Pelayo Chacón

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Pelayo Chacón

Shortstop/Manager
Born: September 22, 1888 Cuba
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Cuban League:
Teams
Club Fe (1908, 1910-1912) Almendares (1908-1909, 1915) Azul (1908) Havana Park (1911) Habana (1912) Cuban Stars (West) (1914-1916)^[1] New York Cuban Stars (1917-1919) Hilldale Club (1920) Cuban Stars (East) (1920-1931)^[2] Gilkerson's Union Giants (1928) Cuban House of David (1931)
Career highlights and awards
Member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame

Pelayo "Cortina" Chacón (born September 22, 1888 - death date unknown) was a Cuban baseball shortstop and manager in the Cuban League and Negro leagues.

Nicknamed "Cortina" or "The Curtain" he played from the age of 19, from 1908 to 1931 with several clubs, including Almendares, Azul, Club Fé, Habana, Cuban House of David, the New York Cubans, and the Cuban Stars (East). Chacón also managed the New York Cubans from 1916 to 1919 where he also played shortstop.^[1]

When the Negro National League formed in 1920, Chacón played for the Hilldale Club, then moved to the Cuban Stars (East) where he played most of the rest of his career.

It appears he played his final games at the age of 42 for the Cuban House of David baseball team.

He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949.

References

External links

Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)

Members of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame

Persondata
Name	Chacón, Pelayo
Alternative names
Short description	Negro League Baseball player
Date of birth	September 22, 1888
Place of birth	Cuba
Date of death	1888
Place of death

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