Ramón Méndez (baseball)

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Méndez and the second or maternal family name is Díaz.
Not to be confused with Román Méndez.
Ramón Méndez
Pitcher / manager
Born: Cuba
Died: (1973-07-15)15 July 1973
Costa Rica
Medals
Manager for  Nicaragua
Men's baseball
Amateur World Series
1939 Havana Team
1940 Havana Team
Central American and Caribbean Games
1935 San Salvador Team
1938 Panama City Team

Ramón Méndez Díaz[1] was a Cuban baseball player and manager. Nicknamed Moncho, he was the first manager of the Nicaragua national baseball team, and also managed extensively in Costa Rica.

Méndez pitched in Cuba's semipro tobacco industry circuit, and was with Almendares of the Cuban Winter League when the team toured Nicaragua in 1935.[2][3] He remained as the manager of the Nicaraguan team that traveled to the 1935 Central American and Caribbean Games, held in El Salvador, which was the country's debut in international competition.[3][4] He went on to manage Nicaragua at the 1938 Games, held in Panama City,[a] as well as at three editions of the Amateur World Series (later the Baseball World Cup) in 1939, 1940, and 1941 (all in Havana).[3]

Méndez also managed Chinandega in the Nicaragua's amateur First Division.[5] He eventually relocated to Costa Rica, where he went on to become a longtime manager of the Costa Rica national baseball team, including at several editions of the Amateur World Series: 1945, 1950, 1951, 1952 and 1961 (the latter held in San José).[6][7][8][9][10] He also managed Costa Rica at the 1946 Central American and Caribbean Games.[11] One account described him as "the Casey Stengel of Costa Rica."[12] He retired as a baseball promoter and manager in Costa Rica in 1969, and died there in 1973.[13][14]

Notes

  1. ^ FENIBA alternatively lists Fernando Vicioso as manager for the 1938 Central American and Caribbean Games.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Hoy gran homenaje para Moncho Méndez en beisbol". La Republica. 20 July 1969. p. 39. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  2. ^ "MUNDIALIZACIÓN DEL AMATEURISMO (1938-1947)". La Prensa. 26 February 2007. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  3. ^ a b c "El aporte cubano". La Prensa. 11 March 2002. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  4. ^ a b "SELECCIONES DE NICARAGUA EN EVENTOS INTERNACIONALES" (PDF). WBSC.org. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Francisco Fletes Silva "El Americano"". Salon de La Fama del Deporte Nicaraguense. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  6. ^ "TODO LISTO PARA EL ENVIO DE NUESTRA DELEGACIÓN QUE HA DE COMPETIR EN EL CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE BÉISBOL AMATEUR QUE SE CELEBRARA EN VENEZUELA". La Prensa Libre. 29 September 1945. p. 7. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Brillante Actuación de Nuestros Beisbolistas en el Primer partido de la Undécima Serie". Diario de Costa Rica. 15 November 1950. p. 15. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  8. ^ "NUESTRO BEISBOL en la XII SERIE MUNDIAL". La Prensa Libre. 24 November 1951. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  9. ^ "El Topico Deportivo". La Prensa Libre. 6 September 1952. p. 2. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  10. ^ "LA SELECCION DE BEISBOL SOMETIDA INTENSO ENTRENAMIENTO". La Republica. 22 March 1961. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  11. ^ "Estrellas Deportivas: Ramón (Moncho) Méndez" (PDF). Diario de Costa Rica. 2 March 1958. p. 17. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  12. ^ "Cuba & Costa Rica Start 3-Day Baseball Series". La Prensa Libre. 11 October 1956. p. 7. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  13. ^ "Suplemento deportivo". La Republica. 21 July 1969. p. 13. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  14. ^ "Murió Moncho Méndez". La Republica. 16 July 1973. p. 4. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
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