Romualdo Urías

Romualdo Urías Mathewson (El Changarro)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 172 lb.

• Born September 10, 1928 in Empalme, Sonora Mexico
• Died December 25, 2004 in Empalme, Sonora Mexico

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Biographical Information

Romualdo Urías played for the Mexican national team and in the minor leagues.

Urías won Silver with Mexico in the 1950 Central American and Caribbean Games, finishing behind only Cuba. In 1951, he turned pro. As a backup middle infielder for the Potros de Tijuana, he hit .195/.279/.247, followed by .258/.310/.317 for the same team in 1952, when he scored 113 runs in 127 games. He was 7th in the Southwest International League in runs (between Segundo Crespo and Fern Paredes) and led the league's shortstops in putouts (228), assists (344), errors (60) and double plays (75). Only Isaac Willis had a better fielding percentage among shortstops with 50+ games than his .905.

In 1953, he moved to the El Paso Texans and produced at a .316/.345/.382 clip. He led Arizona-Texas League shortstops with 87 double plays and his .931 fielding there was 4th-best among the 15 players with 10+ games at the spot. Back with El Paso in '54, he slipped to .269/.298/.326. He led the league's shortstops in twin killings again (112) and his .935 fielding was second-best among starting shortstops behind Alan Cohen.

He switched to the Indios de Ciudad Juarez in 1955. In '56, he hit .262/.280/.301 for the Indios followed by .268/.297/.327 in 1957 to end his minor league career. He later won a Mexican Pacific League title playing for the Naranjeros de Hermosillo and worked for 40 years for the railroad.