Joaquín "Chano" García (1903 – death date unknown) was a Cuban

infielder An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. ...

in the

Negro leagues The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be ...

and

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 ...

in the 1920s. A native of Caibarién, Cuba, García made his

debut in 1926 with the

Bacharach Giants The Bacharach Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Founding The club was founded when two African-American politicians moved the Duval Giants of Jacksonville, Florida, to Atlantic City in 1916 an ...

, and played in all 11 games of the

1926 Colored World Series The 1926 Colored World Series was the championship tournament for the 1926 season of Negro league baseball. It was the third overall Series played. It matched the Chicago American Giants, champions of the Negro National League (1920–1931), and t ...

for the Bacharach club. The following season, he played for the

Lincoln Giants The Lincoln Giants were a Negro league baseball team based in New York City from 1911 through 1930. Founding The Lincoln Giants can trace their origins back to the Nebraska Indians, of Lincoln, Nebraska, from the 1890s. According to Sol White ...

. García also played in the

for the Almendares club.

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1903 births Date of birth missing Year of death missing Place of death missing Almendares (baseball) players Bacharach Giants players New York Lincoln Giants players Cuban baseball players Baseball infielders People from Caibarién Sportspeople from Villa Clara Province {{negro-league-baseball-infielder-stub