Bernardo Baró
| Bernardo Baró | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
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Born: January 27, 1896 Cárdenas, Cuba | |||
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Died: June 1, 1930 (aged 34) Unknown | |||
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| Professional debut | |||
| 1915 for the Almendares (baseball) | |||
| Last professional appearance | |||
| 1928 for the Cuban Stars (East) | |||
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Bernardo Baró (February 27, 1896 – June 1930) was a Cuban professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and the Cuban League. Primarily an outfielder, he also played some games as a pitcher or an infielder. He played from 1913 to 1930 for the Cuban Stars (West), the Cuban Stars (East), and the Kansas City Monarchs.
Baró played winter baseball in the Cuban League from 1915 to 1929. He led the league in batting average in 1922/23 with an average of .401. He ranks fifth all-time in Cuban League career batting average with an average of .311. In 1945 he was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame.[2]
Notes
- ↑ "Cuban Stars Defeat St. Louis Giants, 9-6" St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri, July 8, 1920, Page 8
- ↑ Figueredo 2003, pp. 145, 484, 502, 508.
References
- Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003), Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878–1961, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, ISBN 0-7864-1250-X
- Negro League Baseball Museum
External links
- Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball-Reference (Negro leagues)