Luis Padrón

Luis Padrón
Pitcher/Infielder/Outfielder
Born: 1878
Matanzas, Cuba
Died: 1939
Cuba
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Cuban League debut
1902, for the Habana
Last appearance
1916, for the Jersey City/Poughkeepsie Cubans
Career highlights and awards

Luis "El Mulo" Padrón Otorena (ca. 1878 1939) was a Cuban baseball player in the Cuban League. He played from 1902 to 1917 with several Cuban ballclubs, including Almendares, the Fe club and Habana.

Padron also played in the Minor leagues, playing in the South Atlantic League, Connecticut State League, Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League, Ohio–Pennsylvania League, New York–New Jersey League, and the Atlantic League.[1]

He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1943.[2]

References

  1. Luis Padrón's minor league statistics at Baseball-Reference
  2. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.


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