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The first sanctioned baseball game in the island was played on January 9, 1898, in Santurce, Puerto Rico, where two teams composed of Puerto Rican, American and Cuban players participated. [3] After this game, baseball became a widespread sport and professional and amateur leagues were organized.
Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico (290 P) P. Puerto Rican baseball players by populated place ...
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 .
Cepeda entered baseball from humble origins, growing up poor in Puerto Rico with a father who was a good baseball player, but unable to attempt an MLB career due to the color line.
Pedro Anibal Cepeda (January 31, 1905 – April 16, 1955), nicknamed "Perucho" and "the Bull", was a Puerto Rican baseball player who was considered one of the best players of his generation. Known the " Babe Cobb of Puerto Rico ", referring to his dominance as a hitter and his legendary hustle evocative of both Babe Ruth and Ty Cobb , Cepeda ...
Pedro Juan Feliciano Molina (August 25, 1976 – November 8, 2021) was a Puerto Rican baseball pitcher who played nine seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). Nicknamed "Perpetual Pedro", [1] he played for the New York Mets from 2002 to 2004, from 2006 to 2010, and in 2013, as well as in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in 2005.
Roberto Clemente Zabala (born August 17, 1965), better known as Roberto Clemente Jr., [1] is a baseball broadcaster and former professional baseball player from San Juan, Puerto Rico. He was born in the Santurce barrio. His father and namesake Roberto Clemente was the first Latin American player to compile 3,000 hits in Major League Baseball ...
The Cleveland Indians selected Rodríguez in the third round, with the 102nd pick, in the 2017 Major League Baseball draft. [ 2 ] He began the 2023 season with the Akron RubberDucks of the Double-A Eastern League and was promoted during the season to the Columbus Clippers of the Triple-A International League . [ 3 ]