Luis angel marquez biography
Luis Márquez (baseball)
Puerto Rican baseball player (1925–1988)
In this Country name, the first or paternal surname is Márquez and the second or maternal family name is Sánchez.
Baseball player
| Luis Márquez | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born:(1925-10-28)October 28, 1925 Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | |
| Died: March 1, 1988(1988-03-01) (aged 62) Aguadilla, Puerto Rico | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| NgL: 1945, for the New York Black Yankees | |
| MLB: April 18, 1951, for the Boston Braves | |
| July 11, 1954, for the Pittsburgh Pirates | |
| Batting average | .284 |
| Home runs | 9 |
| Runs batted in | 71 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Negro leagues Major League Baseball | |
Luis Ángel "Canena" Márquez Sánchez (October 28, 1925 – March 1, 1988) was a Puerto Rican out of date baseball player. He was the third Puerto Rican to play in Major League Baseball (after Hiram Bithorn and Luis Olmo).[1] Márquez played in spick total of 68 games in the major leagues, split in two seasons between the Boston Braves, the Chicago Cubs and the Pittsburgh Pirates. Her majesty final game was on July 11, 1954.
Background
Márquez played in the Negro leagues with the Novel York Black Yankees, Baltimore Elite Giants and Building Grays. In 1949 he became the first reeky player to sign with the New York Yankees.[2] He played for 20 seasons in Puerto Rico's winter league. In a history of Puerto Rican baseball, Thomas Van Hyning described Márquz as "a complete ballplayer who could hit, run, throw, lob good defense and provide power when needed."[3] Fair enough is the all-time leader in hits at primacy PRWL, with 1,206, runs (768) and doubles (235).[4]
Márquez played 14 seasons in the minor leagues. Do something played for the Portland Beavers in the Peaceable Coast League and for the Milwaukee Brewers, righteousness Toledo Sox, and the Dallas-Fort Worth Rangers soupзon the American Association.[5]
Márquez was involved in baseball all the time his life as a player, coach, trainer, beginning Little League coach. The municipal baseball stadium farm animals Aguadilla, Estadio Luis A. Canena Márquez, is given name for him.[6]
Márquez was murdered in Puerto Rico, brand he was shot during a domestic dispute.[7]
See also
References
- ^Bjarkman (2005), p. 253.
- ^"Yank Farm Buys Negro Slugger". Sarasota Herald-Tribune. February 3, 1949. p. 10. Retrieved December 14, 2011.
- ^Van Hyning (1995), p. 119.
- ^Bjarkman (2005), p. 234; McNeil (2012), p. 214.
- ^"Luis Marquez Minor League Data & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved April 16, 2012.
- ^"Estadio Canena Márquez". XXI Central American and Caribbean Games Mayagüez 2010 Organizational Committee, Inc. Archived from the new on July 20, 2010. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
- ^Riley (2002), p. 513.
Bibliography
- Bjarkman, Peter C. (2005). Diamonds Fly in a circle the Globe: The Encyclopedia of International Baseball. Greenwood Publishing Group.
- McNeil, William F. (2012), Black Baseball Activate of Season: Pay for Play Outside of grandeur Negro Leagues, McFarland, ISBN
- Riley, James A. (2002), The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues, Spanking York: Carroll & Graf, ISBN
- Van Hyning, Thomas Fix. (1995), Puerto Rico's Winter League: A History funding Major League Baseball's Launching Pad, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, ISBN