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Posted By: Nick

Todd,

These are the facts as I know them:

Pancho had a somewhat successful carrer in the big leagues(three years). As his stats indicate he did have a degree of success in MLB. He did however set a new NL mark in Strike outs and nearly set a record for errors in the same year.

At the time when he was playing, segregation was in full swing. Although Pancho was a Latin player he was a dark skinned latin, thus he was forced to lodge with other black players and staff. Which was a problem because Pancho did not paticulary care for those of African decent.There are many stories of infighting between Pancho and his black team mates.This may have been the reason he left MLB.

I am sure if he did not leave on his own his strike outs and errors would have opened the door.

His famous error card is a 1958 topps card. The "A" is missing in Herrera. There are fewer than 6 known copies and I have never found one! If you see one I am a willing buyer.

Regards,
Nick