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576:, the Cuban economy was depressed and its political situation in turmoil. The Cuban League played shortened seasons the winters of 1931/32, 1932/33, and 1934/35 with no American players, while failing to finish the 1932/33 season and skipping the 1933/34 season altogether. In 1935/36, the situation had finally improved enough to allow the teams to hire American players again. The league also expanded from three teams to four, restoring the Leopardos de Santa Clara under new owner Emilio de Armas. 735:(4–2), and Armando Torres (3–5). Castaño won the batting championship again, hitting .340, and Amaro hit .326. Sam Bankhead returned to the team and hit .321, leading the league in runs (41) and hits (67). The pennant race was a close one—Almendares won, leading Cienfuegos by two games and Santa Clara, which went 24–27, by four games. 613:. Wells hit .356 and, in addition to tying for the lead in hits, tied for the league lead in home runs with five. Perkins hit .323., Oms hit .311, third baseman Rafael Ruíz hit .301, and the team batting average was .294. The Leopardos easily won the championship with a 34–14 record, six games ahead of second-place Almendares. 714:
went 11–4, and Salazar went 6–2 while also playing first base and hitting .293. Castaño led the league in batting average, hitting .371, and his fellow outfielders Amaro and Vargas hit .366 and .333. Meanwhile, Dihigo, now pitching for Habana, led the league in wins and winning percentage with a 14–2
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at Almendares Park. The special season ran from January 19 through March 6, with each team playing 25 or 26 games. The reconfigured teams were more competitive and closely fought. Santa Clara won the championship by a very slim margin, with a 13–12 record that was just a half game ahead of Habana and
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separating them from the fourth-place team. Then, with the season half over, a dispute took place when the league refused to count Sunday games, taking away one of Santa Clara's wins. Santa Clara withdrew from the league in protest and forfeited their remaining games. Their record stood at 14–13, but
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with his teammate, Warfield, with six. Moore hit .386, Oms .381, Charleston .375; all of the team's regulars hit above .300 except for Warfield, who hit .296. The team batting average was .331, a Cuban League record. In pitching, Holland led the league in wins with 10, and in winning percentage with
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In 1940/41, Manuel García rejoined the pitching staff, while Americans Partlow, Smith, and Bankhead left. Torres went 8–7, Monteagudo went 6–4, and García went 4–5. Silvio García took over at second base and hit .314, but Castaño hit only .206. The Leopardos went 25–26, tied for second place, seven
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games out. Brown led the league in complete games with 14, and Griffith led in shutouts, with five. Bankhead led the league in batting average (.366), runs scored (47), hits (89), and RBIs (34), and tied with teammate/manager Salazar for the lead in triples (5). With four home runs, Brown tied for
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With three games left to play, Santa Clara had a three-game lead over Marianao, whom they faced in the final series at home in La Boulanger Park. The visiting Tigres swept the series and forced a playoff, with Dihigo pitching for Marianao on consecutive days and winning both games. The three-game
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For the 1924/25 season, most of the pitching staff from the previous season returned—Holland, Brown, Ryan, and Méndez—with Currie replaced by Sam Streeter. In the infield, Warfield and Marcelle returned to second base and third base, but Manuel Parrado replaced Douglass and Johnson at first, and
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from 1922 to 1925, from 1929 to 1930, and from 1935 to 1941. Although they competed for only 11 seasons, they won league championships in four regular seasons and in one "special season." According to Cuban League historian Jorge S. Figueredo, the 1923/24 team, which went 36–11 and won the
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Paige, in his autobiography, said he had to leave early because the mayor suspected him of throwing a game for gamblers; see Paige and Lipman 1993, p. 60. Paige's biographer, Larry Tye, reported a story in which Paige fled because of an amorous affair with a local woman; see Tye 2009, p.
