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The Cuban team of 1939 was assembled on a somewhat "arbitrary" basis, according to Roberto González Echevarría. [1] There were no professional players from the Cuban League , in keeping with the tournament's amateur basis (though Adolfo Luque , manager of Almendares and formerly of the Cincinnati Reds , acted as an English-language ...
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. [1]
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. Although they competed for only 11 seasons, they won league championships in four regular seasons and in ...
Isidro Fabré Fontrodona (May 15, 1895 - death date unknown) was a Cuban professional baseball outfielder and pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1918 to 1939, mostly with the Cuban Stars (East). Fabré was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1956. [2]
On August 26, the Cincinnati Reds and the Brooklyn Dodgers played the first televised Major League Baseball game. Red Barber announced the game. In this year, the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame inducted its charter honorees, including José Méndez and Cristóbal Torriente.
Early baseball in Cuba, as in the United States, was an amateur sport first organized by gentlemen's athletic clubs. Games were played on Sundays and were typically preceded by a picnic and followed by a dance. [4] A unique feature of early Cuban baseball is that teams played with 10 players per side.
Manuel Cueto Melo (February 8, 1892 – June 29, 1942) was a Cuban Major League Baseball player. His professional career lasted from at least 1911, when he played for the Jacksonville Tarpons of the South Atlantic League until 1939, when he played professionally in the Canal Zone League in Panama.
Luis "El Mulo" Padrón Otorena (ca. 1878 – 1939) was a Cuban professional baseball corner outfielder, pitcher and third baseman 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 Park, and Almendares.