Fernando Barradas

Fernando Barradas Villavalso was a Mexican professional baseball pitcher and first baseman. He was inducted into the Mexican [Professional Baseball Hall of Fame] in its inaugural class of 1939.

Career

Barradas debuted with the Mexico national baseball team at 19 years old, earning the win against Cuba at the Baseball at the 1930 [Central American and Caribbean Games|1930 Central American and Caribbean Games] held in Havana. He pitched 15.1 innings, working to a 1.76 earned run average and striking out 16.
From 1936 to 1944, Barradas played in the Mexican League with several clubs, including Agrario, Indios de Anáhuac, Azules de Veracruz, and Diablos Rojos [del México|Rojos del México] and Ángeles de Puebla.