Francisco Estrada

For the Mexican footballer, see Francisco Javier Estrada.

Francisco Estrada

Catcher

Born: February 12, 1948
Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

MLB debut

September 14, 1971, for the New York Mets

Last MLB appearance

September 14, 1971, for the New York Mets

MLB statistics

Batting average

.500

Home runs

Runs batted in

Teams

New York Mets (1971)

Career highlights and awards

Elected to the Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México, 2000
Managed teams to the Mexican League championship three times

Francisco "Paquín" Estrada Soto is a former Major League Baseball player for the New York Mets. Estrada, a catcher, appeared in one game for the Mets in 1971. Estrada is the current manager of the Chihuahua Dorados in the Mexican League (Summer), and catcher's coach with Culiacán Tomateros in the Mexican Pacific League (Winter). In 2006, he served as the manager of the Mexico national baseball team for the World Baseball Classic.

In the United States, he is probably best known for being part of the trade that sent Nolan Ryan and three others, including Estrada, from the New York Mets to the California Angels for Jim Fregosi. However, he is one of the biggest stars in the history of Mexican baseball. While he played in just one game in the major leagues, Estrada holds the minor league record for games caught (2,847), and played for 26 seasons in the Mexican League, beginning his career there in 1966 and ending it in 1994. In his sole major league appearance, Estrada had one hit in two at-bats, giving him a .500 batting average for his career.

Estrada has also been a manager in Mexico since 1983. His teams have won three Mexican League championships (the Piratas de Campeche in 1983, the Bravos de León in 1990, and the Piratas again in 2004).

Estrada was elected to the Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Profesional de México in 2000.^[1] Then in 2013, he was enshrined in the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame for his notable contribution as player and manager in 13 Caribbean Series.

References

↑ Estrada's page at Salón de la Fama

External links

Mexico National Baseball Team 2006 World Baseball Classic roster

3 Jorge Cantú 7 Mario Valenzuela 8 Alfredo Amézaga 9 Vinny Castilla 13 Rodrigo López 17 Juan Castro 18 Luis Alfonso García 20 Miguel Ojeda 21 Esteban Loaiza 22 Benji Gil 23 Adrian Gonzalez 24 Gerónimo Gil 26 Luis Cruz 28 Karim García 29 Adán Muñoz 33 Pablo Ortega 36 Luis Carlos García 44 Erubiel Durazo 45 Elmer Dessens 46 Roberto Ramírez 47 Jorge de la Rosa 48 Francisco Campos 50 Antonio Osuna 51 David Cortés 52 Dennys Reyes 54 Édgar González 56 Luis Ayala 57 Óscar Villarreal 59 Óliver Pérez 73 Ricardo Rincón

Manager 25 Francisco Estrada Coach 34 Fernando Valenzuela Coach 49 Teddy Higuera

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