Andrés Mora Ibarra (May 25, 1955 – June 12, 2015) was a Mexican professional baseball

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. He played all or part of four seasons in the majors, between and , for the

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(MLB). He continued to play professionally in Mexico until 1997 for the Saraperos de Saltillo,

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and Industriales de Monterrey, and ranks 3rd all time in

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history. He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003. He died on June 12, 2015, of pneumonia. In 2020, Mora was selected as the starting left fielder of the Mexican League Historic Ideal Team by a committee of baseball journalists and historians. In February 2025, Mora was selected by a committee of journalists as the left fielder for the Mexican League Centennial All-Time Team on the occasion of the league's hundredth anniversary.

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1955 births 2015 deaths Acereros de Monclova managers Algodoneros de Guasave players Baltimore Orioles players Baseball players from Coahuila Cañeros de Los Mochis players Cleveland Indians players Deaths from pneumonia in Mexico Industriales de Monterrey players Major League Baseball outfielders Major League Baseball players from Mexico 20th-century Mexican sportsmen Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Mexican expatriate baseball players in the United States Mexican League baseball left fielders Mexican League baseball managers Ostioneros de Guaymas players People from Saltillo Potros de Tijuana players Rochester Red Wings players Saraperos de Saltillo players Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos players Tecolotes de Nuevo Laredo players Tuzos de Zacatecas players Venados de Mazatlán players Yaquis de Obregón players West Palm Beach Expos players {{Mexico-baseball-outfielder-stub