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Location of Puerto Rico's main island (green) Puerto Rico currently has the fourth-most active players in Major League Baseball (MLB) among Latin American jurisdictions, behind the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Cuba. [1] More than three hundred players from the archipelago have played in the major leagues since 1926.
Pages in category "Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 290 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Puerto Rican Winter League, known officially as the Puerto Rican Professional Baseball League, was created in 1938 and Cepeda was one of the first Latin American players who was signed to a contract. In the first four years of the Puerto Rican League's existence, he was its leading hitter, collecting 293 hits in 713 at bats for a .411 average.
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He was elected to the Puerto Rico Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame in 2004. [2] The Senate of Puerto Rico presented him with Resolution #1026 in recognition of his contributions to baseball on June 7, 2005. [5] On December 29, 2006, Navarro was inducted into the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame.
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Luis Aguayo Muriel (born March 13, 1959) is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball infielder and coach, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies, New York Yankees, and Cleveland Indians.
John Robert Candelaria (born November 6, 1953) is a Puerto Rican-American former Major League Baseball pitcher.Nicknamed "the Candy Man", he played in MLB during the years 1975–1993 for eight teams, the Pittsburgh Pirates, California Angels, New York Mets, New York Yankees, Montreal Expos, Minnesota Twins, Toronto Blue Jays, and the Los Angeles Dodgers.