Mike Guerra

Mike Guerra
Catcher
Born: (1912-10-11)October 11, 1912
Havana, Cuba
Died: October 9, 1992(1992-10-09) (aged 79)
Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
September 19, 1937, for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
September 23, 1951, for the Washington Senators
MLB statistics
Batting average.242
Home runs9
Runs batted in168
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

Fermín Guerra Romero (October 11, 1912 – October 9, 1992), nicknamed "Mike" in the United States, was a Cuban professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators (1937; 1944–46; 1951), Philadelphia Athletics (1947–50) and Boston Red Sox (1951). Guerra also played Cuban Winter League baseball for two decades, 1934–55. He was listed as 5 feet 10 inches (1.78 m) tall and 155 pounds (70 kg), and threw and batted right-handed.

Guerra was born in Havana. In nine Major League seasons, he played in 565 games. In 1,581 at bats and 1,750 plate appearances; Guerra recorded 168 runs scored, 382 hits, 42 doubles, 14 triples, nine home runs, 168 runs batted in (RBI), 25 stolen bases, 131 bases on balls, a .242 batting average, .300 on-base percentage, .303 slugging percentage, 479 total bases, and 37 sacrifice hits.

Guerra managed in the first edition of the Cuban National Series in 1962, the first season to be held after the abolition of professional baseball in Cuba; his team, the Occidentales ("Westerners"), won the tournament, finishing with an 18–9 record.[1] However, he later fell out of favor with the regime of Fidel Castro, at one point reportedly being sent to pick potatoes in Camagüey. He returned to manage in the National Series in the 1966–67 season, replacing Ramón Carneado at the helm of Industriales; despite a second-place finish, he again fell out of favor by listening to Voice of America broadcasts.[2][3]

Guerra died in Miami Beach, Florida, two days before his 80th birthday.

References

  1. ↑ Bjarkman, Peter C. (2007). A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864–2007. McFarland. pp. 241–42, 272.
  2. ↑ "Mike Guerra". SABR. Society for American Baseball Research. Retrieved September 26, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Ramón Carneado, el estratega olvidado del béisbol cubano". El Nuevo Herald. January 23, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2025.


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