Alejandro Crespo Quiñónez (born February 26, 1915) was a Cuban former

outfielder An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to cat ...

in the

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who played in the 1940s. A native of

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, Crespo made his

debut in 1940 with the New York Cubans, and was selected to play in that season's

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. After spending several seasons in the Mexican League, he returned to New York for the 1946 season. In 1955, he played minor league baseball for the

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