Manuel Echeverría, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Mexican baseball player
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Place of Birth: Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico
About Manuel Echeverría
- Manuel "Ciclón" Echeverría, born on August 14, 1913 in Navojoa, Sonora, and died on October 14, 1981 in La Paz, Baja California Sur, was a Mexican baseball player. He was a right pitcher, who played for 25 years.
- As a boy he played for the team of the Talamante School, in local Navojoa.
- In 1935 he was in the Sonora Baseball Team, winning in Mexico City against the San Luis Team by 5-4. In Liga de la Costa the team had 82 wins and 54 losses, playing several seasons with the equipment Hermosillo and Navojoa.
- He played with the Mexicali team in the Sunset League, obtaining 52 wins and 29 losses; in the 1951 season the team's success was impressive when winning 28 games and losing only 8, with 333 K's and a 2.74 ERA.
- Echeverría was designated MVP of the league. The Baseball Stadium in Navojoa is named after him. He died at the age of 67, while pitching in a softball game in La Paz, B.C.S. In 1982 he was inducted into the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame.
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