Bernardo Baró
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.
| Bernardo Baró | |||
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| Outfielder | |||
| Born: January 27, 1896 Cárdenas, Cuba | |||
| Died: June 1, 1930 (aged 34) Unknown | |||
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| debut | |||
| 1915, for the Almendares (baseball) | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| 1928, for the Cuban Stars (East) | |||
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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)
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