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Hiram Gabriel Bithorn Sosa (March 18, 1916 – December 29, 1951) was a professional right-handed pitcher who became the first baseball player from Puerto Rico to play in Major League Baseball. [ 1 ] [ 2 ]
Hiram Bithorn Stadium (Spanish: Estadio Hiram Bithorn) is a baseball park in San Juan, Puerto Rico, built in 1962 and designed by Puerto Rican architect Pedro Miranda. [1] The stadium is home to the Cangrejeros de Santurce of the Puerto Rican Baseball League (LBPRC), and briefly was home to Major League Baseball 's Montreal Expos during their ...
Hiram Bithorn Stadium: 20,000 Carlos Colón vs. Harley Race: CSP: Carlos Colón & El Santo vs. Rebelde Rojo & Barrabás February 1, 1975: Bayamón, Puerto Rico: Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium: 18,000 Carlos Colón and El Santo vs. Rebelde Rojo and Barrabás CSP: Carlos Colón vs. Pampero Firpo August 5, 1979: San Juan, Puerto Rico: Hiram Bithorn ...
Puerto Rico won the silver medal on both 2013 and 2017 classics. The Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico hosted 22 Montreal Expos home games in 2003, after the league decided to relocate the team to San Juan as part of an experiment to "globalize" baseball. [12] During the series there was an average attendance of 14,222. [13]
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in 1941, Hiram Bithorn was the first Puerto Rican to ever play major league baseball. The world took notice in 1943, when Bithorn went 18–12 with an earned run average of 2.60, and completed 19 of his 30 starts. He also led the league in shutouts (seven), setting a record for Puerto Rican pitchers that stands to ...
The first Puerto Rican players to play in Major League Baseball, Hiram Bithorn and Luis Olmo, were active in the rosters of San Juan and Caguas. Bithorn became the youngest manager in the league's history, receiving the office when he was 22 years old. [ 9 ]
Actor Hiram Kasten, who made his mark in stand-up comedy and network TV shows like "Seinfeld," died in western New York after a prolonged illness, his family said Sunday. Kasten was 71 when he ...
The Vaqueros won league pennants in the 1974–75, 1975–76, 1979–80 and 2001–02 seasons, winning the championship in its inaugural season and the right to represent Puerto Rico in the 1975 Caribbean Series, which was held at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico.