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Author Lou Hernandez has written an excellent book on Latin American Baseball. The book “The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961” covers the Cuban, Dominican, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian, Puerto Rican and Venezuelan leagues. The book is available online.
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Cubans in Baseball Halls of Fame
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 The Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame began to induct members in 1939. It continued to do so even with all the political turmoil that has befallen Cuban Baseball. The Federacion de Peloteros Profesionales Cubanos en el Exilio continued elections of members after the end of professionalism in Cuba. For a complete list of members inducted from 1939 to 2007 visit the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame pages.
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 The Cuban Sports Hall of Fame (Salon de la Fama del Deporte Cubano), founded by Sports Editor Marino Martinez, has incorporated the members of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame and taken up the task of selecting new members representing amateur baseball players from Cuba. On February 8, 2009 the latest group of baseball players were selected to join the Cuban Sports Hall of Fame. For a complete list of members visit my Cuban Sports Hall of Fame page.
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 Cuban Baseball players are members of the Baseball and Sports Hall of Fame of several different Nations, including the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, the Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame, the Caribbean Series Hall of Fame, and the Venezuelan Hall of Fame. For example, the great Martin Dihigo is enshrined in the U.S. National Baseball Hall of Fame, Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame, Mexican Baseball Hall of Fame, and Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum Hall of Fame. Martin Dihigo HOF page. Other Cubans are members of Team Hall of Fames.
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 The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum: In 2006, a special Negro League ballot was voted on with Jose Mendez, Cristobal Torriente, and Alex Pompez being enshrined. In the year 2000 ballot Tony Perez, a 1997 member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame, was selected to join Martin Dihigo, 1977, in the National Baseball Hall of Fame. Tony was the behind the scenes leader of the Big Red Machine (Cincinnati Reds) that dominated the baseball scene of the 1970's. Tony's stats speak for themselves. He collected 379 HR and 1652 RBI in a career that spanned 23 years. Tony Perez HOF page
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 Rafael "Felo" Ramírez, the Cuban-born Spanish radio voice of the Florida Marlins has been named the 2001 recipient of the National Baseball Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award given to an outstanding broadcaster each year. He joins fellow Latin American and former Cuban League broadcaster Buck Canel (1985) as winners of the award. Rafael "Felo" Ramirez HOF page
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The Caribbean Series Hall of Fame was founded in 1996. The following is a list of Cubans inducted into the hall: Camilo Pascual (1996); Hector Rodriguez and Tony Perez (1998); Edmundo Amoros (1999); Orlando Peña (2000); Felo Ramirez (2003); Diego Segui (2004); Minnie Miñoso and Armando Rodriguez - Umpire (2005); and Pedro Formental (2006).
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Latin American Baseball Hall of Fame Museum The $15 million Latin hall museum opened in San Juan, Puerto Rico, during the 2003 Caribbean Series championship. The Museum will feature memorabilia from Cubans Martin Dihigo, Tony Oliva and Orestes Miñoso. During ceremonies held earlier that year Rafael "Felo" Ramirez was honored.
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The Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum was founded in 1999 in San Francisco, California. On August 15, 2001 the Museum presented the First Annual Orlando Cepeda Lifetime Achievement Awards to Rafael "Felo" Ramirez and Tony Perez. Others inducted include: Minnie Miñoso, Tito Fuentes, Luis Tiant, and Rene Cardenas (2002); Cookie Rojas and Preston Gomez (2003); Tony Taylor and Amaury Pi-Gonzalez (2004); Bert Campaneris and Diego Segui (2006); and Negro League Stars Martin Dihigo, Jose Mendez, Cristobal Torriente, and Alex Pompez. See complete list of members of the HHBM Hall of Fame.
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