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Oscar Rodríguez (baseball)
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, by 1961 it had honored 68 players, managers, and umpires whose names are shown on a marble plaque at Havana's Estadio Latinoamericano. After the revolution, however, the Hall of Fame languished for more than 50 years, seldom mentioned or acknowledged and with no new inductees. Following a campaign led by Cuban filmmaker Ian Padrón, a meeting was held on November 7–8, 2014 to reformulate the Hall of Fame and to propose a museum in which it would be housed. The reformulated Hall recognized the original 68 members, and a jury of 25 people selected 10 new inductees—five from the pre-revolution period and five representing for the first time the post-revolution Cuban National Series. The planned site for the new museum is in the José An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Latinoamericano
The Estadio Latinoamericano (English: ''Latin American Stadium'') is a stadium in Havana, Cuba. It is primarily used for baseball, and is the third largest baseball stadium in the world by capacity. The stadium, a spacious pitchers' park with prevailing winds blowing in and boasting a playing surface and lighting system of major-league quality, was built in 1946 as the top baseball park in Latin America. The stadium opened with the name Gran Estadio de La Habana, known to English-language sportswriters as Gran Stadium, surpassing La Tropical Stadium as the largest stadium in Havana. It was also referred to as the Estadio del Cerro, or more popularly, "The Colossus of Cerro" (), due to its location in the Cerro neighborhood. The Latinoamericano currently holds about 55,000 people. In 1999, it hosted an exhibition series between the Cuba national team and the Baltimore Orioles. History The stadium debuted on October 26, 1946, before a crowd of 31,000 fans for a clash bet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Bustamante (baseball)
Luis "the Eel" Bustamante Anguilla (1880 – death date unknown) was a Cuban professional baseball shortstop, third baseman and second baseman in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. He played from 1901 to 1913 with several ballclubs. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. Bustamante played in the Negro leagues from 1904 to 1913, spending 1904 and 1906 with the Cuban X-Giants, 1904, 1905 and 1911 with the All Cubans, 1907 with the Brooklyn Royal Giants, and 1906 through 1913 with the Cuban Stars (West), Cuban Stars of Havana. References External links 1880 births Date of birth unknown Year of death unknown Place of death unknown 19th-century baseball players 19th-century Cuban people 20th-century Cuban sportsmen All Cubans players Almendares (baseball) players Azul (baseball) players Baseball second basemen Baseball shortstops Baseball third basemen Brooklyn Royal Giants players Carmelita players Club Fé players Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame inductees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roberto González Echevarría
Roberto González Echevarría (born 1943) is a Cuban-born critic of Latin American literature and culture. He is the Sterling Professor of Hispanic and Comparative Literature at Yale University. Early life, education, and career González Echevarría was born in Sagua La Grande in 1943; his family moved to Havana when he was 13, and after the Cuban Revolution, his family emigrated to Tampa in the US, where relatives on his father's side had already moved. His mother was a PhD and teacher of philosophy. González Echevarría received his bachelor's from the University of South Florida in 1964, his master's from Indiana University in 1966, and a second master's and doctorate from Yale in 1970. After receiving his doctorate with a thesis titled '' 'Aproximación estructuralista a 'La vida es sueno,' ensayo de un método' '', González Echevarría taught at Yale and then at Cornell (1971-1977). Since 1977, he has taught at Yale, where he was awarded the first endowed chair in Span ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dolf Luque
Adolfo Domingo De Guzmán Luque (August 4, 1890 – July 3, 1957) was a Cuban starting pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB) from to . He spent 12 seasons of his career (1918–1929) with the Cincinnati Reds. Luque was not only the Hispanic and Latino athletes in American sports, first Latin American pitcher in MLB, but also the first to earn a World Series List of Major League Baseball career wins leaders, win (in 1919 World Series, 1919), and the first to lead the majors in wins, shutouts and earned run average (ERA). A native of Havana, Luque played winter baseball in the Cuban League from 1912 to 1945 and was also a long-time manager in the league, leading Almendares (baseball), Almendares to eight championships over 19 seasons. Along with his contemporary Mike González (catcher), Miguel Ángel González, he is considered one of the best Cuban baseball managers of all time. Additionally, he manager (baseball), managed in the Mexican League in all or parts of eight seasons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike González (catcher)
Miguel Ángel González Cordero (September 24, 1890 – February 19, 1977) was a Cuban catcher, coach and interim manager in Major League Baseball (MLB) during the first half of the 20th century. Along with Adolfo Luque, González was one of the first Cubans or Latin Americans to have a long career in the American major leagues. Born in Havana, González played winter league baseball in the Cuban League from 1910 to 1936 and was a long-time player-manager with Club Habana, which he led to 14 titles from 1914 to 1953. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955. In the U.S.: catcher, coach and manager González, a right-handed-hitting catcher, made his National League debut with the 1912 Boston Braves, playing only one game. During that time he played "Negro baseball" with integrated teams from Cuba, the Cuban Stars in 1911, 1912 and 1914, and the Long Branch Cubans in 1913. During his organized baseball career he also appeared with the New York Lincoln Giants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Rodríguez (infielder, Born 1894)
