Domingo Santana (second baseman)

Domingo Santana
Second baseman / Manager
Born: (1910-12-20)20 December 1910
Mineral de Pozos, Guanajuato, Mexico
Died: 9 December 1999(1999-12-09) (aged 88)
León, Guanajuato, Mexico

Domingo Santana Pulido (20 December 1910 – 9 December 1999) was a Mexican professional baseball second baseman and manager. He played six seasons in the Mexican League between 1937 and 1951, and after retiring, he managed several teams in the Mexican Central League. Santana also represented Mexico at the Central American and Caribbean Games and Pan American Games.

He was nicknamed "El cerebro mágico" (The Magical Brain) after an episode in which the Mexican team managed to defeat Cuba in Havana thanks to Santana’s ability to decipher the opposing team's signals.[1]

  1. ^ Ortega, Velio (19 December 2023). "Domingo Santana, guanajuatense entre los grandes del béisbol". Periódico Notus (in Spanish). Retrieved 17 May 2025.

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