Armando Quijada

Jesus Armando Quijada Bórquez (El Polilla)

• Throws Right

• School Universidad de Sonora

• Born August 16, 1956 in Hermosillo, Sonora Mexico

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Biographical Information

Armando Quijada was on the Mexican national team in the 1975 Pan American Games, going 1-1. He threw a no-hitter against Spain in an exhibition in 1976 and was with Mexico for the 1976 Amateur World Series. He was 1-0 with a 1.15 in the 1978 Amateur World Series, striking out 16 against Belgium, and leading Mexico in ERA (.14 ahead of Marco Meza).

He was 0-2 with a 5.76 ERA for the 1979 Azules de Coatzacoalcos in his pro debut and threw two shutout innings the next year. He had a 2-4, 3.38 record in 1983 then finished up with the 1984 Cafeteros de Córdoba, going 1-0 with a 4.62 ERA. He had been 3-6 with a 4.34 ERA in 27 Mexican League games (8 starts), throwing one shutout. In 2000, he was inducted into the Sonoran Sports Hall of Fame. Articles from 2018 mention him still being alive whereas those from 2023 mention him as having passed away, but his date of death has not been found by this researcher.