Anastasio Santaella

{{short description|Cuban baseball player (born 1903)}}

{{family name hatnote|Santaella|Mendoza|lang=Spanish}}

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| name = Anastasio Santaella

| image = Anastacio Santaella.jpg

| position = Second baseman / Third Baseman / Shortstop

| birth_date = 1903

| birth_place = Havana, Cuba

| death_date = Unknown

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| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro league baseball

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| debutyear = 1935

| debutteam = New York Cubans

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| finalyear = 1936

| finalteam = New York Cubans

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• New York Cubans ({{by|1935}}–{{by|1936}})
• Agrario de México ({{by|1937}}–{{by|1938}})
• Indios de Anahuac ({{by|1939}})
• Gallos de Santa Rosa ({{by|1940}})
• Diablos Rojos del Mexico ({{by|1941}})
• Industriales de Monterrey({{by|1942}}
• Azules de Veracruz ({{by|1943}})
• Diablos Rojos del Mexico ({{by|1944}}), {{by|1948}})

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Anastasio Santaella Mendoza (1903 – death unknown), nicknamed "Tacho", was a Cuban professional baseball second baseman, third baseman and shortstop in the Negro leagues and the Mexican League.

A native of Havana, Cuba, Santaella made his Negro league debut in 1935 with the New York Cubans, and played with New York again in 1936.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=santa01ana |title=Anastasio Santaella |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}} A "brilliant infielder",{{cite book |last=Gonzalez Echevarria |first=Roberto |date=1999 |title=The Pride of Havana: A History of Cuban Baseball |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vSXRd4C3ihEC&pg=PA273 |location=New York |publisher=Oxford |page=273 |isbn= 978-0-19-534917-7|author-link=}} He played in the Mexican League from 1937 to 1944, and then again in 1948. He played for six different teams in the Mexican League, including three separate stints with Diablos Rojos del Mexico.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=santae000ana |title=Anastacio Santaella |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}