Cocaína García

Cocaína García
Cocaína García
	Pitcher
	Born: December 28, 1905; Manacas, Cuba
	Died: April 13, 1995 (aged 89); Caraballeda, Venezuela
	Batted: Left Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
	1927, for the Cuban Stars (West)
Last appearance
	1936, for the New York Cubans
Teams
	Cuban Stars (West) (1927–1928); Cuban Stars (East) (1931, 1933); New York Cubans (1935–1936);

Manuel García Carranza (December 28, 1905 – April 13, 1995), nicknamed "Cocaína", was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the American Negro leagues in the 1920s and 1930s.

A native of Manacas, Cuba, García made his Negro leagues debut in 1927 for the Cuban Stars (West). He earned his unusual nickname as a result of batters who "seemed drugged by his pitches and unable to concentrate or focus on the baseball."^[1] Following his Negro leagues career, he went on to play for many more years in the Mexican League.^{[citation needed]} García died in Caraballeda, Venezuela in 1995 at age 89.

References

^ Layton Revel and Luis Munoz. "Forgotten Heroes: Manuel 'Cocaina' Garcia" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
Manuel 'Cocaína' García at Negro League Baseball Players Association

This Negro league baseball pitcher article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Layton Revel and Luis Munoz. "Forgotten Heroes: Manuel 'Cocaina' Garcia" (PDF). cnlbr.org. Retrieved August 4, 2020.

[1]