José Mosquera

José Armando Mosquera Crisson (born August 24, 1986) is a Colombian former professional baseball player and scout who is the manager of Caimanes de Barranquilla in the Colombian Professional Baseball League. He was signed as an international free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2004, and spent time in the Pittsburgh Pirates minor league system.^[1] In two seasons with the VSL Pirates of the Venezuelan Summer League, he hit .240/.462/.281. He also led the league in HBP in 2005, with 18, despite playing only 39 games.^[2]

José Mosquera
Caimanes de Barranquila
Catcher / Manager
Born: (1986-08-24) August 24, 1986 (age 38) Campo de la Cruz, Atlántico, Colombia
Bats: Right Throws: Right

In 2016, he became a Pirates scout.^[3] He coached the DSL Pirates 2 of the Dominican Summer League in 2019, and managed the DSL Pirates Gold in 2021. Mosquera also managed FCL Pirates of the Florida Complex League in 2022 and 2023.

Mosquera managed the Colombia national team in the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games to a bronze medal finish, 72 years after their last baseball medal finish at the Central American and Caribbean Games. ^[4] He also coached the team at the 2019 Pan American Games, and at the 2020 Summer Olympic qualifiers.^[5][6] Mosquera was a bench coach for Colombia at the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

In the Colombian league, he managed Caimanes de Barranquilla to back to back titles in 2020-21 and 2021-22, and in 2022 led them to the first ever Caribbean Series title by a team from Colombia. He led the team to another title in 2023–24.

On June 15, 2024, Mosquera was named the next manager of the Colombia national team for the 2026 World Baseball Classic qualifiers, to take place in March 2025.^[7]

References

1. "José Mosquera, el guía de los prospectos del béisbol" (in Spanish). El Heraldo. June 19, 2017.
2. "2005 Venezuelan Summer League Batting Leaders". Baseball Reference (minors).
3. "José Mosquera, el guía de los prospectos del béisbol" (in Spanish). El Heraldo. Jan 5, 2016.
4. 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games
5. "El Sincelejano Héctor Acuña fue llamado a la Selección Colombia-de-beisbol". Korraleja.
6. Americas Olympic Qualifier
7. Orlando Palma [@pelotacaliente1] (15 June 2024). "¡ATENCIÓN! José Mosquera ha sido nombrado mánager de Colombia para el Clasificatorio al Clásico Mundial de Béisbol. Mosquera hace parte de los Piratas de Pittsburgh. Es mánager de Caimanes. Fue Campeón de la Serie del Caribe 2022" (Tweet) – via Twitter.

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)