Rodolfo Fernández Marín (June 27, 1911 – September 6, 2000) was a Cuban pitcher in the American Negro leagues in the 1930s and 1940s. A native of Guanabacoa, Cuba, Fernández was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer José Fernández. Younger brother Rudy broke into the Negro leagues in 1932 with the

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, and pitched for over a decade, ending his career with the New York Black Yankees in 1946. He tossed shutout wins against both the

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and

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in exhibition games in Havana. Fernández died in

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in 2000 at age 89.

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