# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jose-mendez
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:15:16.748Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jose-mendez"
name: "José Méndez"
slug: "jose-mendez"
description: "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."
tagline: "Cuban Hall of Fame baseball player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mendez_Jose_1920.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1887-03-19"
deathDate: "1928-10-31"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           42.25
  momentum:             0.218978102189781
  historical:           5.024372
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "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)"
    title: "خوسيه منديز (لاعب كرة قاعدة)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "José Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_de_la_Caridad_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "José de la Caridad Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_M%C3%A9ndez"
    title: "José Méndez"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "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"
    title: "ホセ・メンデス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6293535"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump