José Joaquín Azcue López (born August 18, 1939) is a Cuban former professional baseball player and manager.
[1] After a season in the minors, Milwaukee traded Azcue to the Kansas City Athletics on December 15, 1961 along with Ed Charles and Manny Jiménez for Bob Shaw and Lou Klimchock.
[1] Azcue hit into the first unassisted triple play since 1927 on July 29, 1968, turned by Ron Hansen of Washington.
He was dealt along with Sonny Siebert and Vicente Romo from the Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Ken Harrelson, Dick Ellsworth and Juan Pizarro on April 19, 1969.
[10] Only two months later, Azcue had a falling out with Red Sox manager Dick Williams and was again traded, this time to the California Angels.
[12] His .992 career fielding percentage was second only to Elston Howard among major league catchers at the time of his retirement.