The outstanding Cuban baseball player Pablo Hernandez Mendez, a native of Matanzas, died after battling a long illness on Wednesday, the day he turned 64.
Hernández Méndez played as a center fielder and hitter for the Citricultores and Henequeneros teams, as well as for the Yumurino team and the team from the former province of Havana.
INDER recalled his career, which includes his participation in 14 National Series and the same number of Selective Series, and being part of the Cuba team preselection several times.
"With an average of 281 product of 1,440 hits in 5,120 times at bat with 228 doubles, 191 home runs and a defensive average of 968 in 1,313 games played," the organization detailed on its wall of Facebook.
In the 70s he competed in the Youth World Cups in Argentina and Venezuela where he was the leader in home runs and runs scored and RBIs.
Born in the Pedro Betancourt municipality, local sports, Party and Government officials attended his funeral, as well as sports glories Leonardo Goire, Fernando Sánchez and Jorge Zaragoza, who accompanied family, friends and followers of the deceased baseball player.
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