Bernardo Baró Explained

Bernardo Baró
Position:Outfielder
Bats:Left
Throws:Left
Birth Date:1896 1, mf=yes
Birth Place:Cárdenas, Cuba
Death Place:Cuba
Debutleague:Negro leagues
Debutyear:1916
Debutteam:Cuban Stars (East)
Finalleague:Negro leagues
Finalyear:1929
Finalteam:Cuban Stars (East)
Statleague:Negro leagues
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.311
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:16
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:205
Stat4label:Win–loss record
Stat4value:2–5
Stat5label:Earned run average
Stat5value:5.60
Stat6label:Strikeouts
Stat6value:26
Teams:
Hofcolor:blue
Hoflink:Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame
Hoftype:Cuban
Hofdate:1945

Bernardo Baró (February 27, 1896 – June 10, 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.

External links

and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball / Cuban League stats and Seamheads

Notes and References

  1. http://negroleagues.bravehost.com/pdf/000006.pdf "Cuban Stars Defeat St. Louis Giants, 9-6" St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri, July 8, 1920, Page 8