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José Fernández (right-handed pitcher)

Cuban-born American baseball player (1992–2016)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 24, 2026
Entity authoritySource title only
Source-derived summary

José Delfín Fernández Gómez was a Cuban-born American professional baseball right-handed pitcher who played four seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He was a member of the Miami Marlins from 2013 until his death in 2016. He stood 6 feet 3 inches (1.91 m) tall and weighed 243 pounds (110 kg) during his playing career. He was affectionately known as "Niño" to his teammates and fans due to the youthful exuberance with which he played the game.

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This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “José Fernández (right-handed pitcher)” as cuban-born American baseball player (1992–2016). Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful biographical orientation record, particularly for establishing names, roles and a first chronology. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2013, 2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. The account is most persuasive where José, Fernández and right-handed can be independently traced.
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The subject matters to the people & ideas register because the source frames it as cuban-born American baseball player (1992–2016). Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

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Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 24, 2026. The first chronological checks are 2013 and 2016.

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This entry incorporates text from “José Fernández (right-handed pitcher)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.