Lorenzo Cabrera

Lorenzo Cabrera
First baseman
Born: (1920-04-30)30 April 1920
Cienfuegos, Las Villas, Cuba
Died: 1999 (aged 78–79)
Guanabacoa, Havana, Cuba
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
Negro National League debut
1947, for the New York Cubans
Last appearance
1956, for the Nogales Diablos Rojos
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Lorenzo Cabrera (30 April 1920 – 22 June 1999), nicknamed "Chiquitín", was a Cuban professional baseball player. He played between 1947 and 1956.[1] Born in Cienfuegos, Cuba on 30 April 1920,[1] Cabrera died in 1999.[2]

Career

Cuban League

Cabrera played eleven seasons in the Cuban League making his debut in the 1942–43 season with Almendares, where he only had one at bat in one game. He did not play for the next three seasons, returning to play with Marianao in the 1946–47 season. He led the league in hits in 1950–51 with 88. In 1953–54 he played for Marianao and Habana. The next season he played with Habana and Cienfuegos. He did not play in 1955–56 and last played in 1956–57 for Cienfuegos.[3]

Negro leagues

Cabrera made his Negro leagues debut in 1947 for the New York Cubans, where he played five seasons until 1950.[4]

Mexican League

In 1950, Cabrera played for the Diablos Rojos del México of the Mexican League, winning the batting championship with a .355 batting average.[5][6]

Career statistics

Cuban League

Season Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BA
1942–43Almendares110000000.000
1946–47Marianao281131428210102.248
1947–48Marianao47170184351082.253
1948–49Marianao6120720651141185.314
1949–50Marianao6322726751650316.330
1950–51Marianao7025736881241296.342
1951–52Marianao5520523611251211.298
1952–53Marianao6424532771624322.314
1953–54Marianao / Habana7129141921535333.316
1954–55Habana / Cienfuegos5718925561050171.296
1956–57Cienfuegos241001131200111.310
Total (11 seasons)541200524661610301221029.307

Source:[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lorenzo Cabrera Negro League Statistics & History". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved June 17, 2012.
  2. ↑ Goenaga, Juan A. Martínez de Osaba (May 23, 2019). Racismo y béisbol cubano. RUTH. p. 3. ISBN 9789590620553 – via Google Books.
  3. 1 2 Figueredo, Jorge S. (1 August 2015). Who's Who in Cuban Baseball, 1878-1961. McFarland & Company. p. 396. ISBN 978-0786482641.
  4. ↑ "Cabrera, Lorenzo" (PDF). Negro Southern League Museum Research Center. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
  5. ↑ "Llegó ayer Chiquitín Cabrera". El Informador (in Spanish). 4 April 1950. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  6. ↑ Cruz, Gabriel (13 July 2019). "Campeón de bateo de la LMB, asignatura pendiente para Diablos Rojos". El Universal (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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