Jack Aragón, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Jack Aragón

Professional baseball player, manager and general manager.

Date of Birth: 20-Nov-1915

Place of Birth: Havana, Havana Province, Cuba

Date of Death: 04-Apr-1988

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: Cuba

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Jack Aragón

  • Ángel Valdés "Jack" Aragón Reyes, Jr.
  • (November 20, 1915 – April 4, 1988) was a Cuban professional baseball player and manager. His playing career spanned 13 season, including one game during the 1941 season in Major League Baseball with the New York Giants.
  • In that one game, he was used as a pinch-runner and had no plate appearances.
  • Aragón also played in the minor leagues with the Class-C Greenwood Giants, the Class-D Blytheville Giants, the Class-D Salisbury Giants, the Class-B Clinton Giants, the Class-B Winston-Salem Twins, the Class-A1 Knoxville Smokies, the Class-C Fort Smith Giants, the Double-A, and later Triple-A Minneapolis Millers, the Double-A, and later Triple-A Louisville Colonels and the Class-A Jacksonville Tars. Aragón's managerial career lasted five seasons, including four of those as a player-manager.
  • Aragón's baseball career was interrupted in 1942 as he in the United States Coast Guard during the World War II era.
  • After being discharged in 1944 at the rank of Electrician's Mate, he returned to baseball.
  • Over his minor league career, Aragón played 801 games.
  • Aragón also served as a general manager for the Knoxville Smokies from 1952 to 1953, and the Maryville-Alcoa Twins from 1953 to 1954.
  • He batted and threw right-handed.

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