Inception and early years of the league .281938.E2.80.931940.29 Baseball in Puerto Rico

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hiram bithorn stadium in san juan. named after first puerto rican ever play in major leagues, hiram bithorn


.the first puerto rican players play in u.s. major league baseball, hiram bithorn , luis olmo, active in rosters of san juan , caguas. bithorn became youngest manager in league s history, named position in 1938 @ age of 22. enrique huyke served manager mayagüez less month, because team‘s owner threatened remove entry if did not take office. 1 of main figures of league in stage negro leagues’ veteran, emilio navarro.


in 1939-40 season, cangrejeros de santurce (santurce crabbers) , tiburones de aguadilla (aguadilla sharks) joined original teams. on january 8, 1939, humacao , san juan played 18-inning game lasted 4 hours, establishing record.


between 1938 , 1941, lbspr part of national semi-professional baseball congress, titleholder guayama facing champions of congress’ united states branch in best-of-seven series in 1939, defeated duncan cementers, , again in 1940.


in 1939-40, perucho cepeda won league s batting championship on josh gibson, managed win following season. criollos de caguas won first championship in 1940/41, defeating cangrejeros in final series. santurce s luis cabrera last player win lbspr’ valuable player award.


in october, 1940, hall of fame pitcher satchel paige arrived in puerto rico, 4 weeks after start of 1939/40 winter season. joined brujos de guayama (guayama witch doctors), featured shortstop perucho cepeda , outfielder tetelo vargas. on november 5, paige pitched shut out against rival santurce, featured player-manager josh gibson, lopsided score of 23 0.


in december game against mayagüez, paige set league record striking out 17 batters. ended season 19–3 record, 1.93 era, , 208 strikeouts in 205 innings. 19 wins , 208 strikeouts set single-season league records, have never been broken. paige helped team win league championship playoff series, winning 2 games against san juan senadores. paige went on win league‘s valuable player award in 1940. town of guayama known santería, palo (religion), , other spiritualist religious practices. in legendary game in guayama, paige walked off mound, because saw ghost standing next him.








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