The Santurce Crabbers
The Santurce Crabbers

Author: Thomas E. Van Hyning

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-09-02

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1476614075

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The first owner of the Santurce Crabbers, Pedrin Zorrilla, was a visionary, with many Negro League and big league contacts (he signed up Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Ray Dandridge and Leon Day in the first decade). Santurce was the most successful winter league team of the 1950s, with three Caribbean Series titles. Roberto Clemente, Ruben Gomez, Willie Mays, Willard Brown and Bob Thurman played for the Crabbers. Tom Lasorda used to pitch for them. Santurce set up working agreements with the Giants, Orioles, Dodgers and Astros, among other teams. Earl Weaver and Frank Robinson were team managers; several Hall of Famers were early-career Crabbers. Orlando Cepeda and Tony (Tany) Perez played their entire winter league careers with Santurce.

The Santurce Crabbers
The Santurce Crabbers

Author: Thomas E. Van Hyning

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2008-09-09

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 0786438959

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The first owner of the Santurce Crabbers, Pedrin Zorrilla, was a visionary, with many Negro League and big league contacts (he signed up Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, Roy Campanella, Ray Dandridge and Leon Day in the first decade). Santurce was the most successful winter league team of the 1950s, with three Caribbean Series titles. Roberto Clemente, Ruben Gomez, Willie Mays, Willard Brown and Bob Thurman played for the Crabbers. Tom Lasorda used to pitch for them. Santurce set up working agreements with the Giants, Orioles, Dodgers and Astros, among other teams. Earl Weaver and Frank Robinson were team managers; several Hall of Famers were early-career Crabbers. Orlando Cepeda and Tony (Tany) Perez played their entire winter league careers with Santurce.

Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente

Author: David Fischer

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2004-07-08

Total Pages: 52

ISBN-13: 9780836854954

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Explores the life and career of the legendary athlete and humanitarian who became the first Latin American baseball player inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.

Black Baseball Out of Season
Black Baseball Out of Season

Author: William F. McNeil

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2015-05-07

Total Pages: 245

ISBN-13: 1476600627

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Negro League ballplayers, earning paychecks comparable to those of blue-collar workers, needed an off-season source of income to make ends meet. Many of them found the answer in baseball, by joining racially integrated barnstorming teams that toured the country after the regular season ended, or by playing in the organized winter leagues that operated in Florida, California, and several Caribbean and Central and South American countries. This history recounts the experiences of American black ballplayers outside of the Negro Leagues--often in places where a lack of prejudice contrasted sharply with conditions at home. Tracing the development of the game in each location and the unique character of each winter league, it details the contributions of the Negro League players and collects their statistics in each of the winter leagues.

Chronology of Latin Americans in Baseball, 1871-2015
Chronology of Latin Americans in Baseball, 1871-2015

Author: Lou Hernández

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2016-07-13

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1476622361

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This combination reference book and history covers the inroads and achievements made on professional ball fields by Latin American athletes, the Major Leagues' greatest international majority. Following an "on this date in Hispanic baseball history" format, the author takes a commemorative look at generations of players from Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America, from the earliest pioneers through the well-known stars of today. There are two appendices: first Latinos by franchise; and an extensive chronological listing of Latino milestones by country. The book is fully indexed by players, teams, ballparks, and other contributors to Latino baseball history.

Puerto Rico's Winter League
Puerto Rico's Winter League

Author: Thomas E. Van Hyning

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2004-04-05

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 9780786419708

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Since its inception in 1938, the Liga de Beisbol Professional de Puerto Rico has launched the careers of numerous island players, including Ruben Gomez, Jerry Morales, Orlando Cepeda, Vic Power, Ruben Sierra and the greatest of all Puerto Rican stars, Roberto Clemente. For many "imports," the league has been a stepping stone to major league stardom. In its early years, many of the league's stars came from the Negro Leagues: Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard, Monte Irvin and Roy Campanella were just a few of the African American stars who graced the Puerto Rican diamonds in the 1940s and early 1950s. The Santurce outfield of 1954 featured one of the finest outfields in baseball history: Clemente, Willie Mays, and Puerto Rican star Bob Thurman. Through the mid-1980s, many major league teams sent their up-and-coming stars to Puerto Rico for a final bit of seasoning--Cal Ripken, Jr., Tony Gwynn, Johnny Bench, Rickey Henderson, Phil Niekro, Hank Aaron and Robin Yount were among them. They played for such future league big league managers as Frank Robinson, Jim Fregosi and Kevin Kennedy, while the balls and strikes were called by Nestor Chylak, Doug Harvey, Dale Ford and many other future major league umpires.

The Last Yankee
The Last Yankee

Author: Society for American Baseball Research (Sabr)

Publisher:

Published: 1999-01-30

Total Pages: 120

ISBN-13: 9780910137775

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A collection of articles, essays, statistics, and lore on the game of baseball.

Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente

Author: Peter C. Bjarkman

Publisher: Facts On File

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 70

ISBN-13: 9780791011713

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A biography of the baseball superstar from Puerto Rico who, before his untimely death in a 1972 airplane crash, was noted for his achievements on and off the baseball field.

Roberto Clemente
Roberto Clemente

Author: Jennifer Strand

Publisher: ABDO

Published: 2016-08-15

Total Pages: 27

ISBN-13: 1680794213

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One of the first Latin Americans to play Major League Baseball, Roberto Clemente was a true trailblazer. Historic photos and easy-to-read text take readers into the athlete’s life. Zoom in even deeper with quick stats, a timeline, and bolded glossary terms. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Zoom is a division of ABDO.

Pride of Puerto Rico
Pride of Puerto Rico

Author: Paul Robert Walker

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 1991-02-21

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780152634209

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A biography of the baseball superstar from Puerto Rico who, before his untimely death in a 1972 airplane crash, was noted for his achievements on and off the baseball field.