Lázaro Salazar

Lázaro Salazar Vázquez (February 4, 1912 – April 25, 1957) was a Cuban baseball outfielder, pitcher, and manager in the Negro leagues and the Mexican League. He played from 1924 to 1952 with several clubs, including the Cuban Stars (West), Pollock's Cuban Stars, New York Cubans, Cafeteros de Córdoba, Azules de Veracruz, Industriales de Monterrey and Sultanes de Monterrey.[1]

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Salazar and the second or maternal family name is Vázquez.
Lázaro Salazar
Outfielder / Pitcher / Manager
Born: (1912-02-04)February 4, 1912
Havana, Cuba
Died: April 25, 1957(1957-04-25) (aged 45)
Mexico
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
Negro leagues debut
1930, for the Cuban Stars (West)
Last Negro leagues appearance
1936, for the New York Cubans
Negro leagues statistics
Batting average.303
Hits161
Home runs9
Runs batted in72
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Member of the Mexican Professional
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1964

Salazar also played and managed in Venezuela for a long time. While pitching for the Gavilanes team, he was part of the longest contest in Venezuelan baseball history in a 20-inning game that lasted 6 hours, 20 minutes, losing a pitching duel to Andrés Julio Báez [Grillo B] and the Pastora team, 1–0 (Maracaibo, May 5, 1938).[2]

He later managed the Navegantes del Magallanes of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League during seven consecutive seasons from 1949 through 1956, leading the squad to championship titles in the 1949–1950, 1950–1951, 1951–1952 and 1954–1955 campaigns.[2]

Salazar was enshrined in the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1954.[1] He also gained inductions into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1964 and the Venezuelan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2010.[2]

References
  1. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  2. "Salón de la Fama y Museo del Béisbol Venezolano Official Website (Spanish)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-31.
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