translated from Spanish: Former pitcher Porfirio “Pio” Gutierrez dies

Guasave.- Yesterday was the unfortunate news of the death of the former professional pitcher, Porfirio “Pío” Gutiérrez Muñoz, who was a legend of Guasavense baseball, after an outstanding passage through the Mexican Pacific League and Mexican Baseball League in the 70s and 80s. The native of San Pedro Las Árguenas lost the battle against cancer at the age of 63, a disease he had been fighting for some years. The once great serpentinero was born on December 21, 1956 and lived in San Pedro, his hometown, where he married in 1974 and formed a family with Mrs. María Francisca Norzagaray, with whom he had 10 children, who gave them 22 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. The “Pio” Gutierrez began as a professional player in 1976 with Algodoneros de Guasave in the LMP, where he had a good season, and thanks to that in that same campaign, Alberto “Beto” Palafox took him on loan to Indios de Ciudad Juárez in the LMB, where the right pitcher would be champion in the year of 1977 by winning the decisive game 4-1 to Ángeles de Puebla.Then he returned to the winter ball with Ostioneros de Puebla. Guaymas and also played for Venados de Mazatlan, where he was monarch in 1986.With Indios de Juárez he was named Rookie of the Year in the summer and then went to Sultanes de Monterrey, where he stood out by reaching the final with them and raising the scepter. Read more: Mexican National Team: This will be el Tri’s lineup for the game against PanamaThe last season that Porfirio Gutiérrez had as a professional, was with Bravos de León and his retirement from the pelota de pagase occurred in 1988, when he came to Guasave for the death of his grandfather and no longer returned.



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