Luis Bustamante (baseball) explained

Luis Bustamante
Position:Shortstop
Birth Date:1880
San Juan y Martínez, Cuba
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:Cuban League
Debutyear:1901
Debutteam:Almendares
Finalyear:1911
Finalteam:Fe club
Teams:
Hofcolor:blue
Hoflink:Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame
Hoftype:Cuban
Hofdate:1939

Luis "The Eel" Bustamante Anguilla (1880 – death date unknown) was a Cuban baseball shortstop in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. He played from 1901 to 1913 with several ballclubs. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.[1]

Bustamante played in the Negro leagues from 1904 to 1913, spending 1904 and 1906 with the Cuban X-Giants, 1904, 1905 and 1911 with the All Cubans, 1907 with the Brooklyn Royal Giants, and 1906 through 1913 with the Cuban Stars of Havana.[2]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Riley, James A. . The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues . registration . New York . Carroll & Graf . 1994 . 0-7867-0959-6 .
  2. Web site: Luis Bustamante . seamheads.com . October 12, 2020.