Ernesto Estévez

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J. Ernesto Estévez (El Galleguito)

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Biographical Information[edit]

Ernesto Estévez played in the minors and for the Cuban national team.

He hit .389/~.476/.611 for Cuba when they won the 1939 Amateur World Series, tying Stanley Cayasso for the tournament lead with two doubles and placing second in average (.111 behind Sam Garth). [1] In the 1943 Amateur World Series, he batted .279/~.392/.372 with 8 walks in his team's 12 games as Cuba again triumphed. [2]

Turning pro, he played in 1944 for the Portsmouth Cubs (.185/~~.258/.271 in 92 G) and Atlanta Crackers (.314/~.385/.384 in 24 G in A1, the equivalent of the modern AA). For Portsmouth, his .920 fielding percentage was third-best among the ten Piedmont League shortstops with 50+ games there. He only fielded .852 at short for Atlanta, though, well behind starter Luther Gunnells though ahead of fellow Cuban backup Mario Fajo. [3]

He started at second for Vibora in the short-lived Cuban Summer League of 1946. [4] He returned to the US in '48 but hit only .207 with a .310 slugging in 40 games between the Dunn-Erwin Twins, Suffolk Goobers and Franklin Cubs.

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