José Mota

José Mota may refer to:

José Mota (Portuguese footballer)

José Mota (born 7 September 1919) was a Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.

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José Mota (baseball)

José Manuel Mota Matos (born March 16, 1965 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is an English TV play-by-play announcer Fox Sports West/Prime Ticket and KCOP for the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim. In addition to that he is the Spanish radio color commentator for the Angels on KWKW. He works alongside Amaury Pi-Gonzalez in the broadcast booth in Spanish and alongside Mark Gubicza in English. Fully bilingual, he conducts interviews with baseball players speaking either language. He is the son of former baseball player and long-time Dodgers coach Manny Mota.

Playing career

Mota attended Cal State Fullerton in Orange County on a baseball scholarship. He was drafted in the second round of the 1985 amateur draft by the Chicago White Sox. He spent time in the Texas Rangers and Los Angeles Dodgers organizations before being drafted by the Oakland Athletics in 1988 with the rule 5 draft. He was then sent to the San Diego Padres in 1989 in a three-team trade and made his major league debut in 1991 with the Padres. He later signed with the Kansas City Royals as a free agent, but only appeared in two games in 1995. Mota's father, Manny, and brother, Andy are also former Major League players, as is his cousin, José Báez.