Sandy Consuegra, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Cuban baseball player
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Place of Birth: Holguín Province, Cuba
About Sandy Consuegra
- Sandalio Simeón Consuegra Castellón [con-SWEH-grah] (September 3, 1920 – November 16, 2005) was a Cuban-born Major League Baseball pitcher with the Washington Senators (1950-1953), Chicago White Sox (1953-1956), Baltimore Orioles (1956-1957) and New York Giants (1957).
- He batted and threw right-handed. In an eight-season career, Consuegra posted a 51–32 record with 26 saves and a 3.37 ERA in 809.1 innings.
- He pitched in 248 games, starting 71 of them. A native of Potrerillo, Cuba, Consuegra made his major league debut in 1950 with the Washington Senators when he was 29 years old.
- Previously, he had played with the Havana Cubans, the first Cuban team in the American minor league system. The Chicago White Sox purchased Consuegra from Washington in the 1953 midseason.
- He went 16–3 during his 1954 All-Star season with the White Sox, leading the American League with a .842 winning percentage, and included a league-high eight relief wins without a defeat.
- His 2.69 ERA was second in the league to the Cleveland Indians' Mike Garcia (2.64). Consuegra also played with the Baltimore Orioles and New York Giants.
- He announced his retirement at the end of the 1957-58 Cuban winter-ball season, though he made a brief comeback in the minors in 1961. Following his playing career, Consuegra settled in Miami, Florida, where he died at age 85.
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