He was one of the last baseball players signed directly out of Cuba before the United States embargo against Cuba.
Josip Broz Tito | Tito Puente | Tito Ortiz | Tito Gobbi | Carlos Fuentes | Tito Santana | Tito Schipa | Tito Nieves | La clemenza di Tito | Dennis Tito | Tito Sotto | Tito Fuentes | Tito Rojas | Tito Capobianco | Tito Rodríguez | Tito Alonso | Teburoro Tito | Rubén Fuentes | Discos Fuentes | Tito Paris | Pedro Henriquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes | Daisy Fuentes | Tito Zanardelli | Tito & Tarantula | Tito Sarrocchi | Tito Jackson | Tito Burns | Pedro Henríquez de Acevedo, Count of Fuentes | Francisco Antonio de Fuentes y Guzmán | Eufemiano Fuentes |
Bob Robertson hit a solo homer, his then-record fourth of the series, in the second, and the Giants tied it in the sixth when Ken Henderson singled and scored when third baseman Richie Hebner threw wildly past Robertson at first after fielding a bunt by Tito Fuentes.
The Detroit Tigers signed ageless wonder free-agent Darrell Evans (their first free-agent signing since Tito Fuentes in 1977) prior to the season, and acquired first baseman Dave Bergman in a trade with the Philadelphia Phillies that also brought them the aforementioned Hernández.
Players eligible for the first time who were not included on the ballot were: Sandy Alomar, Sr., Andy Etchebarren, Al Fitzmorris, Tito Fuentes, Wayne Garrett, Cito Gaston, Larry Haney, Ed Herrmann, Joe Lahoud, Paul Lindblad, Dave May, Marty Perez, Bill Plummer, and Gary Sutherland.