José Rodríguez (February 23, 1894 – January 21, 1953), nicknamed "Joseíto" or "El Hombre Goma" in Spanish and "Joe" in English, was a Cuban infielder who played in Major League Baseball from 1916 to 1918 and in the Cuban League from 1914 to 1939. In the majors, he played for the New York Giants and was primarily a second baseman, while in the Cuban League and the U.S. minor leagues he mostly played first base. A defensive specialist, according to Roberto González Echevarría, Rodríguez "was considered the best defensive first baseman in Cuba" of his time. He was also a long-time manager in the Cuban League and managed for one season in the minors. He was inducted into the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951. Baseball career United States José Rodríguez toured the United States with a Cuban team, the Habana Reds, in 1915 and was recruited by the New York Giants. He joined the Giants in spring training in 1916. News reports from spring training suggested that Rodriguez ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tinti Molina
José Agustín "Tinti" Molina Becerra (August 28, 1873 - January 10, 1961) was an American baseball catcher, first baseman and manager (baseball), manager in the Cuban League and Negro league baseball, Negro leagues. He played and managed from 1894 to 1931 with several ballclubs. He managed Almendares (baseball), Almendares, Habana (Cuban League), Habana, and the Cuban Stars (West). Molina was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1942. A native of Key West, Florida, Molina was the father of fellow Negro leaguer Guillermo Molina (baseball), Guillermo Molina. References External links * 1873 births 1961 deaths Sportspeople from Key West, Florida Cuban League players Negro league baseball managers Azul (baseball) players Almendares (baseball) players Cuban Stars (West) players Cuban X-Giants players Habana players San Francisco (baseball) players Baseball players from Monroe County, Florida Baseball catchers Baseball infielders American emigrants to Cuba Cuban ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Sabourín
Emilio Sabourín del Villar (c. 1854 – July 15, 1897) was a Cuban baseball second baseman and manager in the Cuban League and member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame. Life and career Sabourín organized the first baseball championship in Cuba's history on December 31, 1874, in Matanzas. In 1878, he helped organize the Habana club, which would go on to win the Cuban League's inaugural championship. Sabourín, who would eventually take over as manager, continued as a player with Habana through the 1887 season, as the club won-seven straight championships. Remaining Habana's manager, Sabourín acquired future Cuban Baseball Hall of Famers Valentín González and Carlos Royer from amateur clubs in an effort to restock the club after multiple desertions. By 1892, Habana had won their ninth championship in 11 years.Figueredo, p. 26. He fought in the Cuban War of Independence and was arrested by Spain in 1896 on charges of being implicated in the stealing of ammunition from the gov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martín Dihigo
Martín Magdaleno Dihigo Llanos (May 25, 1906 – May 20, 1971), nicknamed "the Immortal" and "the Maestro", was a Cuban pitcher, utility player, and manager. He played in the Negro leagues and Latin American winter leagues from 1923 to 1945 as a two-way player, predominantly as a pitcher and a second baseman, although he excelled at all nine positions and later as a manager. Debuting with the Cuban Stars in 1923, Dihigo spent most of his early career in the Negro leagues. He led the Eastern Colored League in home runs in 1926 and tied for the lead in 1927. He had successful stints with the Homestead Grays and Hilldale Giants, and signed with the New York Cubans as player manager in 1935. Dihigo spent much of his later playing career in the Mexican League, though he returned to the New York Cubans for the 1945 season. Dihigo was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977, the second Hispanic-born ballplayer to be inducted after Roberto Clemente. He also holds the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Marsans
Armando Marsans Mendiondo (October 3, 1887 – September 3, 1960) was a Cuban professional baseball outfielder, first baseman and manager in Major League Baseball (MLB), minor league baseball, the Negro leagues, the Cuban League and the Mexican League. He played and occasionally was a player-manager from 1904 to 1927, and then went on to manage in the Mexican League and the Florida International League for four seasons between 1945 and 1953. Mara and played in three different major leagues in his career: with the Cincinnati Reds in the National League (1911–1914), with the St. Louis Terriers in the Federal League (1914–1915), and with the St. Louis Browns and New York Yankees (1916–1918). Biography Marsans and Rafael Almeida debuted together with the Reds on July 4, 1911. They are sometimes named the first major league players born in Cuba, which is untrue since Havana-born Chick Pedroes played in the National League in 1902. (Cuban-born Steve Bellán played from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Almeida (baseball)
Rafael D. Almeida (July 30, 1887 – March 19, 1968) was a Cuban professional baseball third baseman from 1911 to 1913 with the Cincinnati Reds of Major League Baseball (MLB). Along with Armando Marsans, he was one of the first Cuban nationals to play in the National League when the two debuted with the Reds on July 4, 1911. Six years before debuting with Cincinnati, Almeida and Marsans both played Negro league baseball in the United States as members of the integrated All Cubans in 1905. He also played winter league baseball in the Cuban League from 1904 to 1925. After his professional career, Almeida managed the Vedado Tennis Club to several pennant victories in the Cuban Amateur League. He also acted as manager of the champion Cuba national baseball team at the 1930 Central American Games in Havana. Almeida was one of ten players 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball league composed of 30 teams, divided equally between the National League (baseball), National League (NL) and the American League (AL), with 29 in the United States and 1 in Canada. MLB is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada and is considered the premier professional baseball league in the world. Each team plays 162 games per season, with Opening Day traditionally held during the first week of April. Six teams in each league then advance to a four-round Major League Baseball postseason, postseason tournament in October, culminating in the World Series, a best-of-seven championship series between the two league champions first played in 1903. MLB is headquartered in Midtown Manhattan. Formed in 1876 and 1901, respectively, the NL and AL cemented their cooperation with the National Agreement in 1903, making MLB the oldest major professional sports league in the world. They remained le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
