Teodoro Manuel Parrado (1894 – death unknown) was a Cuban

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in the

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and the

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in the 1920s. A native of

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, Parrado made his Negro leagues debut in 1921 with the

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, and played for the club again in 1922. In the winter of 1922–23, he played for the

Leopardos de Santa Clara The Leopardos de Santa Clara (Spanish, 'Santa Clara Leopards') were a Cuban professional baseball team based in Santa Clara, Cuba. Founded in 1922, they played in the Cuban League from 1922 to 1925, from 1929 to 1930, and from 1935 to 1941. Althou ...

of the

, and in 1924 he played minor league baseball for the

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. Parrado finished his career with the

Cuban Stars (East) The Cuban Stars (East) were a team of professional baseball players from Cuba and other Latin American countries who competed in the Negro leagues in the eastern United States from 1916 to 1933. They generally were a traveling team that played onl ...

in 1927.

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