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Taal
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Society for American Baseball Research
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Society for American Baseball Research
Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies
SABR Digital Library, #49
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Society for American Baseball Research
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Baseball
in
Puerto
Rico
has
a
long
history,
dating
back
to
the
nineteenth
century
and
now
extending
into
the
twenty-first.
As
of
the
end
of
2016,
there
have
been
323
players
born
in
Puerto
Rico
or
descended
from
Puerto
Rican
natives
who
have
played
in
the
major
leagues.
But
there
are
thousands
of
Puerto
Rican
professional
players
who
have
played
in
the
Caribbean
and
other
professional
leagues,
including
the
minor
leagues
in
the
United
States.As
one
might
imagine
from
the
title,
Puerto
Rico
and
Baseball:
60
Biographies
contains
60
biographies
of
players
—
but
it
also
has
two
"ballpark
bios"
and
an
article
on
major-league
games
played
in
Puerto
Rico,
both
spring
training
exhibition
games
and
several
regular-season
games
from
the
time
when
"Los
Expos"
included
San
Juan
as
their
home
base.This
book
highlights
some
of
the
pioneers
who
played
in
the
Negro
Leagues
before
the
color
line
was
broken,
right
up
through
Ivan
Rodriguez,
elected
in
2017
to
the
National
Baseball
Hall
of
Fame.
In
reading
this
book
you
will
get
to
know
Perucho,
who
was
compared
with
Ty
Cobb
and
called
the
Babe
Ruth
of
Puerto
Rico;
why
Pancho
Coimbre
was
considered
one
of
the
best
hitters;
the
story
of
the
great
Roberto
Clemente;
who
was
"el
Divino
Loco,"
the
first
pitcher
to
win
a
major-league
game
on
the
Pacific
Coast;
who
was
"El
Jibaro";
and
even
the
great
achievements
of
the
man
who
was
possibly
the
most
complete
catcher
who
ever
stepped
on
a
diamond.This
book
also
represents
the
collaborative
efforts
of
46
authors
and
editors
from
the
Society
for
American
Baseball
Research (SABR).
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