René Monteagudo

{{short description|Cuban baseball player (1916-1973)}}

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{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=René Monteagudo

|position=Pitcher / Outfielder

|image=Rene Monteagudo.jpg

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date|1916|3|12}}

|birth_place=Havana, Cuba

|death_date={{death date and age|1973|9|14|1916|3|12}}

|death_place=Hialeah, Florida

|debutleague = MLB

|debutdate=September 6

|debutyear={{Baseball year|1938}}

|debutteam=Washington Senators

|finalleague = MLB

|finaldate=September 30

|finalyear={{Baseball year|1945}}

|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies

|statleague = MLB

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.289

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=0

|stat3label=Runs batted in

|stat3value=21

|stat4label=Win–loss record

|stat4value=3–7

|stat5label=Strikeouts

|stat5value=93

|stat6label=Earned run average

|stat6value=6.42

|teams=

• Washington Senators (1938, 1940, 1944)
• Philadelphia Phillies (1945)

}}

{{family name hatnote|Monteagudo|Miranda|lang=Spanish}}

René Monteagudo Miranda (March 12, 1916 – September 14, 1973) was a Major League Baseball pitcher and outfielder who played with the Washington Senators (1938, 1940, 1944) and Philadelphia Phillies (1945). Monteagudo threw and batted left-handed.

Monteagudo was born in Havana, Cuba. Signed by the Senators, he debuted as a pitcher on September 6, 1938, but bothered by a sore arm, he switched to the outfield. In 1945, for the Phillies, he was the most used and most successful pinch-hitter in the league, going 18-for-52 (.346). He also pitched 14 games in relief. In 1946, Monteagudo was one of the ballplayers blackballed by Commissioner Happy Chandler after leaving the majors to play in the Mexican League.

In a four-season major league career, Monteagudo was a .289 hitter (78-for-270) with 21 RBI, 32 runs, nine doubles, one triple, and two stolen bases in 156 games. As a pitcher, he posted a 3–7 record with 93 strikeouts, a 6.42 ERA, two saves, and 168 innings in 46 games (11 as a starter). René Monteagudo died in Hialeah, Florida at the age of 57.

His son Aurelio Monteagudo was a right-handed screwball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball and Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.