Agustín "Pijini" Bejerano (May 16, 1909 - November 6, 1972) was a Cuban

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in the

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Mexican League The Mexican Baseball League (, or LMB, ) is a professional baseball league in Mexico. It is the oldest running professional sports league in the country. The league has 20 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games ...

. He played with the

Lincoln Giants The New York Lincoln Giants were a Negro league baseball team based in New York City from 1911 through 1930. Founding The Lincoln Giants can trace their origins back to the Nebraska Indians, of Lincoln, Nebraska, from the 1890s. According t ...

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Cuban Stars (East) The Cuban Stars were a professional baseball team that competed in the Negro leagues in the eastern United States from 1916 to 1933. The team was largely composed of professional baseball players from Cuba and other Latin American countries. The ...

from 1928 to 1929, before spending time with several Mexican League clubs from 1937 to 1955. He also served as a manager for multiple teams from 1949 to 1964. He was named to the

Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame The Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in English, Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame), commonly called the Salón de la Fama (Hall of Fame) is a baseball hall of fame and museum located in Monterrey, Nuevo León, inaugurated on 10 ...

in 1973.

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1909 births 1972 deaths Algodoneros de Unión Laguna players Azules de Veracruz players 20th-century Cuban sportsmen Baseball outfielders Cuban baseball players Cuban expatriate baseball players in Mexico Cuban expatriate baseball players in the United States Cuban Stars (East) players Industriales de Monterrey players Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Negro league baseball players from Cuba New York Lincoln Giants players People from Manzanillo, Cuba Rojos del Águila de Veracruz players Saraperos de Saltillo players Baseball players from Granma Province Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo players {{Negro-league-baseball-outfielder-stub