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1950 Caribbean Series
The second edition of the Caribbean Series (''Serie del Caribe'') was held from February 21 through February 27, in 1950. It featured the champion baseball teams of Cuba, Alacranes del Almendares; Panama, Carta Vieja Yankees; Puerto Rico, Criollos de Caguas, and Venezuela, Navegantes del Magallanes. The format consisted of 12 games, each team facing the other teams twice, and the games were played at Sixto Escobar Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Summary The Series had to go more than the scheduled 12 games when both Panama and Puerto Rico teams ended with a similar 4-2 record. Panama clinched the title after beating Puerto Rico in a tiebreaker game. The Panamanian team, who entered the series as underdog, was led by manager/outfielder Wayne Blackburn, pitcher Chet Brewer (2-0), and third baseman Joe Tuminelli, who hit two home runs with seven runs batted in as he received Series MVP honors. The champion team also counted with pitchers John Fitzgerald, Tony Jacobs, Jean-P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Juan, Puerto Rico
San Juan (, , ; Spanish for "Saint John") is the capital city and most populous municipality in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2020 census, it is the 57th-largest city under the jurisdiction of the United States, with a population of 342,259. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico ("City of Puerto Rico", Spanish for ''rich port city''). Puerto Rico's capital is the third oldest European-established capital city in the Americas, after Santo Domingo, in the Dominican Republic, founded in 1496, and Panama City, in Panama, founded in 1521, and is the oldest European-established city under United States sovereignty. Several historical buildings are located in San Juan; among the most notable are the city's former defensive forts, Fort San Felipe del Morro and Fort San Cristóbal, and La Fortaleza, the oldest executive mansion in continuous use in the Americas. Today, Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chet Brewer
Chester Arthur Brewer (January 14, 1907 – March 26, 1990) was an American right-handed pitcher in baseball's Negro leagues. Born in Leavenworth, Kansas, he played for the Kansas City Monarchs, and from 1957 to 1974 he scouted for the Pittsburgh Pirates.Chet Brewer - Baseballbiography.com Brewer toiled on the mounds of black baseball for twenty-four years with an assortment of teams throughout the world, including China, Japan, the Philippines, Hawaii, Canada, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, Haiti, Santo Domingo, and in forty-four of the forty-eight continental United States. While with the , Brewer was a part of legendary starting rotations including |
Luis Arroyo
Luis Enrique "Tite" Arroyo, (February 18, 1927 – January 13, 2016) was a Major League Baseball pitcher from 1955 to 1963. Arroyo was the first Puerto Rican player to appear for the New York Yankees and was a key part of their pennant winning seasons in and .Staff Writer (January 17, 2016"Star reliever during Yankees magical 1961 season" ''The Washington Post'', page C7. Baseball career Arroyo, from Peñuelas, Puerto Rico, made his MLB debut on April 20, 1955. A stocky left-hander, he spent one season primarily as a starter with the St. Louis Cardinals. Though he was a member of the National League All-Star team that year, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Pirates the next spring, where he was moved to the bullpen. Struggling to establish himself in the role, he went from the Pirates to the Cincinnati Redlegs, then the New York Yankees. Arroyo was the first to play for the Yankees, and despite his earlier struggles, he quickly became an important contributor to the club. Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Olmo
Luis Olmo (August 11, 1919 – April 28, 2017) was a major league baseball outfielder and right-handed batter. Olmo played in the majors with the Brooklyn Dodgers (1943–45, 1949) and Boston Braves (1950–51). Early years Olmo (birth name: Luis Francisco Rodríguez Olmo ) was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. He began his professional career in 1938 with the Criollos de Caguas of the Puerto Rican Winter League. In 1939, Olmo signed with the Richmond Colts of the Piedmont League and was assigned to the Tarboro Goobers and later the Wilson Tobs of the Coastal Plain League. The Dodgers acquired Olmo from Richmond in 1942 and assigned him to the Montreal Royals after spring training. Major League career Brooklyn called Olmo up to the major leagues in July 1943 and he debuted with the Dodgers on July 18, 1943. In 57 games, he batted .303 with four home runs and 37 RBI. He gained regular status in the next season, batting .258 with nine home runs and 85 RBI in 136 games. On May ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ted Cieslak
Thaddeus Walter Cieslak (November 22, 1912 – May 9, 1993) was a Major League Baseball third baseman who played for the Philadelphia Phillies in 1944. The 27-year-old rookie stood and weighed 175 lbs. Cieslak was one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He made his major-league debut on April 18, 1944, in a home game against the Brooklyn Dodgers at Shibe Park. In 85 games he was 54-for-220 (.245), and 21 walks and one hit-by-pitch pushed his on-base percentage up to .314. He had 2 home runs, 11 runs batted in, and scored 18 runs. Cieslak made 15 errors in 122 total chances (.877). In five of his games Cieslak was a left fielder, and handled 12 chances without making an error. He died in his hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spook Jacobs
Forrest Vandergrift Jacobs (November 4, 1925 – February 18, 2011) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played from 1954 through 1956 for the Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics (1954–56), and Pittsburgh Pirates (1956). Listed at , 155 lb, he batted and threw right-handed. His teammates affectionately called him ''Spook'', a moniker that he used throughout his life. Baseball career Born in Cheswold, Delaware, Jacobs graduated from Salem High School, Salem, New Jersey in 1943. Immediately after graduation, Jacobs enlisted in the United States Army where he rose to the rank of sergeant during World War II and was awarded the Asian Pacific Campaign Theatre Medal, the American Campaign Theatre Medal, the United States Army Good Conduct Medal, and the United States Victory Medal. Following his honorable military discharge, he played professional baseball for 17 seasons for the Brooklyn Dodgers, Philadelphia / Kansas City Athletics and Pittsburgh Pirates or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stan Andrews
