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Eleno Agapito Mayor Valenzuela (August 18, 1915 – April 18, 2005) was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. Listed at 5' 11", 185 lb., he batted and threw left handed.〔Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003). ''Who’s Who in Cuban Baseball, 1878-1961''. McFarland and Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-8264-1〕 ==Early life== Born in Sagüa la Grande, Villa Clara Province, Mayor enjoyed a distinguished pitching career between 1938 and 1953. Even though he never reached the major league level, Mayor won more than 250 games while pitching in Cuban professional baseball, the Mexican League and Minor league baseball, being also highly competitive while representing Cuba in international tournaments. Mayor was raised and grew up in Caibarién, another municipality of Villa Clara, where he started to play baseball at the school at age 12. Originally, he began playing at first base but was quickly turned into a pitcher by the school's coach.〔 (Spanish)〕 Following his graduation in 1933, he moved to Havana in search of better working conditions and remuneration. After that he focused in baseball and pitched for several industrial teams sponsored by companies, which included the Central Algodones, Deportivo Cárdenas and Central Hershey of the Cuban National Amateur Baseball League.〔 In 1937, he led the circuit with a 1.13 earned run average and also pitched in an exhibition game against the New York Giants when they visited Cuba during their spring training.〔Jamail, Milton. (2000). ''Full Count: Inside Cuban Baseball''. Southern Illinois University Press. ISBN 978-0-80-932310-4]〕〔(Video footage of the New York Giants in Cuba for spring training in 1937 )〕 He later joined the Fortuna BBC〔 and represented Cuba in the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games held at Panama City. Mayor was almost the whole story in the baseball competition, either starting or relieving, picking up four of Cuba's five victories in their Gold medal tournament, a feat not duplicated by any pitcher before or since in this long standing event.〔Bjarkman, Peter C. (2007). ''A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864–2006''. McFarland and Company ISBN 978-0-7864-2829-8〕〔Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Agapito Mayor」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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