Mike Guerra

{{Short description|Cuban baseball player (1912–1992)}}

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{{family name hatnote|Guerra|Romero|lang=Spanish}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Mike Guerra

|image=Mickey Guerra.jpg

|position=Catcher

|birth_date={{Birth date|1912|10|11}}

|birth_place=Havana, Cuba

|death_date={{death date and age|1992|10|9|1912|10|11}}

|death_place=Miami Beach, Florida, U.S.

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 19

|debutyear=1937

|debutteam=Washington Senators

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 23

|finalyear=1951

|finalteam=Washington Senators

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.242

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=9

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=168

|teams=

• Washington Senators ({{mlby|1937}}, {{mlby|1944}}–{{mlby|1946}})
• Philadelphia Athletics ({{mlby|1947}}–{{mlby|1950}})
• Boston Red Sox ({{mlby|1951}})
• Washington Senators ({{mlby|1951}})

}}

Fermín Guerra Romero (October 11, 1912 – October 9, 1992), nicknamed "Mike" in the United States, was a Cuban professional baseball catcher who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Senators (1937; 1944–46; 1951), Philadelphia Athletics (1947–50) and Boston Red Sox (1951). Guerra also played Cuban Winter League baseball for two decades, 1934–55. He was listed as {{convert|5|ft|10|in}} tall and {{convert|155|lb}}, and threw and batted right-handed.

Guerra was born in Havana. In nine Major League seasons, he played in 565 games. In 1,581 at bats and 1,750 plate appearances; Guerra recorded 168 runs scored, 382 hits, 42 doubles, 14 triples, nine home runs, 168 runs batted in (RBI), 25 stolen bases, 131 bases on balls, a .242 batting average, .300 on-base percentage, .303 slugging percentage, 479 total bases, and 37 sacrifice hits.

Guerra died in Miami Beach, Florida, two days before his 80th birthday.