Bernardo Baró

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Bernardo Baró
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Outfielder
Born: (1896-01-27)January 27, 1896
Cárdenas, Cuba
Died: June 1930
Unknown
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
debut
1915, for the Almendares
Last appearance
1929, for the Cuban Stars (East)
Teams
Member of the Cuban
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Induction1945

Bernardo Baró (February 27, 1896 – June 1930) was a Cuban professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and the Cuban League. Primarily an outfielder, he also played some games as a pitcher or an infielder. He played for the Cuban Stars (West) and the Cuban Stars (East) in the Negro leagues and Almendares, San Francisco Park and Habana in the Cuban League from 1915 to 1929.

Baró led the Cuban League in batting average in 1922/23 with an average of .401. He ranks fifth all-time in Cuban League career batting average with an average of .311. In 1945 he was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame.[2]

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References

  • Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003), Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878–1961, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, ISBN 0-7864-1250-X

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