Andrés Fleitas, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Andrés Fleitas

Cuban baseball player

Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1916

Date of Death: 18-Dec-2011

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Andrés Fleitas [flei'-tasz] (November 8, 1916 – December 18, 2011) was a professional Cuban baseball catcher and first baseman.
Listed at 5' 11", 175 lb., he batted and threw right handed.Born in Las Villas Province, Fleitas came from a baseball family, as his older brother, Ángel Fleitas, played briefly for the Washington Senators of the American League.
Despite never reaching the Major Leagues as his brother did, Fleitas enjoyed a solid career in the Cuban Winter League and Minor League Baseball.
A member of the Cuban national team and two-time Most Valuable Player, he had several .300 seasons, and holds the distinction of being the only catcher ever to have caught a no-hitter in Caribbean Series history.