Merito Acosta
| Merito Acosta | |
|---|---|
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: May 19, 1896 Bauta, Cuba | |
| Died: November 17, 1963 (aged 67) Miami, Florida, U.S. | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| MLB debut | |
| June 5, 1913, for the Washington Senators | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| September 2, 1918, for the Philadelphia Athletics | |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .255 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| Runs batted in | 37 |
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| Teams | |
| Member of the Cuban | |
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| Induction | 1955 |
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Baldomero Pedro "Merito" Acosta Fernández (May 19, 1896 – November 17, 1963) was a Cuban outfielder in Major League Baseball who played five seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators.
Acosta played winter baseball in the Cuban League from 1913 to 1925 and was also a long-time manager and part-owner of the Havana Cubans.[1] In the 1918/19 season, Acosta made an unassisted triple play while playing center field. With the bases loaded, he sprinted in to catch the ball, then continued to touch second base before the runner could return and tagged the runner from first base.[2] In his first season as a manager, 1922/23, he led a brand new franchise, Marianao, to a championship. Acosta was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.[3]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference · Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com
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- 1896 births
- 1963 deaths
- Atlanta Crackers players
- Baltimore Orioles (International League) players
- Louisville Colonels (minor league) players
- Habana players
- Major League Baseball outfielders
- Major League Baseball players from Cuba
- 20th-century Cuban sportsmen
- Cuban expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Marianao players
- Minneapolis Millers (baseball) players
- Minor league baseball managers
- Philadelphia Athletics players
- Washington Senators (1901–1960) players
- People from Bauta, Cuba
- Baseball players from Artemisa Province
- Dayton Aviators players
- Cuban baseball biography stubs
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