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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 that played in the
Cuban Summer Championship Cuban may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to Cuba, a country in the Caribbean * Cubans, people from Cuba, or of Cuban descent ** Cuban exile, a person who left Cuba for political reasons, or a descendant thereof * Cuban citizen, a perso ...
in 1904. The club featured 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 ...
and were managed by
Alberto Azoy Alberto Azoy (died September 18, 1952) was a Cuban baseball manager in the Cuban League. He managed several teams, including Habana and Club Fé Club Fé were a Cuban baseball team in the Cuban League based in Havana. They played in 1882, 1885, f ...
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Notable players

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Alfredo Arcaño Alfredo Arcaño (1868 - death date unknown) was a Cuban baseball left fielder in the Cuban League. He played from 1888 to 1909 with several ballclubs, mostly with the Habana club. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1940. Career ...
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Julián Castillo Julián Castillo Calderón de la Barça (January 23, 1880 - December, 1948) was a Cuban baseball first baseman in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. Castillo played from 1899 to 1914 with several Cuban League ballclubs, including Almendares (bas ...
* Gervasio González * Valentín González * Carlos Morán *
Luis Padrón Luis "El Mulo" Padrón Otorena (ca. 1878 – 1939) was a Cuban baseball player in the Negro leagues and Cuban League. Padron played from 1902 to 1917 with several Cuban ballclubs, including Habana, San Francisco, Club Fé, San Francisco Par ...
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Rogelio Valdés Rogelio Valdés (1882 – death date unknown) was a Cuban baseball player in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. He played from 1899 to 1917 with several ballclubs, including Almendares, Habana, Cuban Stars (West), and the All Cubans. He was ele ...
Rogelio Valdés at Baseball-Reference
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References


External links


Franchise history at Seamheads.com
Defunct baseball teams in Cuba {{Cuba-baseball-team-stub