.5	Almendares	CUWL	FgW		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
1911	26	1.2	Cuban Stars of Havana	BLK	Non		9	0	1.000	1.45	2.48	11	10		9	3	0	87.0	69	24	14	1	16		77	3		1	343	0.977	7.1	0.1	1.7	8.0	4.81
1911-12	26	2.6	Almendares	CUWL	FgW		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
1912	27	1.5	Cuban Stars of Havana	BLK	N/A		4	1	.800	1.03	2.22	7	6		5	0	0	52.2	44	13	6	0	11		23	1		0	213	1.044	7.5	0.0	1.9	3.9	2.09
1912-13	27	3.4	Almendares	CUWL	FgW		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
1913-14	28	3.4	Almendares	CUWL	FgW		10	0	1.000	0.84	1.37	12	11		7	2	0	85.1	66	13	8	0	26		41	2		0	336	1.078	7.0	0.0	2.7	4.3	1.58
1914-15	29	5.8	Almendares	CUWL	FgW		1	0	1.000	0.69	1.38	2	2		1	0	0	13.0	14	2	1	0	1		3	0		1	50	1.154	9.7	0.0	0.7	2.1	3.00
1915-16	30	4.4	Almendares Park	CUWL	FgW		1	2	.333	4.14	5.58	9	5		3	0	0	50.0	46	31	23	1	16		23	1		1	210	1.240	8.3	0.2	2.9	4.1	1.44

1917	32	5.1	Kansas City	BLK	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	5.5	Chicago	BLK	Non		1	0	1.000	0.00	2.00	1	1	0	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	6.9	Detroit	BLK	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	8.1	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	3	1	.750	2.87	4.40	9	5		3	0	0	47.0	46	23	15	3	9		10	1		0	193	1.170	8.8	0.6	1.7	1.9	1.11
1920-21	35	8.9	Almendares	CUWL	FgW		1	2	.333	4.91	7.85	4	4		1	0	0	18.1	23	16	10	0	7		11	1		0	88	1.636	11.3	0.0	3.4	5.4	1.57
1921	36	9.0	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	1	1	.500	4.60	5.74	3	2		0	0	0	15.2	15	10	8	1	3		3	1		0	70	1.149	8.6	0.6	1.7	1.7	1.00
1922	37	10.9	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	2	0	1.000	4.66	6.52	5	1		0	0	0	19.1	34	14	10	0	5		14	0		1	99	2.017	15.8	0.0	2.3	6.5	2.80
1923	38	10.6	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	12	4	.750	3.18	4.28	24	16	7	11	1	2	138.2	138	66	49	4	30		60	5	0	1	577	1.212	9.0	0.3	1.9	3.9	2.00
1923-24	38	10.1	Santa Clara	CUWL	FgW		4	1	.800	3.64	4.21	9	2		1	0	1	47.0	47	22	19	0	23		17	1		1	202	1.489	9.0	0.0	4.4	3.3	0.74
1924	39	12.4	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	6	1	.857	3.38	4.76	13	2	10	0	0	3	45.1	46	24	17	0	8		31	2	0	0	194	1.191	9.1	0.0	1.6	6.2	3.88
1925	40	13.6	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	3	1	.750	6.26	7.04	8	3		0	0	0	23.0	28	18	16		4		12	0		0	100	1.391	11.0		1.6	4.7	3.00
1926	41	14.5	KCM	NNL	Maj	KCM	3	1	.750	2.32	2.61	7	2	5	2	0	3	31.0	33	9	8	0	1		9	0	0	0	123	1.097	9.6	0.0	0.3	2.6	9.00
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
Majors (7 seasons)					Majors		30	9	.769	3.46	4.61	69	31	22	16	1	8	320.0	340	164	123	8	60		139	9	0	2	1356	1.250	9.6		1.7	3.9	2.32
Black Baseball (5 seasons)					Black Baseball		16	4	.800	2.52	3.67	28	24	0	20	4	2	210.2	187	86	59	4	31		141	4		1	855	1.035	8.0	0.2	1.3	6.0	4.55
Foreign (11 seasons)					Foreign		66	23	.742	1.75	2.93	125	89		67	14	4	845.2	642	275	164	8	265		482	24		12	3413	1.073	6.8	0.1	2.8	5.1	1.82
Other (3 seasons)					Other		11	5	.688	1.88	3.02	21	18	0	15	2	0	158.0	133	53	33	1	39		123	4		1	644	1.089	7.6	0.1	2.2	7.0	3.15
All Levels (19 Seasons)							123	41	.750	2.22	3.39	243	162	22	118	21	14	1534.1	1302	578	379	21	395		885	41	0	16	6268	1.106	7.6		2.3	5.2	2.24