Alfredo Arcaño (1868 - death date unknown) was a

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in the

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. He played from 1888 to 1909 with several ballclubs, mostly with the

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club. He was elected to the

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in 1940.

Career

Arcaño made his

debut in 1888 with

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, ending the season with a .272

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in 15 games. In the 1889 spring and summer season, he led the league in

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s, with 87,

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s, with three, and was one of only two players to hit a

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all season. Arcaño hit .206 in 15 games during the winter of 1889, and .307 in the winter of 1890. He led the league in triples and home runs again in the spring and summer of 1892, with three of each, while hitting .361, the second highest in the league. In the winter of 1892, he and

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tied for the league in home runs, with two, while Arcaño hit .357, fourth-best in the league. The winter of 1893 saw Arcaño hit .346, and he again lead the league in triples, with four, and home runs, with two. In the winter of 1894, he won his first batting title, hitting .430 with two home runs in 16 games. The 1895 and 1896 seasons were not played due to the

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, but Arcaño returned in the winter of 1897, hitting .188 in four games for Habana, which played under the name Habanista until 1900. He batted .226 in 1899 for Habanista, while also playing for the

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club in contests against the

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. Arcaño would continue playing with Habana until 1909, batting .284 in 1901, but falling to .176 in 1902. He played his last full season in 1905, hitting .233 in 18 games. Outside of Cuban League play, Arcaño was a member of several clubs in the

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, including the Punzo club in 1904,

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in 1905,

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from 1906 to 1908, and

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in 1908. He also managed the Rojo club in 1908. Arcaño is buried at Colon Cemetery in

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