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Bartolo Portuondo
Infielder
Born: (1893-08-24)August 24, 1893 La Habana, Cuba
Died: May 26, 1981(1981-05-26) (aged 87)
Batted: RightThrew: Right
Cuban League debut
1911/12, for the Havana Park
Last Negro leagues appearance
1927, for the Cuban Stars (East)
Teams
Havana Park (1911/12) Almendares Cubans (1915) San Francisco Park (1915/16) Cuban Stars (East) (1916, 1923–1927) White Sox (1916/17) Cuban Stars (West) (1917–1919) Almendares (1919/20–1920/21, 1922/23, 1925/26) Kansas City Monarchs (1920–1922) Habana (1923/24) Cuba (1926/27) Marianao (1926/27)

Bartolome "Bartolo" Portuondo (August 24, 1893 – May 26, 1981) was a Cuban professional baseball infielder in the Cuban League and the U.S. Negro leagues. In Cuba he played from 1911/12 to 1926/27 with several teams, most notably Almendares. His American career lasted from 1915 to 1927; he played for the Cuban Stars (East), Cuban Stars (West), and the Kansas City Monarchs, among other teams.

Portuondo's wife was a member of a wealthy white Cuban family. Their daughter Omara Portuondo became an internationally known singer.

References

1. ^ "Monarchs Here for a Series of Games with As" Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, Saturday, May 15, 1920, Page 9, Column 4
2. Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003). Who's Who In Cuban Baseball, 1878-1961. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-1503-7.
3. Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
4. Iván García (November 2, 2010). "In Cuba We Lack A Lot of Things, But We Have Omara Portuondo". TranslatingCuba.com. Retrieved 2014-01-30.

External links

• Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
• Negro League Baseball Players Association

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