
Aquino Abreu
Aquino Abreu was a diminutive righty who pitched for a decade…

Rafael Almeida
“Wish we had him. He is not colored.”1
Those were the…

Santos Amaro
As of 2012, four families had sent three generations of players…

Sandy Amorós
On October 4, 1955, outfielder Edmundo Amorós helped “Next…

Rudy Arias
Rodolfo Arias’s professional baseball career as a left-handed…

Joe Azcue
Joe Azcue caught just shy of 1,000 major-league baseball games…

Sigfredo Barros
“There is no baseball off-season in Cuba,” declares Sigfredo…

Ed Bauta
From 1960 through 1964, Cuban righty Ed Bauta pitched in one…

Steve Bellán
Esteban Bellán was a pioneer. In 1871, the half-Irish Cuban…
Ramon Bragaña
During a wide-randing 30-year career, in which he pitched and…
Bert Campaneris
Bert Campaneris had a distinguished 20-year major-league career…

José Canseco
Perhaps no other player in major-league history has been blessed…

Jose Cardenal
José Cardenal, one of the last Cuban baseball players to leave…

Paul Casanova
Paulino Casanova — known to English speakers simply as Paul…

Jorge Comellas
Jorge Comellas didn’t impress during his brief stint in the…

Sandy Consuegra
A glorious, romantic, and competitive era of Cuban amateur baseball…

Mike Cuellar
Mike Cuellar was a four-time 20-game winner for the Baltimore…

Tommy de la Cruz
“And in no field of American endeavor is invention more rampant…

Martin Dihigo
A league pennant was squarely on the line under the brutal Mexican…

Bobby Estalella
Estalella was a pudgy, happy-go-lucky sort of a guy who struck…

Pedro Formental
An injury brought Pedro Formental north to make his debut in…

Mike Fornieles
One of a long line of Cuban players to pass through the Washington…

Barbaro Garbey
To the casual baseball fan Barbaro Garbey was not unlike thousands…