Player Biographies, Gaceta de la LNP

Buitrón, Emilio

If you’ve ever wondered how bad a pitcher you can be without getting cut from an LNP roster—let Emilio Buitrón show you.

Ayala, Jesús

A special edition Selección trading card for Jesús Ayala, which includes his position and birth year (as that's all that is known about him), mentions that he was chosen with the 71st pick of the 23rd round, and that his career ended with zero errors or times caught stealing.

There were 1,950 stories in La Selección. Jesús Ayala is one of them—and for those of us interested in the league’s early history, a particularly funny one.

Sánchez, José

A special edition Selección trading card for José Sánchez, which includes his position, handedness, height and weight (but not his birthdate or birthplace, as those are unknown), mentions that he was chosen with the 29th pick of the 12th round, and that his career ended with a 1.000 fielding percentage and zero strikeouts.

Someone’s got to be the first to do everything, and 39-year-old José Sánchez, taken in the 12th round by the Vaqueros, did not let the chance pass him by.