“If two ride a horse, surely one goes back… (Yogi Berra)”
In this lockout period, which we hope will have a happy ending for the millionaires in litigation as quickly as possible, it has forced us to dust the yellowed pages of the Encyclopedias, Baseball Total and the “History of Hispanics in Baseball (1871-1998)” that its author Amauri-Pi González gave us in Los Angeles in 1982 through the Cuban narrator Ulpiano Coss Vila.
Adolfo LuqueCuba, was the first Latino pitcher to play in a World Series, in the 1919 Black Sox scandal. Luque pitched for the Cincinnati Reds team. He was also the first Latino pitcher to win the pitching lead. He did it in 1923 when he averaged a 1.93 ERA and won 27 games.
Venezuelan shortstop Luis Aparicio was the first Latino rookie of the year in the American League, which he achieved in 1956
The first Latin manager of a team of Big leagues it was the Cuban Miguel Ángel González, which he did partially in 1938 with the San Luis Cardinals, and again in 1940 also partially with the same team. The first full-time Latino manager was Cuban Preston Gómez in 1969, managing the San Diego Padres.
The first Latino to win a batting title was Mexican infielder Beto Ávila in 1954, in the American League, when he averaged .341 and managed to beat two strong opponents, Ted Williams, who did not have the required batting appearances (he averaged . 345) and Cuban Orestes Miñoso who hit .320.
The first Latino to win the batting crown in the National League was Puerto Rican Roberto Clemente, with an average of .351 in 1961. Clemente won four batting crowns, in 1964 (.339), 1965 (.329) and 1967 (.329). 357), which surpasses Cuban Tony Oliva, who was a three-time batting champion in the American League. In 1972 Clemente also became the first Latino to reach 3,000 hits.
Venezuelan Tony Armas was the first Latino to achieve a home run crown, which happened in 1981, hitting 22 homers and wearing the Oakland Athletics jersey. Armas repeated this leadership in 1984 and with 43 home runs.
In 1988, Cuban José Canseco became the first player to Big leagues in achieving 40 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a season.
Venezuelan shortstop Luis Aparicio was the first Latino rookie of the year in the American League, which he achieved in 1956, while Puerto Rican Orlando Cepeda was the first Latino with this merit in the National League, when he debuted in 1958 with the San Francisco Giants. Francisco.
The first Latino in an all-star game was Venezuelan shortstop Chico Carrasquel in 1951.
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In 1948, Pie Traynor and Herb Pennock are elected to the Hall of Fame.
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In 1988, the Baltimore Orioles traded third baseman Ray Knight to Detroit for pitcher Mark Thurmond.
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In 2003, the Veterans Committee elected Gil Hodges to the Cooperstown Hall of Fame.
