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{{short description|Cuban baseball player (1911-2002)}}
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{{Infobox baseball biography
|name=Izzy León
|position=[[Pitcher]]
|image=Izzy Leon.jpg
|bats=Right
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1911|1|4|mf=y}}
|birth_place=[[Cruces, Cuba]]
|death_date={{death date and age|2002|7|25|1911|1|4}}
|death_place=[[Miami, Florida]]
|debutleague = MLB
|debutdate=June 21
|debutyear=1945
|debutteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|finalleague = MLB
|finaldate=September 16
|finalyear=1945
|finalteam=Philadelphia Phillies
|statleague = MLB
|stat1label=[[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
|stat1value=0–4
|stat2label=[[Earned run average]]
|stat2value=5.35
|stat3label=[[Strikeout]]s
|stat3value=11
|teams=
*[[Philadelphia Phillies]] ({{baseball year|1945}})
}}
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{{MedalCountry|{{CUB}}}}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Baseball]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Baseball World Cup]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1942 Amateur World Series|1942 Havana]] | [[Cuba national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold| [[1943 Amateur World Series|1943 Havana]] | [[Cuba national baseball team|Team]]}}
{{MedalBronze| [[1944 Amateur World Series|1944 Caracas]] | [[Cuba national baseball team|Team]]}}
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{{family name hatnote|León|Becerra|lang=Spanish}}
'''Isidoro León Becerra''' (January 4, 1911 – July 25, 2002) was a [[Major League Baseball]] [[pitcher]] who played for the [[Philadelphia Phillies]] in 1945.  The 34-year-old [[rookie]] was a native of [[Cruces, Cuba]].

León is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the [[Major League Baseball|major leagues]] during World War II. He made his major league debut on June 21, 1945, in a home game against the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]] at [[Shibe Park]]. He was the starting and losing pitcher in a 9–2 defeat. [[Cy Buker]] was the winning pitcher. León's final big league appearance was on September 16. He was released by Philadelphia on February 26, 1946.

Season and career totals include 14 [[games pitched]], 4 starts, 0 [[complete games]], a 0–4 record with 4 [[games finished]], 23 [[earned runs]] allowed in 38{{fraction|2|3}} [[innings pitched|innings]], and an [[earned run average|ERA]] of 5.35.

In 1948, he played for the [[New York Cubans]] of the [[Negro National League (1933–1948)|Negro National League]].<ref>{{cite web|author= |url=http://www.nlbpa.com/the-athletes/leon-isidoro---izzy |title=Isidoro 'Izzy' Leon |publisher=nlbpa.com |date= |accessdate=August 4, 2020}}</ref>

León died at the age of 91 in [[Miami, Florida]].

==References==
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==External links==
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[[Category:1911 births]]
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[[Category:People from Cruces, Cuba]]
[[Category:Baseball players from Cienfuegos Province]]
[[Category:Major League Baseball pitchers]]
[[Category:Major League Baseball players from Cuba]]
[[Category:20th-century Cuban sportsmen]]
[[Category:Cuban expatriate baseball players in the United States]]
[[Category:Philadelphia Phillies players]]
[[Category:Abilene Blue Sox players]]
[[Category:Dublin Green Sox players]]
[[Category:Havana Cubans players]]
[[Category:Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players]]
[[Category:Portland Beavers players]]
[[Category:Sherman–Denison Twins players]]
[[Category:St. Petersburg Saints players]]


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