Bartolo Portuondo

Cuban baseball player
Baseball player
Bartolo Portuondo
Infielder
Born: (1893-08-24)August 24, 1893
La Habana, Cuba
Died: May 26, 1981(1981-05-26) (aged 87)
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Cuban League debut
1911/12, for the Havana Park
Last Negro leagues appearance
1927, for the Cuban Stars (East)
Teams
  • Havana Park (1911/12)
  • Almendares Cubans (1915)
  • San Francisco Park (1915/16)
  • Cuban Stars (East) (1916, 1923–1927)
  • White Sox (1916/17)
  • Cuban Stars (West) (1917–1919) [1]
  • Almendares (1919/20–1920/21, 1922/23, 1925/26)
  • Kansas City Monarchs (1920–1922) [1]
  • Habana (1923/24)
  • Cuba (1926/27)
  • Marianao (1926/27)

Bartolome "Bartolo" Portuondo (August 24, 1893 – May 26, 1981) was a Cuban baseball infielder in the Cuban League and the U.S. Negro leagues. In Cuba he played from 1911/12 to 1926/27 with several teams, most notably Almendares.[2] His American career lasted from 1915 to 1927; he played for the Cuban Stars (East), Cuban Stars (West), and the Kansas City Monarchs, among other teams.[3]

Portuondo's wife was a member of a wealthy white Cuban family. Their daughter Omara Portuondo became an internationally known singer.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Monarchs Here for a Series of Games with As" Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, Saturday, May 15, 1920, Page 9, Column 4
  2. ^ Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003). Who's Who In Cuban Baseball, 1878-1961. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-1503-7.
  3. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  4. ^ Iván García (November 2, 2010). "In Cuba We Lack A Lot of Things, But We Have Omara Portuondo". TranslatingCuba.com. Retrieved 2014-01-30.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
  • Negro League Baseball Players Association
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