Juan José Pacho Burgos (born 8 April 1963 in Oxkutzcab, Mexico), is a Mexican former baseball player and manager.
| Juan José Pacho | |
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| Shortstop | |
| Born: 8 April 1963 Oxkutzcab, Yucatán, Mexico | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
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| Member of the Mexican Professional | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2009 |
Career
editPacho played as a shortstop for the Mexican League. For 19 seasons, he played for the Leones de Yucatán, then in 1984 for the Diablos Rojos del México, from 1985 to 2002 he came back to Yucatán team.
Pacho's average was 0.278 in 1891 games. In 6370 turns to the bat, he produced 1768 hits, 202 doubles, 27 triples, 14 home runs, producing 528, scoring 806 and received 517 bases.[1]
Pacho was member in his childhood of the Yucatan state team representing virtually every competition at national level, from teenager to young adult.[2]
He mentioned once to newspapers: "in my village, there were only two things to do on Sundays, that is going to church and playing baseball".[3]
In 2005, Pacho was the Manager of the Mexican team Venados de Mazatlán and the team under his leadership won the Caribbean Series beating the Águilas Cibaeñas from Dominican Republic.
In 2015, Juan Jose Pacho is the manager of the winter Mexican team Venados de Mazatlán and under his leadership won the 2016 Caribbean Series to the Tigres de Aragua from Venezuela.
In 2009, he was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame for his achievements in baseball as a professional athlete.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Liga Mexicana de Beisbol | Sitio Oficial".
- ^ "Leones de Yucatán". Archived from the original on 2009-01-27. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
- ^ "J.J. Pacho, una leyenda del beisbol en Yucatán". La Verdad (in Spanish). 5 June 2018. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ^ "»20 instantáneas de Juan José Pacho | Vanguardia: Información con Valor". Archived from the original on 2008-04-23. Retrieved 2009-04-01.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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