Jorge Colón Delgado wins 2026 Eduardo Valero Award from SABR Latino Baseball Committee
MAY 27, 2026 — SABR’s Latino Baseball Research Committee is proud to present the 2026 Eduardo Valero Award to researcher and writer Jorge Colón Delgado.
Over the past year, Colón Delgado has been a valued contributor to La Prensa del Béisbol Latino, the official newsletter for the Latino Baseball Committee, writing on numerous topics in Puerto Rican baseball history.
He currently serves as the official historian for the Roberto Clemente Puerto Rican Baseball League, or the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC). He has written seven books and created two short films on the history of baseball. Colón Delgado had an active role in the restructuring and coordination of voting for the Puerto Rico Pro Baseball Hall of Fame. He is also the editor and collaborator for the website negroleaguerspuertorico.com, and the editor for beisbol101.com.
Eduardo Valero, a San Juan native, was a baseball writer in Puerto Rico for decades, presiding over two Sportswriters Associations on the island. He was elected to the Puerto Rican Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame, as well as the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame. At the time of his death in 2006, Valero had been the last of the baseball writers alive who attended the first Caribbean Baseball Series in Havana in 1949. He chaired the SABR Latin American Baseball Committee from 1993 to 2006.
Colón Delgado will be honored during the Latino Baseball Committee meeting during SABR’s 54th annual convention in Cleveland, Ohio this summer.
Originally published: May 27, 2026. Last Updated: May 26, 2026.