| Pancho Herrera | |
|---|---|
 Herrera in 1961 | |
| First baseman | |
| Born: June 16, 1934 Santiago de Las Vegas,[1] Cuba | |
| Died: April 28, 2005 (aged 70) Miami, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| April 15, 1958, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| October 1, 1961, for the Philadelphia Phillies | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .271 |
| Home runs | 31 |
| Runs batted in | 128 |
| Teams | |
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Juan Francisco Herrera Villavicencio (June 16, 1934 – April 28, 2005), nicknamed "Pancho" and "Frank", was a Cuban-born professional baseball player. He appeared in an even 300 games over all or part of three seasons in Major League Baseball for the Philadelphia Phillies between 1958 and 1961, primarily as a first baseman. He also played for the Kansas City Monarchs in the Negro American League, from whom he was purchased by the Phillies in 1954. A prodigious minor-league slugger, Herrera was listed at 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and 220 pounds (100 kg); he threw and batted right-handed. He was the first Afro-Latino to play for the Phillies.[2]
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