Carlos Lavezzari Rivera (September 18, 1911 – July 27, 2003) was a Puerto Rican
infielder
An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field.
Standard arrangement of positions
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in the
Negro leagues between 1939 and 1944.
A native of
Santurce, Puerto Rico, Rivera made his Negro leagues debut in 1939 with the
Baltimore Elite Giants
The Baltimore Elite Giants were a professional baseball team that played in the Negro league baseball, Negro leagues from to . The team was established by Tom Wilson (Negro baseball), Thomas T. Wilson, in Nashville, Tennessee as the semi-pro Nash ...
. He went on to play for the
New York Cubans and
New York Black Yankees
The New York Black Yankees were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New York City; Paterson, New Jersey; and Rochester, New York. Beginning as the independent Harlem Stars, the team was renamed the New York Black Yankees in 1932 and ...
.
Rivera died in
New York, New York
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in 2003 at age 91.
References
External links
an
Seamheads* Carlos 'Charlie' Rivera a
Negro League Baseball Players Association
1911 births
2003 deaths
Baltimore Elite Giants players
New York Black Yankees players
New York Cubans players
Sportspeople from Santurce, Puerto Rico
Baseball players from San Juan, Puerto Rico
Puerto Rican baseball players
Baseball infielders
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