The following year he was under the orders of George Genovese in a minor league team in Hutchinson, Kansas Pittsburgh Pirates lower division club.

In 1955, he then was transferred to the Arizona–Mexico League where he excelled with the Cananea BBC pitching a no-hitter against the Phoenix Stars.

One year later he made his Mexican League debut with the Tigres del México.

He also played for the Cañeros de Los Mochis and in his first year had a record of 18–6 with 13 consecutive wins.

[2] In the 1962–1963 Mexican Pacific League season, while playing for the Naranjeros de Hermosillo, he pitched a no hitter against the Navajo BBC.