Leo Posada

Leo Posada
Leo Posada
	Outfielder
	Born: April 15, 1936 (age 85); Havana, Cuba
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
MLB debut
	September 21, 1960, for the Kansas City Athletics
Last MLB appearance
	July 20, 1962, for the Kansas City Athletics
MLB statistics
Batting average	.256
Home runs	8
Runs batted in	58
On-base plus slugging	.697
Hits	109
Teams
	Kansas City Athletics (1960–1962);

Leopoldo Jesús Posada Hernández (born April 15, 1936) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He played for the Kansas City Athletics from 1960 through 1962. After his retirement as a player, he served as a minor league manager.

Career[]

Cycling[]

Posada was a cyclist before beginning his baseball career. He represented Cuba in cycling at the Pan American Games and the Central American and Caribbean Games.^[1]

Baseball[]

Posada was signed as an amateur free agent by the Milwaukee Braves in 1954. In 1956, he was selected by the Kansas City Athletics from the Braves in the minor league draft.

Posada played for the Athletics from 1960 to 1962. On August 3, 1962, he was traded by the Athletics with Dale Willis and Bill Kunkel to Braves for Orlando Peña. Posada continued to play in the minor leagues until 1969.

In 1975, Posada served as manager of the Class A Fort Lauderdale Yankees^[2] of the Florida State League.^[3]

Family[]

Posada's brother, Jorge Posada, Sr., was a scout for the Colorado Rockies. His nephew, Jorge Posada, Jr., is a retired catcher who played with the New York Yankees for 17 years.^[4]

References[]

^ Hernández, Lou (29 April 2013). Memories of Winter Ball: Interviews with Players in the Latin American Winter Leagues of the 1950s. McFarland. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7864-7141-6. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
^ Baseball-Reference.com
^ Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007
^ "Leo Posada". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

External links[]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors), or Retrosheet, or Pura Pelota

[1] Hernández, Lou (29 April 2013). Memories of Winter Ball: Interviews with Players in the Latin American Winter Leagues of the 1950s. McFarland. p. 50. ISBN 978-0-7864-7141-6. Retrieved 16 September 2021.

[2] Baseball-Reference.com

[3] Johnson, Lloyd, and Wolff, Miles, ed., The Encyclopedia of Minor League Baseball, 2nd and 3rd editions. Durham, North Carolina: Baseball America, 1997 and 2007

[4] "Leo Posada". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

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