Felix Nunez (Cuba01)

Félix Núñez González (El látigo de Colombia, El brazo de hierro)

• Throws Right

• Born July 24, 1959 in Camagüey, Camagüey Cuba

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Biographical Information

Félix Núñez pitched in Cuba and for the Cuban national team.

He debuted in 1976-1977 as a teenager. He tied for the 1980-1981 Serie Nacional lead with 8 intentional walks for Las Tunas. His 16 starts led the league in 1981-1982. He led in IP (136), starts (15) and complete games (14) in 1982-1983.

Núñez is listed as going 1-1 with a 3.44 ERA in the 1983 Pan American Games in A History of Cuban Baseball but the same page says the team went 9-0 in the event, so it is clear there is a typo somewhere; he won the Gold Medal with them. He again led in complete games (15) in 1983-1984, this time tied with Alfonso Ilivanes and Luis Armenteros. He led the league in K (138), IP (170 1/3) and complete games (15) in 1984-1985.

The Camagüey native was 10-6 with a save and a 2.55 ERA in 1985-1986. His seven hit batters tied Osvaldo Duvergel and Claudelino Jiménez for the lead, his last time as a league leader. He tied Rafael Collazo and Jorge Luis Valdés for 4th in wins and his ten complete games were one behind Valdés. He helped Cuba win Gold in the 1986 Central American and Caribbean Games (1-0, 0.90) and 1986 Amateur World Series (1-0, 3.68).

He was only 2-4 with a save and a 5.66 ERA in 1987-1988 and 3-8 with a 4.90 ERA in 1988-1989 (tying for 4th in losses). He had a 6-2, 4.46 record in 1989-1990, 3-4 with a 3.09 ERA in 1990-1991 and 3-6 with a save despite a 2.58 ERA in 1991-1992. His final season, 1992-1993, he was 3-8 with a 5.87 ERA for Las Tunas, tying for 8th in losses.

Overall, he had gone 130-156 with 10 saves and a 3.51 ERA in 15 seasons. He later worked as a youth coach. Through January 2024, he was 50th in modern Cuban history in games pitched (379), tied Eliecer Montes de Oca for 36th in starts (274), tied Julio Romero for 7th in complete games (163), was 41st in wins, tied Jonder Martínez for 7th in losses, was 21st in IP (2248 2/3, between Yovani Aragón and Óscar Gil) and was 20th in strikeouts (1,383, between Santiago Mederos and José M. Báez).

Sources

• Ecured
• A History of Cuban Baseball by Peter Bjarkman
• Beisbolcubano