| Esteban Prats | |
|---|---|
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| First baseman | |
| Born: 1873 Cuba | |
| Died: Unknown | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown |
Esteban Prats was a Cuban baseball first baseman in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. [1] He played from 1889 to 1909 with several teams,including the Almendares,Azul,All Cubans,Cuban Stars (West),Habana,and Matanzas.
The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in 1920 that are sometimes termed "Negro Major Leagues".
The Negro American League was one of the several Negro leagues created during the time organized American baseball was segregated. The league was established in 1937,and disbanded after its 1962 season.
The first Negro National League (NNL) was one of the several Negro leagues that were established during the period in the United States when organized baseball was segregated. The league was formed in 1920 with former player Rube Foster as its president.
The second Negro National League was one of the several Negro leagues that were established during the period in the United States when organized baseball was segregated. The league was founded in 1933 by businessman Gus Greenlee of Pittsburgh.
Martín Magdaleno Dihigo Llanos,called The Immortal and “The Maestro “,was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played in The Negro league and Latin American leagues from 1923 to 1936 as a two-way player,both as a pitcher and a second baseman,although he excelled at all nine positions and later as a manager.
Adolfo Domingo De Guzmán "Dolf" Luque was a Cuban starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1914 to 1935. Luque was enshrined in the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1957 and the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame in 1967,as well as in the Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame in 1985. Luque was not only the first Latino pitcher in MLB,but also the first to win a World Series victory,and the first to lead the Leagues in wins and shutouts.
The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Brooklyn,New York. Formed in 1905 by John Wilson Connor (1875–1926),owner of the Brooklyn Royal Cafe,the team initially played against white semi-pro teams. They were one of the prominent independent teams prior to World War I before organized league play began.
Cristóbal Torriente called Babe Ruth of Cuba,was a Cuban outfielder in Negro league baseball with multiple teams. He played from 1912 to 1932 and was primarily a pull hitter,though he could hit with power to all fields. He had a stocky and slightly bowlegged build,but was known for deceptive power and a strong,accurate arm from center field. Indianapolis ABC's manager C.I. Taylor stated,"If I see Torriente walking up the other side of the street,I would say,'There walks a ballclub.'" Torriente was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
JoséColmenar del Valle Méndez was a Cuban right-handed pitcher and manager in baseball's Negro leagues. Born in Cárdenas,Matanzas,he died at age 43 in Havana. Known in Cuba as El Diamante Negro,he became a legend in his homeland. He was one of the first group of players elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2006.
Alejandro "Alex" Pompez was an American executive in Negro league baseball who owned the Cuban Stars (East) and New York Cubans franchises from 1916 to 1950. His family had emigrated from Cuba,where his father was a lawyer. Outside baseball and numbers,he owned and operated a cigar shop in downtown Manhattan. He later served as a scout and director of international scouting for the Giants franchise in Major League Baseball. He was posthumously inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
The New York Cubans were a Negro league baseball team that played during the 1930s and from 1939 to 1950. Despite playing in the Negro leagues,the team occasionally employed white-skinned Hispanic baseball players as well,because Hispanics in general were largely ignored by the major league baseball teams before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in Major League Baseball.
Jacinto "Jack" Calvo González was born Jacinto Del Calvo in Havana,Cuba. He was an outfielder for the Washington Senators in 1913 and 1920. He played in 34 games,had 56 at bats,10 runs,9 hits,1 triple,1 home run,4 RBIs,3 walks,a .161 batting average,a .203 on-base percentage,a .250 slugging percentage,67 total bases and 19 sacrifices. He died in Miami,Florida.
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The All Cubans were a team of Cuban professional baseball players that toured the United States during 1899 and 1902–05,playing against white semiprofessional and Negro league teams. The team was the first Latin American professional baseball team to tour the United States. As a racially integrated team,future major league players Armando Marsans and Rafael Almeida got their start in the United States on the team. The team was also a forerunner for later Negro league teams staffed by Latin American players,such as the Cuban Stars (West),the Cuban Stars (East),and the New York Cubans. Negro league stars Luis Bustamante and Carlos Morán started their American careers with the All Cubans.
The Cuban Stars were a team of Cuban professional baseball players that competed in the United States Negro leagues from 1907 to 1930. The team was also sometimes known as the Cuban Stars of Havana,Stars of Cuba,Cuban All-Stars,Havana Reds,Almendares Blues or simply as the Cubans. For one season,1921,the team played home games in Cincinnati,Ohio and was known as the Cincinnati Cubans.
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Armando Marsans Mendiondo was a Cuban professional baseball player who played as an outfielder in Major League Baseball from 1911 to 1918. He played in three different major leagues in his career:with the Cincinnati Reds in the National League (1911–1914),with the St. Louis Terriers in the Federal League (1914–1915),and with the St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees (1916–1918).
The American Series was a set of baseball games played between Cuban and American teams in Cuba. An American team would travel to Cuba and play various professional,all-star and/or amateur Cuban teams throughout the country. The series usually took place either in the fall,after the end of the American season,or during spring training before the season began. The first American Series took place in 1879,with then minor league Worcester team going 2–0 against its Cuban opponents.
Valentín Dreke was a Cuban baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1919 to 1927,doing so with the Cuban Stars (East) and Cuban Stars (West). He also played winter ball with the famed Almendares team on three occasions. He led the Negro National League in batting average in 1924,hitting .389 in 46 games played. In his eight years of Negro league ball,he batted at least .296 in each season. He died of tuberculosis in 1929. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.
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