Javier Pérez (baseball)

Javier Pérez
Javier Pérez
	Middle infielder
	Born: February 3, 1902; San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba
	Died: Unknown; Unknown
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1933, for the Bacharach Giants
Last appearance
	1945, for the New York Cubans
Negro National League II statistics
Batting average	.270
Home runs	3
Runs batted in	102
Teams
	Bacharach Giants (1933–1934); Brooklyn Eagles (1935); New York Cubans (1935); Homestead Grays (1937–1938); New York Cubans (1942–1945);

Javier Francisco Pérez Larrinaga (February 3, 1902 – death unknown), nicknamed "Blue", was a Cuban professional baseball middle infielder in the Negro leagues during the 1930s and 1940s.

A native of San Antonio de los Baños, Cuba, Pérez made his Negro leagues debut in 1933 with the Bacharach Giants. He went on to play for the Brooklyn Eagles and Homestead Grays, and finished his career with a four-year stint with the New York Cubans from 1942 to 1945.^[1]^[2] In 1943, he was part of a rare triple play executed by New York against the Birmingham Black Barons at Rickwood Park.^[3]

References

^ "Javier Pérez". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
^ "Javier Perez". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
^ Hauser, Christopher (2006). The Negro Leagues Chronology: Events in Organized Black Baseball, 1920-1948. Jefferson, NC: McFarland. p. 132. ISBN 9781476608488.

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