Sergio Robles Valenzuela (born April 16, 1946) is a Mexican former catcher in Major League Baseball from the northern Mexican town of Magdalena de Kino. He won five Mexican Pacific League championships over his 19 seasons with the Naranjeros de Hermosillo. [1] Later, He played in 16 games over three seasons (1972, 1973, 1976) for the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers. He had been acquired along with Doyle Alexander, Bob O'Brien and Royle Stillman by the Orioles from the Dodgers for Frank Robinson and Pete Richert at the Winter Meetings on December 2, 1971.[2] In his native México he is known as Kaliman after a Mexican comic book hero. He was enshrined in his hometown of Magdalena by a statue that was unveiled in 2018 outside of the Estadio Padre Kino, a 3,000-seat baseball stadium that serves as the home of the amateur Membrilleros de Magdalena. [1]
| Sergio Robles | |
|---|---|
| Catcher | |
| Born: April 16, 1946 Magdalena de Kino, Sonora, Mexico | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| August 27, 1972, for the Baltimore Orioles | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 13, 1976, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .095 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 0 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| Member of the Mexican Professional | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2006 |
References
edit- ^ a b Guardado, Maria. “How the Urías Brothers Rose Up the Ranks of Mexican Baseball,” MLB, March 9, 2023 Retrieved April 11, 2023
- ^ Durso, Joseph. "White Sox Add Bahnsen, Ship McKinney to Yanks," The New York Times, Friday, December 3, 1971. Retrieved December 4, 2021
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
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