Jorge Pasquel

Jorge Pasquel
President of the Mexican League
In office 1946–1948
Preceded by	Octavio Rueda Magro
Succeeded by	Eduardo Quijano Pitman
Personal details
Born	Jorge Pasquel Casanueva (1907-04-23)April 23, 1907 Veracruz, Mexico
Died	March 7, 1955(1955-03-07) (aged 47) San Luis Potosí, Mexico
Baseball player Baseball career
Member of the Mexican Professional
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1971

Jorge Pasquel Casanueva (April 23, 1907 - March 7, 1955) was a Mexican businessman and baseball executive. He was president of the Mexican League and owned interests in several teams at a time when the league recruited from Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball, creating a big threat to the Major League talent level. Jorge Pasquel brought racial integration to professional baseball and had a big role when Jackie Robinson debuted in 1947 with the Brooklyn Dodgers. Pasquel died in a plane crash in 1955. He was inducted into the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.