Luis Villodas | |
Position: | Catcher |
Birth Date: | January 4, 1918 |
Birth Place: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
Death Place: | Ponce, Puerto Rico |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | Negro league baseball |
Debutyear: | 1946 |
Debutteam: | Baltimore Elite Giants |
Finalyear: | 1947 |
Finalteam: | Baltimore Elite Giants |
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Luis Villodas Ramírez (January 4, 1918 - August 21, 1994), nicknamed "King Kong", was a Puerto Rican catcher in the Negro leagues in 1946 and 1947.
A native of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Villodas made his Negro leagues debut in 1946 for the Baltimore Elite Giants, and played for Baltimore again in 1947.[1] He went on to play in the minor leagues for the Albuquerque Dukes and Abilene Blue Sox through the 1955 season.[2] Villodas was inducted into the Puerto Rican Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993, and died in Ponce in 1994 at age 76.
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