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Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
n professional
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...
team. They played from 1904 to 1908 featuring players mostly from the
Cuban League
The Cuban League was one of the earliest and longest lasting professional baseball leagues outside the United States, operating in Cuba from 1878 to 1961. The schedule usually operated during the winter months, so the league was sometimes known a ...
. The won the
Cuban Summer Championship in 1904 and 1907 under manager
Evaristo Plá.
Notable players
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Manuel Alfonso
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Rafael Almeida
Rafael D. Almeida (July 30, 1887 – March 19, 1968) was a Major League Baseball third baseman from 1911 to 1913 with the Cincinnati Reds.
Almeida and Armando Marsans debuted together with the Reds on July 4, 1911. They are sometimes named the ...
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Luis Bustamante
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Al Cabrera
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Pelayo Chacón
Pelayo "Cortina" Chacón Cortina (September 22, 1888 – March 11, 1971) was a Cuban baseball shortstop and manager in the Cuban League and Negro leagues.
Nicknamed "Cortina" or "The Curtain" he played from the age of 19, from 1908 to 1931 with ...
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Armando Dacal
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Angel D'Meza
Angel D'Meza (1877-1954) was a Cuban baseball pitcher in the Cuban League. He played from 1902 to 1908 with several teams, including Fe, Almendares, San Francisco
San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City an ...
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Eusebio González
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Gervasio González
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Heliodoro Hidalgo
Heliodoro "Jabuco" Hidalgo (1881 – death date unknown) was a Cuban baseball center fielder in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. He played from 1901 to 1915 with several Cuban ballclubs. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame
The ...
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Armando Marsans
Armando Marsans Mendiondo (October 3, 1887 – September 3, 1960) 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 ...
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Emilio Palomino
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Esteban Prats
Esteban Prats was a Cuban baseball first baseman in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. He played from 1889 to 1909 with several teams, including the Almendares, Azul, All Cubans, Cuban Stars (West)
The Cuban Stars were a team of Cuban profess ...
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Carlos Royer
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Rogelio ValdésRogelio Valdés at Baseball-Reference
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References
External links
Franchise history at Seamheads.com
Defunct baseball teams in Cuba
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