# José Méndez

> José de la Caridad Méndez Báez was a Cuban professional baseball right-handed pitcher, shortstop, third baseman and manager in the Negro leagues. Born in Cárdenas, Matanzas, he died at age 43 in Havana. Known in Cuba as "The Black Diamond", he became a legend in his homeland. He was one of the first group of players elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2006.

*Cuban Hall of Fame baseball player*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/jose-mendez

## Identity
- **Born:** 1887-03-19
- **Died:** 1928-10-31
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 42.3 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.2 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 5.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 30.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 40.0 / 100

## Sources
- [خوسيه منديز (لاعب كرة قاعدة)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AE%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%87_%D9%85%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%8A%D8%B2_(%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%A8_%D9%83%D8%B1%D8%A9_%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B9%D8%AF%D8%A9))
- [José Méndez](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_M%C3%A9ndez)
- [José de la Caridad Méndez](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_la_Caridad_M%C3%A9ndez)
- [José Méndez](https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_M%C3%A9ndez)
- [ホセ・メンデス](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9B%E3%82%BB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%87%E3%82%B9)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6293535)

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