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Jack Calvo

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Jack Calvo
Outfielder
Born: (1894-06-11)June 11, 1894
Havana, Cuba
Died: June 15, 1965(1965-06-15) (aged 71)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
MLB debut
May 9, 1913, for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
June 28, 1920, for the Washington Senators
MLB statistics
Batting average.161
Home runs1
Runs batted in4
Teams
Member of the Cuban
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1948

Jacinto "Jack" Calvo González (June 11, 1894 – June 15, 1965) was born Jacinto Del Calvo in Havana, Cuba. He was an outfielder for the Washington Senators in 1913 and 1920. He played in 34 games, had 56 at bats, 10 runs, 9 hits, 1 triple, 1 home run, 4 RBIs, 3 walks, a .161 batting average, a .203 on-base percentage, a .250 slugging percentage, 67 total bases and 19 sacrifices. He died in Miami, Florida.

Calvo played Negro league baseball with the integrated Long Branch Cubans in 1913 and 1915 but most of his baseball career was in Cuba. He was the younger brother of fellow Negro leaguer Tomás Calvo. Calvo played winter baseball in the Cuban League from 1913 to 1927 and was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1948.[1]

Notes

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  1. ^ Figueredo 2003, pp. 485, 508.

References

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  • Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003), Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878–1961, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, ISBN 0-7864-1250-X
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