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in 10 games and 15 or more runs three times. With attendance dropping as the championship fell out of reach for the other teams, the league officials stopped the season early and declared Santa Clara the champions. They would reorganize the teams and hold a second, special season called
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The season began on October 20, and the Leopardos won their first five games. They kept on winning; by December 14, they were 21–7, and at the end of the year, they were 29–10. By January 16, they had won their last six games and were 36–11 (a .766 winning percentage) and
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took over first base. Paige went 6–5 before leaving the team early under mysterious circumstances, Oms won the batting title again, hitting .380, and Suttles hit seven home runs, setting a Cuban League record. The team finished in second place with a 21–21 record,
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After four seasons of absence, the league restored the Santa Clara franchise in the 1929/30 season. Tinti Molina returned as manager, Warfield was back at second base, and Oms also returned to his hometown. The pitching staff featured the 23-year-old
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as the new player/manager; Salazar played first base and also pitched. Brown, Perkins, Castaño, and Amaro were brought back to the Leopardos, and Oms returned to the team after a year's absence. The team also added pitcher Bob Griffith and shortstop
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players from the United States. The team would play at La Boulanger Park, a small stadium with a capacity of fewer than 3,000 people. In an effort to draw from a regional fan base, they scheduled all of the team's home games on weekends.
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before giving up a three-run homer to Perkins in the ninth. Brown's extraordinary season was for naught, as Marianao won the championship. Santa Clara's final record was 37–32, with Brown accounting for more than half of their wins.
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games. Brown went 12–5, leading the league in winning percentage, and Griffith went 12–6; the two pitchers tied for the league lead in wins. Although Dihigo won 11 games, his Marianao team ended in third place,
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In 1935/36, MartĂ­n Dihigo returned to the Cuban League after several years playing elsewhere, and Emilio de Armas signed him to serve not only the Leopardos' manager, but also as their pitching ace, and as a
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as second baseman. Dihigo produced a memorable season, leading the league in many batting and pitching categories—batting average (.358), runs scored (42), hits (63, tied with Wells), triples (8),
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from the Negro leagues. Santa Clara won the pennant, going 44–18 (though nine of the victories represented games forfeited by Habana, which withdrew early). They led second place Almendares by
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For the special season, the league dropped the Marianao club and reassigned its better players to Habana and Almendares, while Santa Clara retained its players. All games took place in
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Charlie Williams replaced Moore at shortstop. In the outfield, Oms was back, but Charleston moved to Almendares and Mesa didn't play; their places were taken by Montalvo and
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games behind Almendares. The league reorganized for a special season held at the old stadium, Almendares Park, but the Santa Clara team was replaced by one from Marianao.
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playoff took place at La Tropical Stadium. Brown faced Dihigo in the first game and the Leopardos prevailed, 6–1. Marianao won the second game 4–2 behind the pitching of
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For 1923/24, the Leopardos loaded up with American Negro league talent. Linares and Molina brought back pitchers Holland, Brown, and Pedroso and added Americans
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Salazar, Brown, Gibson and GarcĂ­a did not return to the 1939/40 Leopardos, and their period of league dominance came to an end. Their pitching staff included
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in the center of the island. Santa Clara was the first Cuban League team to be located outside of metropolitan Havana since the Matanzas club folded in 1909.
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outfielder when he wasn't pitching. Long-time Santa Clara star, Alejandro Oms, returned to the team. The team signed American Negro leaguers Bill Perkins as
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games behind the champion Habana. It was the last season in the Cuban League for Santa Clara. The following season, the league contracted to three teams.
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controlled the league, owning both franchises. For the 1922/23 season, he set out to expand the league to four teams by establishing new teams in
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and second baseman Harry Williams, as MartĂ­nez moved to shortstop and Perkins returned as catcher. Oms did not play; the outfield featured
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The next season, Dihigo switched to the Marianao team. Rojo replaced him as manager, and Santa Clara brought in Negro league pitcher
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against Habana for his first win of the season. On December 16, again facing Habana, he pitched complete games in both ends of a
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In the fall of 1921, with a depressed economy and political instability, the Cuban League fielded only two teams,
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game lead. Attendance in Santa Clara was flagging. The league cut its losses and on January 11 moved the team to
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The 1922/23 season began on November 25. By January, the Leopardos were in the lead of a tight race, with only
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for the remainder of the season. The Santa Clara/Matanzas team finished in third place with a 20–28 record,
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Linares assigned his long-time associate, Tinti Molina, to organize and manage the team. As manager of the
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game out. Oms led the league in batting average, hitting .393, and Montalvo led in home runs with 5.
