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".
Martín Magdaleno Dihigo Llanos,called The Immortal,was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played in Negro league baseball 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 several positions.
The Bacharach Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played in Atlantic City,New Jersey.
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.
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.
JoséMaría Tranquilino Fernández Marín Sr. was a Cuban baseball catcher and manager in the Negro leagues from the 1910s to the 1940s.
The Leopardos de Santa Clara were a Cuban professional baseball team based in Santa Clara,Cuba. Founded in 1922,they played in the Cuban League from 1922 to 1925,from 1929 to 1930,and from 1935 to 1941. Although they competed for only 11 seasons,they won league championships in four regular seasons and in one "special season." According to Cuban League historian Jorge S. Figueredo,the 1923/24 team,which went 36–11 and won the championship by 11+1⁄2 games,is "considered as the most dominant team in the history of Cuban baseball."
Club Fé were a Cuban baseball team in the Cuban League based in Havana. They played in 1882,1885,from 1887-1890,and again from 1901 to 1914.
Gervasio González "Strique" Ojarul was a Cuban baseball catcher in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. He played from 1901 to 1917 with several ballclubs,including San Francisco,Almendares,Club Fé,Habana,Azul,and the Cuban Stars (West). He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.
Regino "Marmelo" García (1875–?) was a Cuban baseball catcher in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. He played from 1901 to 1914 with several ballclubs,including San Francisco,Almendares,the Fe club,Habana,Cuban Stars (West),Cuban X-Giants,and the All Cubans. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1941.
Julián Castillo Calderón de la Barça was a Cuban baseball first baseman in the Cuban League and Negro leagues.
Luis "El Mulo" Padrón Otorena was a Cuban baseball player in the Negro leagues and Cuban League.
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.
Rogelio Valdés was a Cuban baseball player in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. He played from 1899 to 1917 with several ballclubs,including Almendares,Habana,Cuban Stars (West),and the All Cubans. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1946.
Pelayo "Cortina" Chacón Cortina was a Cuban baseball shortstop and manager in the Cuban League and Negro leagues.
Lázaro Salazar Vázquez was a Cuban baseball outfielder,pitcher,and manager in the Negro leagues and the Mexican League. He played from 1924 to 1952 with several clubs,including the Cuban Stars (West),Pollock's Cuban Stars,New York Cubans,Cafeteros de Córdoba,Azules de Veracruz,Industriales de Monterrey and Sultanes de Monterrey.
José"Joseíto" Muñoz was a Cuban baseball pitcher in the Cuban League and the Negro leagues. He played from 1900 to 1914,mostly for Almendares in the Cuban League and the Cuban Stars (West) in the United States. His 82 wins are fifth on the all-time Cuban League list. In 1940 he was inducted into the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame.
Conrado Rodríguez López was a Cuban pitcher in the Negro leagues and the Cuban League in the 1900s and 1910s.
Guillermo Molina Valdés was an American Negro league pitcher in 1929 and 1930.
