Juan Querecuto

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Juan A. Querecuto

  • Bats Right, Throws Right
  • Height 6' 4", Weight 175 lb.

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Biographical Information[edit]

Juan Querecuto was a minor league infielder and catcher. His son Juniel Querecuto signed for over $500,000 in 2009 and made the majors in 2016.

Querecuto debuted as a pro with the 1989-1990 Cardenales de Lara, going 1 for 2 with a run. He went 4 for 20 with a double and two walks for the 1990 St. Catharines Blue Jays, his US debut. He hit .203/?/.246 for Lara in 1991-1992. With St. Catharines in 1992, he put up a .215/.279/.304 batting line as the #3 catcher and part-time outfielder. With the Cardenales in the winter, he improved to .276/?/.343 and saw regular action. In a third season for St. Catharines, he continued his progress - .274/.308/.444 with 8 home runs and 39 RBI in 57 games. He tied for the team lead in home runs, one shy of making the New York-Penn League top 10. He was a part-time catcher and also saw action at several other positions. With Lara in 1993-1994, he had a solid season (.285 AVG, .417 SLG), outhitting several future major leaguers on his club; it was his best season in the Venezuelan League.

Juan moved up to full-season baseball in 1994, at age 24. He hit .247/.278/.341 for the Dunedin Blue Jays, primarily backing up Mike Coolbaugh at 3B and D.J. Boston at 1B. With the 1994-1995 Cardenales, he slumped to .240/?/.310. In his last season in the Toronto Blue Jays system, he hit only .179/.238/.243 for Dunedin in 1995, backing up Ryan Jones at 1B and serving as the #3 catcher. He would not play in the US again for five years. With Lara in 1995-1996, Querecuto hit .275/?/.326 as a regular then went 9 for 24 with 2 doubles and a homer in the finals. The next winter, he hit only .220/?/.257, followed by .256/?/.304 in 1997-1998. In 1998-1999, he was 10 for 44 with a double and two home runs.

For the 1999-2000 Cardenales, the veteran was just 6 for 38 with two doubles. In the summer of 2000, he batted .326/.360/.426 for the Rio Grande Valley White Wings while bouncing between catcher, first base and third base, with spot action elsewhere. His playing time back up with Lara in 2000-2001, he responded by hitting .304/?/.402. Had he qualified, his average would have been 9th-best in the LVBP. Manning first base for the 2001 Edinburg Road Runners, the 31-year-old produced at a .276/.319/.352 clip. His two-run double in the last game of the finale helped put away the San Angelo Colts and give Edinburg the title. In 2001-2002, he hit .264/?/.416 for Lara, 4th on the club with four home runs (behind Robert Perez, Luis Raven and Doug Jennings).

He batted .284/.327/.407 for the 2002 Roadrunners. In 2002-2003, he hit .311/?/.344 in a backup role for Lara to end his Venezuelan League career. He ended his US career in 2003 with the White Wings (.252/.292/.382 in 77 G) and Coastal Bend Aviators (.267/.323/.350 in 15 G). Overall, he had batted .269/.311/.376 with 213 runs, 284 RBI and 39 home runs in 594 games in the minors and .262/?/.334 with 112 runs and 142 RBI in 437 games in the Venezuelan League.

He coached for the Venezuelan national team in the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games.

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