Jorge Pasquel | |
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| President of the Mexican League | |
| In office 1946–1948 | |
| Preceded by | Octavio Rueda Magro |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Quijano Pitman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Jorge Pasquel Casanueva April 23, 1907 Veracruz, Mexico |
| Died | March 7, 1955 (aged 47) San Luis Potosí, Mexico |
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Baseball career | |
| Member of the Mexican Professional | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 1971 |
Jorge Pasquel Casanueva (April 23, 1907 - March 7, 1955) was a Mexican businessman and baseball executive. He was president of the Mexican League and owned interests in several teams at a time when the league recruited from Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball, creating a big threat to the Major League talent level. Jorge Pasquel brought racial integration to professional baseball and had a big role when Jackie Robinson debuted in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Pasquel died in a plane crash in 1955. He was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.