Stan Andrews (April 17, 1917 in Lynn, Massachusetts – June 10, 1995 in Bradenton, Florida) was an American baseball catcher who played from 1939 to 1945 for the Boston Bees, Brooklyn Dodgers and Philadelphia Phillies The Philadelphia Phillies are an American professional baseball team based in Philadelphia. They compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member of the National League (NL) National League East, East division. Since 2004, the team's home sta .... External links 1917 births 1995 deaths Baseball players from Lynn, Massachusetts Birmingham Barons players Boston Bees players Brooklyn Dodgers players Fort Lauderdale Braves players Hartford Bees players Hartford Laurels players Hollywood Stars players Major League Baseball catchers Montreal Royals players Baseball players from Bradenton, Florida Philadelphia Phillies players St. Paul Saints (AA) players St. Petersburg Saints players West Palm Beach Indians players Zanesville Greys players ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roy Easterwood
Roy Charles Easterwood (January 12, 1915 – August 24, 1984) was a Major League Baseball catcher who played for the Chicago Cubs in 1944. A native of Waxahachie, Texas, the 29-year-old rookie stood and weighed 196 lbs. Easterwood is one of many ballplayers who only appeared in the major leagues during World War II. He made his major league debut on April 21, 1944 in a home game against the St. Louis Cardinals at Wrigley Field. His season and career totals for 17 games include a .212 batting average (7-for-33), one home run, 2 runs batted in, one run scored, and a .364 slugging percentage. In 12 appearances as a catcher he handled 33 chances without an error for a fielding percentage of 1.000. Easterwood died at the age of 69 in Graham, Texas Graham is a city in north-central Texas. It is the county seat and largest city of Young County. History The site was first settled in 1871 by brothers Gustavus A. and Edwin S. Graham, primary shareholders in the Texas Emigra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pat Scantlebury
Patricio Athelstan Scantlebury (November 11, 1917 – May 24, 1991) was a Panamanians, Panamanian professional baseball pitcher whose 16-season career included six games pitched for the Cincinnati Redlegs of Major League Baseball. Born in Gatun Lake, Panama, Scantlebury threw and batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed . Early career Scantlebury's record begins at age 26 in 1944 in the Negro league baseball, Negro leagues, when he was considered Panama's first professional baseball star on foreign soil. He was a member of the New York Cubans for seven years, spent 1951 and 1952 out of pro baseball, then at age 35 he joined minor league baseball in 1953, where he led the Class B Big State League in win (baseball), games won (24) and strikeouts (177). The following year he won a combined 20 games in higher classifications, including 18 in the Double-A (baseball), Double-A Texas League. Major League career He became a member of the Cincinnati organization when the Redlegs affili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Roy
Jean-Pierre Roy (June 26, 1920 – November 1, 2014) was a Canadian pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched in three games during the season for the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. While with the minor league Montreal Royals, Roy played with Jackie Robinson, the first African-American to play in the major leagues. Roy retained a friendship with Robinson's widow, Rachel Robinson. The major highlight of his Montreal years was going 25–11 with a 3.72 ERA in the 1945 season and he compiled an overall 45–28 career record pitching with the Royals. Roy was later a television commentator for the Montreal Expos The Montreal Expos (french: link=no, Les Expos de Montréal) were a Canadian professional baseball team based in Montreal, Quebec. The Expos were the first Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise located outside the United States. They played in t ... from 1968 to 1984 and a public relations representative for the Expos. He was inducted into t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tony Jacobs
Anthony Robert Jacobs (August 5, 1925 – December 21, 1980) was an American professional baseball player. The , right-handed pitcher appeared in two Major League Baseball games, one for the Chicago Cubs and one for the St. Louis Cardinals. He had a 12-year career (1946–1957) in minor league baseball, where he won 97 games and excelled as a relief pitcher in the Triple-A International League during the mid-1950s. Jacobs' first Major League trial came at the age of 23 when the Cubs recalled him from their Class A Des Moines Bruins affiliate at the end of the 1948 season. In his September 19 debut, he pitched two innings in relief during an 8–1 loss to the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field and gave up one run, on a home run to Gene Hermanski; however, he went on to strike out two future Hall of Famers: Roy Campanella and Pee Wee Reese. Six full seasons in the minors then followed. But in 1953 and 1954, Jacobs recorded back-to-back outstanding seasons as a relief pitcher for ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Fitzgerald (1950s Pitcher)
John Francis Fitzgerald (born September 15, 1933) is an American former professional baseball player who pitched one game in Major League Baseball with the 1958 San Francisco Giants. Born in Brooklyn, he threw and batted left-handed, stood tall and weighed . Fitzgerald was playing American Legion Baseball in New York City in 1952 when he was signed by the New York Giants and assigned to the Northern League. On September 28, 1958, at Seals Stadium — in the last game of the MLB season — he pitched in one games for the Giants, started it, and threw three innings against the St. Louis Cardinals. He struck out three batters, and gave up just one hit, a home run to Joe Cunningham. His three strikeouts came in the second inning when he fanned the side, setting down Ken Boyer (an 11-time All-Star and future National League MVP), Gene Green, and Bobby Gene Smith. The Giants then defeated the Cardinals, 7–2, with relief pitcher Dom Zanni getting credit for the win. Fitzgera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
