Julio Rojo

Domingo Julio Rojo Sr. (May 22, 1894 – December 27, 1958) was a Cuban professional baseball catcher, third baseman, first baseman, manager and coach who played, managed and coached in the Negro leagues, Cuban League, Mexican League and Dominican League from 1916 to 1954.

Julio Rojo
Catcher / Third baseman / First baseman / Manager / Coach
Born: (1894-05-22)May 22, 1894 Sagua la Grande, Cuba
Died: December 27, 1958(1958-12-27) (aged 31)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1916, for the Cuban Stars (East)
Last appearance
1936, for the Cuban Stars (East)
Eastern Colored League & American Negro League statistics
Batting average	.279
Home runs	4
Runs batted in	145
Stolen bases	59
Teams
As player Cuban Stars (East) (1916–1919) Brooklyn Royal Giants/Atlantic City Bacharach Giants/New York Bacharach Giants (1919–1922) Chicago American Giants (1922) Leopardos de Santa Clara (1922–1924) Baltimore Black Sox (1923–1926) Cuban Stars (East) (1927) Habana (1927–1928) New York Lincoln Giants (1927–1930) Cuban Stars (East) (1936) Cidosa de Río Blanco (1938) Rojos del Aguila de Veracruz (1939) Industriales de Monterrey (1941) As manager Leopardos de Santa Clara (1936–1937) Estrellas Orientales (1937) Habana (1937–1938) Leopardos de Santa Clara (1940–1941) As coach Habana (1942–1946) Cienfuegos (1949–1950, 1953–1954)

A native of Sagua la Grande, Cuba, Rojo made his Negro leagues debut in 1916 for the Cuban Stars (East), and enjoyed a long and productive career with multiple teams, including the Bacharach Giants, Baltimore Black Sox, and Lincoln Giants. He was often a player-manager throughout the course of his playing career, and afterwards continued to manage and eventually coach. He also played for and managed the Habana club in the Cuban League. Rojo died in 1958 at age 64.^[1][2]