Connie Marrero
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Marrero in the 1950s
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Born: April 25, 1911 Sagua la Grande, Cuba |
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Died: April 23, 2014 (aged 102) Havana, Cuba |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 21, 1950, for the Washington Senators | |||
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| September 7, 1954, for the Washington Senators | |||
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| Win–loss record | 39–40 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.96 | ||
| Strikeouts | 297 | ||
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Representing  Cuba
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1939 Havana | Team |
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1940 Havana | Team |
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1941 Havana | Team |
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1942 Havana | Team |
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1944 Caracas | Team |
Conrado Eugenio Marrero Ramos (April 25, 1911 – April 23, 2014), nicknamed "Connie", was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher. The right-handed Marrero pitched in Major League Baseball from 1950 to 1954 for the Washington Senators. Marrero made his major league debut when he was 38 years old, and was one of the oldest players in the league throughout the duration of his time in the major leagues. He was a popular star in his native Cuba, where he had a long and successful career in amateur baseball, pitching for Cuba in several Amateur World Series competitions, and playing several excellent seasons with the professional Cuban League and the minor league Havana Cubans. His nicknames in Cuba were "El Guajiro de Laberinto" (The Peasant from Laberinto), reflecting his rural origins, "El Premier", and "El Curvo."
Marrero's pitches were primarily "slow stuff—curves, sliders and knucklers." Roberto González Echevarría provides the following description: "A bit plump, of less than average height, with short arms and small hands, Marrero looked, in uniform, like someone in a baseball costume, not a player. He looked more like a Spanish grocer or peasant than an athlete."
At age 102, Marrero was the oldest living former Major League Baseball player at the time of his death.
Marrero was born on a farm called El Laberinto in the district of Sagua la Grande, Cuba; he was of Canary Islands descent. He played for various teams in his rural region, then in 1938 at age 26 or 27 was invited to pitch for the Cienfuegos team of the Cuban Amateur League. The league played on Sundays from March through September. The team was sponsored by a department store, which employed him during the week. Marrero was one of the most popular and successful pitchers in Cuban Amateur League history, winning 123 games from 1938 to 1945. According to González Echevarría, Marrero as an amateur was considered a bigger drawing card than any professional pitcher in Cuba.
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