Corito Varona

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Varona and the second or maternal family name is Dorticós.
Corito Varona
Plataneros de Tabasco
/ Manager
Born: (1910-03-26)March 26, 1910
Cienfuegos, Cienfuegos, Cuba
Died: February 24, 1999(1999-02-24) (aged 88)
Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
CL debut
1926, for the Cienfuegos
Last CL appearance
1936, for the Cienfuegos
Stats at Baseball Reference
Managerial record at Baseball Reference
Teams
As player
As manager
As scout
Career highlights and awards

Camilo Saturnino Varona Dorticós (March 26, 1910 – February 24, 1999), nicknamed Corito, was a Cuban professional baseball scout and former player and manager. After playing for the Cienfuegos of the Cuban League (CL), he transitioned into managing the team after an arm injury forced him to retire in 1936. He went on to manage the Tigres de Aguascalientes of the Mexican Center League (MCL) in the first part of 1963,[1] and in 1964 led the Plataneros de Tabasco to the Mexican Southeast League (MSL) championship with a 52–35 record.[2]

In 1954, Varona began working as a scout for the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States after the American team signed an agreement with the Havana Sugar Kings, and assisted Havana with signing players such as Tony Pérez, Cookie Rojas, and Mike Cuellar.[3] Varona fled Cuba following the Cuban Revolution and Fidel Castro's rise to power, seeking refuge in Mexico in 1963, where he was hired by Tigres de Aguascalientes.[4]

While managing Tigres de Aguascalientes, Varona signed Vicente Romo, who would go on to debut in MLB with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and also directed the Dodgers towards José Peña, Iván DeJesús, Orlando Álvarez, Pepe Frías, and Fernando Valenzuela, among others.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ "Corito Varona Minor & Mexican League Statistics". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on November 2, 2025. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  2. ^ "1964 Plataneros de Tabasco Statistics". Baseball Reference. Archived from the original on November 2, 2025. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  3. ^ a b "BeisbolSinaloa.com" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-16.
  4. ^ Morales, Tomás (March 23, 2015). "Tigres de 1965: un equipo mágico en LMB". MiLB (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 2, 2025. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
  5. ^ "Beisbolicos Anónimos – Corito Varona" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on November 2, 2025. Retrieved November 2, 2025.
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