Ramon montoya biography
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Ramón Montoya (baseball)
Mexican baseball player and coach
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Montoya and the second or maternal family name is Lerma.
Baseball player
Ramón "Diablo" Montoya Lerma (8 December 1940 – 24 January 2018) was a Mexican professional baseballoutfielder and coach. Montoya spent all his career in the Mexican League playing center field for the Diablos Rojos del México. Nicknamed "Diablo" (Devil), Montoya also participated in the Mexican Pacific League and played one season, in 1964, for the El Paso Sun Kings of the Texas League. After retiring, he coached for the Diablos Rojos. Montoya was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 1990.
Early career
[edit]Montoya was born on 8 December 1940 in Mexicali, Baja California.[1] Nicknamed "Diablo" since his early days in local Mexicali, Montoya was part of the Mexican squad that competed in the 1961 Amateur World Series played in Costa Rica, where they placed second with a 7–2 record.[2]
Professional career
[edit]Montoya started his professional career in 1961 as Rodolfo Montoya in the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League, playing eight games.[3] In 1962, Montoya registered us
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