Alfredo Arango
Cuban League debut
1885, for the Almendares
Last appearance
1891, for the Habana
Teams
Member of the Cuban
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1951

Alfredo Arango was a Cuban baseball player in the Cuban League who played with Almendares from 1885 to 1887 and Habana in 1890-1891.[1]

Arango played in six games for Almendares in the 1885-1886 season, finishing with a .292 batting average.[2] In nine games in 1887, he hit .395.[3] Arango returned for a final Cuban League season in 1890 with Habana.[4]

He later played a role in the Cuban War of Independence.[5] In February 1895, he joined the independence movement in Havana, but was captured and sent to Spain. From there he escaped to Paris and joined Calixto García's forces.[6]

Arango was named to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.[7]

References

  1. ^ Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003). Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878-1961. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-6425-8.
  2. ^ Figueredo 2003, p. 13.
  3. ^ Figueredo 2003, p. 16.
  4. ^ Figueredo 2003, p. 24.
  5. ^ Figueredo 2003, p. 33.
  6. ^ "Is Gen. Garcia in Cuba?". The Sun. 1896-03-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame". Seamheads.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.


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