He pitched in the first seven National Series: 77 games, 20 won and 19 lost, with a 2.66 earned run average.

In 1967 he came on in relief of Manuel Alarcón at the Estadio Latinoamericano. Orientales won, and Fidel Castro, watching from the stands, embraced and congratulated him at the end.

He retired on a Saturday in 1968. He stayed on as a coach for Granma, Mineros, Serranos and Campechuela, and trained Carlos Barrabí, Hermes Ortega, Alfredo Fonseca and the Valerio Bejerano brothers. In 1985 he took Campechuela to its first provincial title. He died on 2 May 2000, aged 67.

Source: EcuRed, drawing on the testimony of his wife and children and on the records of the Campechuela municipal sports office.