Ángel Aragón | |
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Third baseman | |
Born: Havana, Cuba | August 2, 1890|
Died: January 24, 1952 New York, New York | (aged 61)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
August 20, 1914, for the New York Yankees | |
Last MLB appearance | |
July 14, 1917, for the New York Yankees | |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .118 |
Home runs | 0 |
Runs batted in | 5 |
Teams | |
Ángel Aragón (August 2, 1890 — January 24, 1952) was a Cuban professional baseball player and father of Jack Aragon. Aragón spent his entire Major League Baseball career with the New York Yankees.[1] He played in the Cuban League from 1912 to 1920.[2] He was also the first Cuban and Latin American player to play for the Yankees.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Angel Aragon". Baseball-Reference. Retrieved July 11, 2008.
- ^ Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003), Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878–1961, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, pp. 98, 133, ISBN 078641250X
- ^ Wilson, Nick C. (2005). Early Latino Ballplayers in the United States: Major, Minor and Negro Leagues, 1901-1949. McFarland. ISBN 978-0-786420-12-4
External links
[edit]- Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com
- Baseball Reference (MLB)
- Baseball Reference (Minors)
- The Deadball Era (obituary)