1894
Born May 22, 1894
Sagua la Grande, Las Villas, Cuba
Julio Rojo Notable
b. May 22, 1894 · Cuban Stars East 1916–1919, 1927, Brooklyn Royal Giants 1919, Atlantic City Bacharach Giants 1920–1921, New York Bacharach Giants 1922, Baltimore Black Sox 1923–1926, New York Lincoln Giants 1927–1930
Julio Rojo played for six clubs across 15 seasons as a catcher, opening with the Cuban Stars East in 1916 and closing with the Cuban Stars East in 1927.
Across 504 games he batted .265, with 451 hits and 263 runs. He finished with 10 home runs, 84 doubles and 83 stolen bases. He went 2 and 1 with a 7.67 earned run average, pitching 27 innings in 7 games. He struck out 12 and threw 1 shutout.
He led the league in stolen bases once, in 1923, with 13. He played 357 games behind the plate, with 1,390 putouts and 63 errors. He turned 28 double plays.
He was born in Sagua la Grande, Las Villas, Cuba on May 22, 1894, and died on December 27, 1958. He batted both ways and threw right-handed.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1916* | CSE | 10 | 31 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .194 |
| 1917* | CSE | 26 | 96 | 8 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 3 | .208 |
| 1918* | CSE | 13 | 54 | 8 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | .296 |
| 1919* | BRG/CSE | 18 | 67 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .224 |
| 1920* | AC | 28 | 82 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 0 | 1 | .171 |
| 1921* | AC | 56 | 181 | 32 | 46 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 0 | 10 | .254 |
| 1922* | NYB | 49 | 162 | 26 | 42 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 16 | 1 | 4 | .259 |
| 1923 | BBS | 42 | 149 | 21 | 51 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 13 | .342 |
| 1924 | BBS | 41 | 139 | 28 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 8 | .317 |
| 1925 | BBS | 49 | 162 | 24 | 42 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 13 | .259 |
| 1926 | BBS | 50 | 172 | 13 | 33 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 7 | .192 |
| 1927 | CSE/NLG | 31 | 108 | 21 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 7 | 0 | 3 | .250 |
| 1928 | NLG | 21 | 69 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 3 | .348 |
| 1929 | NLG | 43 | 136 | 24 | 40 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 13 | 1 | 11 | .294 |
| 1930* | NLG | 27 | 94 | 20 | 31 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 6 | .330 |
| Major leagues | — | 277 | 935 | 146 | 261 | 51 | 10 | 4 | 141 | 71 | 10 | 58 | .279 |
| All seasons | — | 504 | 1702 | 263 | 451 | 84 | 24 | 10 | 248 | 139 | 11 | 83 | .265 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917* | CSE | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 17.2 | 22 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 6.62 |
| 1919* | CSE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 |
| 1921* | AC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15.00 |
| 1923 | BBS | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3.1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10.80 |
| 1929 | NLG | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.40 |
| Major leagues | — | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 9.00 |
| All seasons | — | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 27.0 | 36 | 23 | 17 | 12 | 7.67 |
Seasons outside MLB's recognized major leagues appear in All seasons, but not in Major leagues or the leaderboards. For Julio Rojo, that is 1916–1930. Why totals can differ.
On this day & linked events
1958