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Pedro Formental

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Pedro Formental
Outfielder
Born: (1915-04-19)April 19, 1915
Báguanos, Cuba
Died: September 15, 1992(1992-09-15) (aged 77)
Cleveland, Ohio
Negro leagues debut
1947, for the Memphis Red Sox
Last Negro leagues appearance
1947, for the Memphis Red Sox
Negro leagues[a] statistics
Batting average.280
Hits14
Home runs2
Runs batted in12
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams
Member of the Caribbean
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2006

Pedro Roberto Formental (April 19, 1915 – September 15, 1992) was a Cuban professional baseball outfielder in the Mexican League, Negro leagues and in the Cuban League. He played from 1943 to 1955 with several teams. He was selected to the Negro league East-West All-Star Game in 1949.

Formental holds several Cuban League career records, including home runs (54), runs scored (431), and runs batted in (362), as well as the single-season record for RBIs (57).[2] He also played in the 1951, 1952, and 1953 Caribbean Series.[3]

Notes

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  1. ^ On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared the Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, to be a "Major League".[1] Formental's statistics reflect his time in the Negro leagues in 1947.

References

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  1. ^ "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'". MLB.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
  2. ^ Bjarkman, Peter (1994). Baseball with a Latin Beat. pp. 414–15.
  3. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
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