Rudy Fernández (baseball)

For other uses, see Rudy Fernandez (disambiguation).

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

Rodolfo "Rudy" Fernández Marín (June 27, 1911 – September 6, 2000) was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher in the American Negro leagues in the 1930s and 1940s.

Rudy Fernández
Pitcher
Born: (1911-06-27)June 27, 1911 Guanabacoa, Cuba
Died: September 6, 2000(2000-09-06) (aged 89) New York, New York. U.S.
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1932, for the Cuban Stars (East)
Last appearance
1946, for the New York Black Yankees
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
Cuban Stars (East) (1932–1934) New York Cubans (1935) Cuban Stars (East) (1936) New York Cubans (1939, 1943–1944) New York Black Yankees (1946)

A native of Guanabacoa, Cuba, Fernández was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer José Fernández.^[1] Younger brother Rudy broke into the Negro leagues in 1932 with the Cuban Stars (East), and pitched for over a decade, ending his career with the New York Black Yankees in 1946. He tossed shutout wins against both the New York Giants and Brooklyn Dodgers in exhibition games in Havana.^[2] Fernández died in New York, New York in 2000 at age 89.