Al Cabrera
From BR Bullpen
Alfredo A. Cabrera
- Bats Unknown, Throws Right
[edit] Biographical Information
Shortstop Al Cabrera played his one and only major league game on May 16, 1913. He went a disappointing 0-2 at the plate in that game. From 1901-20, Cabrera was a regular in the Cuban Winter League and he also managed there later in the 1920s.
He was also in the minors for eight years, playing for teams in the Northeast.
An article in Sporting Life, April 22, 1916, indicated there were 16 Cubans playing minor or major league baseball in the U.S., of which Cabrera was one. He was generally called Alfredo in the press.
[edit] Miscellaneous
Cabrera made history as he became the first Spanish-born major leaguer: the Canary Islands were, and are, part of Spain. Further, since the islands are off the coast of Africa (not Europe), he can be considered the only African-born major leaguer, at least through 2009.
