Alberto Romo Chávez

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Romo and the second or maternal family name is Chávez.
Alberto Romo Chávez
Pitcher
Born: (1911-09-11)11 September 1911
Jaral del Progreso, Guanajuato, Mexico
Died: 24 August 1999(1999-08-24) (aged 87)
Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, Mexico
Threw: Right
Member of the Mexican Professional
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1971

Alberto Romo Chávez (11 September 1911 – 24 August 1999) was a Mexican professional baseball pitcher. He played 14 seasons in the Mexican League from 1932 to 1946, considered as one of the best pitchers in Mexico. He was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame as part of the class of 1971.[1]

Career

Romo Chávez was born in Jaral del Progreso, Guanajuato on 11 September 1911. His father was a railway worker, so his family constantly moved from one city to another around Mexico. Shortly after Alberto was born, the Romo Chávez family settled in Aguascalientes.[2][3]

He moved to Mexico City and started his professional career in the Mexican League in 1932 with Obras Públicas. He played with Obras Públicas for one more season, for Monte de Piedad from 1934 to 1935, for Agrario from 1936 to 1938, for Indios de Anáhuac in 1939 and from 1940 to 1946 (except the 1945 season) for Diablos Rojos del México. According to special compilations (the Mexican League started compiling statistics in 1937), Romo Chávez had a 69–22 record from 1933 to 1936 and a 46–36 record from 1937 to 1946.[4]

Romo Chávez appeared in the 1964 film El Alazán y el Rosillo with Antonio Aguilar.[5]

Legacy

Aguascalientes baseball stadium, Parque de Béisbol Alberto Romo Chávez, home of the Rieleros de Aguascalientes since 1975, was named in his honor. The ballpark, originally inaugurated on 20 April 1945 with the name Estadio Aguascalientes, was re-inaugurated on 25 August 1957 and renamed after Romo Chávez. The name was chosen in a poll conducted by El Sol del Centro newspaper.[3][6]

Romo Chávez was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971 together with Beto Ávila, Chile Gómez, Melo Almada, Jesús Valenzuela, Alejandro Aguilar Reyes, Jorge Pasquel, Ernesto Carmona, Roy Campanella, Josh Gibson and Monte Irvin.[1]

Death

Romo Chávez died on 24 August 1999 in Aguascalientes, aged 87.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Inmortales 39-71". Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Un 11 de septiembre pero de 1911 nace Alberto Romo Chávez". Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in Spanish). 11 September 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  3. ^ a b Murillo, Mariana (21 May 2023). "¿Por qué se llama Alberto Romo Chávez al Parque de Beisbol?". El Sol del Centro (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Alberto Romo Chávez gloria de antaño". Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in Spanish). 24 February 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  5. ^ Torres, Rubén (12 November 2023). "El Romo Chávez casa de Rieleros". El Sol del Centro (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  6. ^ Valadez, Gilberto (20 April 2021). "75 aniversario del Parque Alberto Romo Chávez en Aguascalientes". El Clarinete (in Spanish). Retrieved 10 August 2024.
  7. ^ "Un 24 de agosto pero de 1999 muerte Alberto Romo Chávez". Salón de la Fama del Beisbol Mexicano (in Spanish). 24 August 2022. Retrieved 10 August 2024.