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Originally Posted by Cusick

Here's a non-roster invitee who is in the Hall of Fame. Happens to be the Mexican Hall of Fame, rather than Cooperstown, but he had a rather substantial career nonetheless. Meet Miguel "Becerril" Fernandez. He was primarily a shortstop, but was found playing third base in Pittsburgh Pirates' exhibition game box scores during the spring training season of 1957.

Baseball-reference.com only touches the surface of his stats in the Mexican League. According to the Encyclopedia of Mexican Baseball, he played 14 seasons in the Mexican League, had a batting average of .286, and accumulated over 1500 hits. In 1961, he hit .332 for the Mexico City Red Devils (Diablos Rojos).

The photo comes from a website called tommyatbat.blogspot.com.

Miguel Fernandez Register Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com

played in the Reds system in 1959.