Early Latino Ballplayers in the United States

Major, Minor and Negro Leagues, 1901-1949

Nick C. Wilson (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2013
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-7506-3 (ISBN)

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From 1900 through the 1940s Latino baseball players suffered discrimination, poor accommodations, low pay and homesickness to play a game they loved. Those who were both talented and light-skinned enough to make it to the majors were mocked for being foreign. Those in the Negro Leagues were, like African American ballplayers, segregated and largely ignored by the public and major league scouts.

Building on the work of researchers who focused on the seasons and careers of these pioneer athletes, Nick Wilson draws on primary documents and interviews to round out our knowledge of the players as people.

Jose Mendez, Miguel Gonzalez, Luis Tiant, Sr., Martin Dihigo, Rodolfo Fernandez, Roberto Ortiz, Cristobal Torriente, Hiram Bithorn and Pedro "Preston" Gomez are only a few examples of the players included here.

Appendices on "Americans Who Positively Influenced Latin Migration" and "Latinos and the Washington Senators Spring Training Camps, 1939-1942" are included, along with 26 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index.

SABR member Nick C. Wilson conducts baseball interviews for the weekly newspaper La Voz Nueva de Colorado. He lives near Denver, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The 1900s (Julián Castillo and Luis Bustamante, José Méndez, Luís Castro,

Armando Cabañas, Eustaquio Pedroso, Luis Padrón, Alfredo Cabrera)

2. Armando Marsans and Rafael Almeida

3. The 1910s (Cristóbal Torriente, Emilio Palmero, Jacinto Calvo, Balmadero Acosta,

Manuel Cueto, José Acosta, José Rodríguez, Angel Aragón,

Oscar Tuero, Eusebio González)

4. Adolfo Luque

5. The 1920s (Martín Dihigo, Miguel González, Aberlardo Rodríguez, Alex Pompez,

Emilio Navarro, Augustín Daviú, Mero Urena and Juan Vargas)

6. The 1930s (Luis Tiant Sr., Mel Almada, Rodolfo Fernández, Roberto Estalella,

Santos Amaro, Roberto Ortiz)

7. The 1940s (Hiram Bithorn, Felix Delgado, Alex and Chico Carrasquel, Salvador

Hernández, Silvio García, Tomas de la Cruz, Pedro Preston Gómez)

Conclusion

Appendix A: Americans Who Influenced the Latin Migration

Appendix B: Washington Senators' Spring Training

Chapter Notes

Bibliography

Index

Zusatzinfo	26 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	367 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Spezielle Soziologien
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	0-7864-7506-4 / 0786475064
ISBN-13	978-0-7864-7506-3 / 9780786475063
Zustand	Neuware