Juan Violá (1883–1919) was a Cuban baseball player in the Cuban League, Negro leagues and the

minor leagues Minor leagues are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. Minor league teams tend to play in smaller, less elaborate venues, often competing in smaller cities/markets. This term is used in Nor ...

. He played from 1902 to 1915 with several ballclubs, including Almendares, the Habana club, the

Long Branch Cubans The Long Branch Cubans (also known as the Newark Cubans and the Jersey City Cubans) were a professional baseball team that played from 1913 to 1916. It was the first U.S. minor league baseball team composed almost entirely of Cubans. Figueredo 20 ...

, and the Jacksonville Jays. He was elected to the

Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame The Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame (''Salón de la Fama del Béisbol Cubano'') is a hall of fame that honors eminent baseball players from Cuban baseball. Established in 1939 to honor players, managers, and umpires in the pre-revolution Cuban League ...

in 1953.

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1883 births 1919 deaths Cuban baseball players Cuban League players Almendares (baseball) players Jacksonville Jays players Long Branch Cubans players Matanzas players Augusta Tourists players Jacksonville Tarpons players Nashville Vols players Habana players {{Cuba-baseball-bio-stub