José María Tranquilino Fernández Marín Sr. (June 6, 1896 July 20, 1972) was a Cuban professional baseball catcher, first baseman, right fielder and manager in the Negro leagues from the 1910s to the 1940s.
A native of Guanabacoa, Cuba, Fernández was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Rudy Fernández. He managed the New York Cubans for 12 consecutive seasons from 1939 to 1950. Fernández died in Guanabacoa in 1972 at age 76.
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External links and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads and Seamheads José Fernandez at Negro League Baseball Museum