Armando Marsans
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Armando Marsans
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- Height 5' 10", Weight 157 lb.
- Debut July 4, 1911
- Final Game July 13, 1918
- Born October 3, 1887 in Matanzas, Cuba
- Died September 3, 1960 in Havana, Cuba
[edit] Biographical Information
Armando Marsans played eight seasons in major league baseball, during the Deadball Era, accumulating 2,273 at-bats. In 1912, he was in the top ten in batting average. A centerfielder, he was a teammate of Harvard Eddie Grant in Cincinnati and George Sisler in St. Louis. He was the first Cuban-born player to get 500 at-bats in the big leagues, followed shortly thereafter by Dolf Luque and Mike Gonzalez.
He was the Reds' Opening Day clean-up hitter in 1912 and 1914.
He was the first Cuban to manage in Organized Baseball, leading the Elmira Colonels in 1924. He is the all-time stolen base leader in the history of the Cuban Winter League, with 135, 23 more than Cristobal Torriente.
Sources include Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History by Jorge Figueredo
[edit] Related Sites
- His picture can be found here: [1]
