Mario Rodríguez (born 1909) was a Cuban

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...

in the

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

in the 1930s. A native of

Santo Domingo, Cuba Santo Domingo is a municipality and town in the Villa Clara Province of Cuba. It was founded in 1819 and established as a municipality in 1879. Geography The town is divided into the wards (''barrios'') of Este (east) and Oeste (west). The munic ...

, Rodríguez played for the

Cuban Stars (East) The Cuban Stars (East) were a team of professional baseball players from Cuba and other Latin American countries who competed in the Negro leagues in the eastern United States from 1916 to 1933. They generally were a traveling team that played onl ...

in 1934. In four recorded appearances on the mound, he posted a 6.05 ERA over 19.1 innings.

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1909 births Date of birth missing Year of death missing Place of death missing People from Santo Domingo, Cuba Sportspeople from Villa Clara Province Cuban Stars (East) players Cuban baseball players Baseball pitchers {{negro-league-baseball-pitcher-stub