Enrique Roberto "Hank" Izquierdo Valdés (March 20, 1931 – July 31, 2015) was a Cuban-born professional baseball catcher, coach, manager and scout for almost four decades.

Born in the neighborhood of Pueblo Nuevo in Matanzas, Izquierdo was originally a middle infielder and third baseman with good range and ability to turn and complete a double play.

The Sugar Kings won the League championship in 1959, and then ended up winning the 1959 Little World Series over the Minneapolis Millers of the American Association in seven thrilling games.

[7] In 1962, Izquierdo spent the season in Major League Baseball as the bullpen catcher for the Indians, whose general manager was former Cincinnati executive Gabe Paul.

But he collected only two hits the rest of the way to lower his batting mark to .269, and Minnesota and Detroit were beaten out on the season's last day by the Boston Red Sox for the AL flag.

Izquierdo then moved to the Houston Astros organization and was assigned to their Triple-A affiliate Oklahoma City 89ers from 1968 to 1969, where he served as a coach and utility man.

[1] In July 1969, Izquierdo was suspended for the remainder of the American Association season and fined $750 as the result of his part in a bat-swinging incident with catcher Ted Simmons, by then a 19-year rookie who played for the Tulsa Oilers.

During the offseason, Izquierdo suffered a near-fatal gunshot wound in Miami, when the taxi he was driving was robbed and he was shot in the stomach.