Basilio Rosell

{{short description|Cuban baseball player (born 1902)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Basilio Rosell

| image = Basilio Rosell.jpg

| position = Pitcher / Corner outfielder

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1902|3|14|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Los Arabos, Cuba

| death_date = {{death date and age|1994|11|15|1902|3|14|mf=y}}

| death_place =

| bats = Unknown

| throws = Right

| debutleague = Negro leagues

| debutdate =

| debutyear = 1926

| debutteam = Cuban Stars (West)

| finalleague = Negro leagues

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1929

| finalteam = Cuban Stars (East)

| statyear =

| statleague = Negro leagues

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 17–45

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 4.52

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 226

| stat4label = Batting average

| stat4value = .286

| stat5label = Home runs

| stat5value = 1

| stat6label = Runs batted in

| stat6value = 18

| teams =

• Cuban Stars (West) ({{baseball year|1926}}–{{baseball year|1928}})
• Team Cuba ({{baseball year|1927}}–1928)
• Cuban Stars (East) ({{baseball year|1929}})
• Agrario de México ({{baseball year|1937}}–{{baseball year|1938}})
• Indios de Anahuac ({{baseball year|1939}})
• Algodoneros de Unión Laguna ({{baseball year|1941}})
• Diablos Rojos del Mexico ({{baseball year|1946}}–{{baseball year|1947}})

}}

Basilio Rosell (March 14, 1902 – November 15, 1994), nicknamed "Brujo", was a Cuban professional baseball pitcher and corner outfielder in the Negro leagues and Cuban Winter League during the 1920s and in the Mexican League in the 1930s and 1940s. His career was long, starting in {{baseball year|1926}} and ending in {{baseball year|1947}}.

A native of Los Arabos, Cuba, Rosell made his Negro leagues debut in 1926 for the Cuban Stars (West). He played for them until {{baseball year|1928}}, then played one season for the Cuban Stars (East) in {{baseball year|1929}}. He also played for Cuba Baseball Club in the {{baseball year|1927}}–{{baseball year|1928}} Cuban Winter League season. He went on to play many seasons in the Mexican League, and was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in {{baseball year|1979}}. Rosell died in 1994 at age 92.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=rosell000bas |title=Basilio Rosell |publisher=baseball-reference.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.seamheads.com/NegroLgs/player.php?playerID=rosel01bas |title=Basilio Rosell |publisher=seamheads.com |date= |accessdate=October 7, 2020}}