SABR Digital Library: Puerto Rico and Baseball

Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies
Edited by Bill Nowlin and Edwin Fernández
Associate Editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
Publication Date: June 22, 2017
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-943816-53-8, $39.95
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-943816-52-1, $9.99
8.5″ x 11″, 430 pages
Baseball in Puerto Rico has a long history, dating back to the nineteenth century and now extending into the twenty-first. As of the end of 2016, there have been 323 players born in Puerto Rico or descended from Puerto Rican natives who have played in the major leagues. But there are thousands of Puerto Rican professional players who have played in the Caribbean and other professional leagues, including the minor leagues in the United States.
As one might imagine from the title, Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies contains 60 biographies of players — but it also has two “ballpark bios” and an article on major-league games played in Puerto Rico, both spring training exhibition games and several regular-season games from the time when “Los Expos” included San Juan as their home base.
This SABR Digital Library book highlights some of the pioneers who played in the Negro Leagues before the color line was broken, right up through Ivan Rodriguez, elected in 2017 to the National Baseball Hall of Fame. In reading this book you will get to know Perucho, who was compared with Ty Cobb and called the Babe Ruth of Puerto Rico; why Pancho Coimbre was considered one of the best hitters; the story of the great Roberto Clemente; who was “el Divino Loco,” the first pitcher to win a major-league game on the Pacific Coast; who was “El Jibaro”; and even the great achievements of the man who was possibly the most complete catcher who ever stepped on a diamond.
This book also represents the collaborative efforts of 46 authors and editors from the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR).
- E-book: Click here to purchase the e-book version of Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies for $9.99 from the SABR Store. Available in PDF, MOBI, and EPUB/Kindle formats.
- Paperback: Get the paperback edition of Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies from the SABR Store ($44.95 includes shipping/tax).

Puerto Rico y el Béisbol: 60 Biografias
Edited by Bill Nowlin and Edwin Fernández
Associate Editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
Publication Date: June 22, 2017
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-943816-53-8, $39.95
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-943816-52-1, $9.99
8.5″ x 11″, 430 pages
En español!
- Libro electrónico: Haga clic aquí para descargar Puerto Rico y el Béisbol: 60 Biografias en español de forma gratuita desde la tienda SABR.
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Below: Find player biographies from SABR’s Puerto Rico and Baseball
Biographies
Major League Baseball in Puerto Rico
A commemorative envelope marking the 2001 Opening Day series between the Toronto Blue Jays and Texas Rangers at San Juan’s Hiram Bithorn Stadium. (Courtesy of Mark Souder)
Click here to read “Major League Baseball in Puerto Rico,” by Mark Souder
Contributors: Jane Allen-Quevedo, Mark Armour, Jonathan Arnold, Thomas J. Brown Jr., Justin Omar Cabrera, Alan Cohen, Jorge Colón-Delgado, Rory Costello, Richard Cuicchi, Scott Cummings, Scott Dominiak, Kyle Eaton, Rob Edelman, Amy Essington, Charles F. Faber, Edwin Fernández, Joseph Gerard, Gary Gillette, Irv Goldfarb, Emily Hawks, Tom Hawthorn, Jane Schupmann Hewitt, Paul Hofmann, Chuck Johnson, William H. “Bill” Johnson, Chris Jones, Norm King, Bob LeMoine, Len Levin, Bill Nowlin, Daniel Potter, Carl Riechers, Rick Schabowski, Steven Schmitt, Richard Smiley, Mark Souder, Mark S. Sternman, Stew Thornley, Adam J. Ulrey, Thomas E. Van Hyning, Marlene Vogelsang, John Vorperian, Joseph Wancho, Steve West, and Brian P. Wood.

