Bernardo Calvo

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Bernardo R. (Perez) Calvo (born November 16, 1945, in Tlacotalpan, Veracruz) played in and managed in the Mexican League, the highest level of professional baseball in Mexico. He played professionally from 1965 to at least 1979 and he managed from 1991 to 1997 and in 2005. [1]

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