Steve Bellán

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Esteban Enrique Bellán born Estevan B. Bellan

• Bats Unknown, Throws Unknown
• Height 5' 8", Weight 154 lb.

• Debut May 9, 1871
• Born October 1, 1849 in Cuba
• Died August 8, 1932 in Havana, Cuba

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Steve Bellán was the first Cuban-born (and Latin American) player to play in Major League Baseball. Before the National Association was founded in 1871, he played for Fordham University, the Unions of Morrisania, and the Troy Haymakers in their amateur days. Eventually he went back to Cuba to become a player-manager there.

His picture can be found here: cubanball.com/pioneers.html

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