Fernando Barradas

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Barradas and the second or maternal family name is Villavalso.

Fernando Barradas Villavalso (20 May 1905 – 20 December 1995)^[a] was a Mexican professional baseball pitcher and first baseman. He was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in its inaugural class of 1939.

Fernando Barradas
Pitcher
Born: (1905-05-20)20 May 1905 Rancho de Santa Rita, Veracruz, Mexico
Died: 20 December 1995(1995-12-20) (aged 90)
Batted: Left Threw: Left
Member of the Mexican Professional
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1939
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Mexico Central American and Caribbean Games 1930 Havana Team

Career

Barradas debuted with the Mexico national baseball team at 19 years old, earning the win against Cuba at the 1930 Central American and Caribbean Games held in Havana.^[1] He pitched 15.1 innings, working to a 1.76 earned run average (ERA) and striking out 16.^[2]

From 1936 to 1944, Barradas played in the Mexican League with several clubs, including Agrario (1938), Indios de Anáhuac (1939), Azules de Veracruz (1942–44), and Rojos del México and Ángeles de Puebla (both 1944).^[3]

Notes

1. Baseball Reference gives Barradas' birth date as May 20, 1905, while the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame website lists May 20, 1910.^[1]