Arnoldo Castro

Arnoldo Castro
Second Baseman / Shortstop / Third Baseman
Born: (1939-01-11)11 January 1939
Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico
Died: 16 December 2013(2013-12-16) (aged 74)
Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Member of the Mexican Professional
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1995

Arnoldo Lavagnino "Kiko" Castro (11 January 1939 – 16 December 2013) was a Mexican professional baseball infielder who is in the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame.

Career

Castro played in the Mexican Baseball League from 1958 to 1983 for the Dorados de Chihuahua (1958), Tigres de Aguascalientes (1960–1961), Diablos Rojos del México (1960), Tigres de México (1962–1970, 1977–1978, 1980), Piratas de Sabinas (1971–1973), Mineros de Coahuila (1974–1976) and El Águila de Veracruz (1983). He managed the Plataneros de Tabasco for the latter part of the 1980 season, replacing Raúl Cano, and in 1983 he skippered the Dorados de Chihuahua.[1] He was elected to the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1995.[2]

Death

He was born and died in Guasave, Sinaloa, Mexico.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ BR Minors page
  2. ^ SalonDeLaFama.com.mx Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Tigresqr.com
  4. ^ "Muere Kiko Castro". Milenio (in Spanish). 16 December 2013. Retrieved 28 September 2024.


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