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The 1930/31 regular season lasted less than a week, and only five games were played. A new stadium,
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appearing for part of the season. By January, Almendares—which, in addition to Charleston, featured
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Figueredo 2003, pp. 196–197, 200–201, 203, 206; González Echevarría 1999, pp. 255–258, 273.
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Figueredo 2003, pp. 143–148; González Echevarría 1999, pp. 172–173; Heaphy 2003, p. 174.
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games ahead of second place Habana. They were winning by big scores, scoring 10 or more
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games, is "considered as the most dominant team in the history of Cuban baseball."
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joined the team and shattered Suttles' Cuban League home-run record, hitting 11
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The other teams in the league appeared to be competitive. Almendares featured
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During their existence, the Leopardos featured several of the biggest stars of
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in 163 at bats. Brown went 11–7 and led the league in complete games with 16,
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Figueredo 2003, pp. 212–214; González Echevarría 1999, pp. 274–275.
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Figueredo 2003, pp. 206–208; González Echevarría 1999, pp. 273–274.
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dropped to 14–40 after deducting 27 losses by forfeit. Charleston
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Figueredo 2003, pp. 150–151; González Echevarría 1999, pp. 176.
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Figueredo 2003, pp. 182–184; González Echevarría 1999, p. 185.
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Figueredo 2003, p. 148; González Echevarría 1999, pp. 177–178.
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2150: 2149: 2147: 2143: 2137: 2136:San Francisco 2134: 2132: 2129: 2127: 2124: 2122: 2119: 2117: 2114: 2112: 2109: 2107: 2104: 2102: 2099: 2098: 2096: 2092: 2086: 2083: 2081: 2078: 2076: 2073: 2071: 2068: 2066: 2065:San Francisco 2063: 2061: 2058: 2056: 2053: 2051: 2048: 2046: 2043: 2041: 2038: 2036: 2033: 2031: 2028: 2026: 2023: 2021: 2018: 2016: 2013: 2011: 2008: 2006: 2003: 2001: 1998: 1996: 1993: 1991: 1988: 1986: 1983: 1981: 1978: 1976: 1973: 1971: 1968: 1966: 1963: 1961: 1958: 1956: 1953: 1951: 1948: 1946: 1945:Aguila de Oro 1943: 1942: 1940: 1936: 1932: 1925: 1920: 1918: 1913: 1911: 1906: 1905: 1902: 1894: 1892:1-4000-6651-4 1888: 1884: 1879: 1875: 1873:0-8032-8732-1 1869: 1864: 1863: 1856: 1853: 1851:0-7864-1380-8 1847: 1843: 1838: 1835: 1833:0-19-514605-0 1829: 1825: 1821: 1817: 1814: 1812:0-7864-1250-X 1808: 1804: 1799: 1798: 1785: 1776: 1767: 1758: 1749: 1740: 1731: 1722: 1713: 1704: 1695: 1686: 1677: 1668: 1659: 1650: 1641: 1632: 1630: 1620: 1611: 1602: 1593: 1583: 1574: 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1005: 1003:Tinti Molina 1002: 999: 998: 995:Did not play 991: 990: 987: 985: 982: 979: 976: 961: 958: 955: 952: 949: 947:Tinti Molina 946: 943: 942: 939: 937: 934: 931: 928: 925: 922: 919: 916: 911:Tinti Molina 910: 907: 898: 895: 893: 890: 887: 884: 881: 878: 875: 872: 867:Tinti Molina 866: 862: 859: 857: 854: 851: 848: 845: 842: 839: 836: 833: 831:Tinti Molina 830: 827: 826: 823: 819: 816: 813: 811: 808: 806: 803: 801: 798: 796: 793: 791: 788: 786: 783: 780: 779: 759: 752: 748: 740: 736: 734: 730: 726: 716: 713: 709: 705: 701: 696: 694: 660: 655: 650: 647: 643: 642:Silvio GarcĂ­a 637: 635: 631: 627: 623: 619: 614: 612: 608: 604: 600: 596: 592: 588: 577: 575: 570: 554: 549: 547: 544:games behind 528: 524: 523:RamĂłn Bragaña 520: 519:Satchel Paige 514: 498: 480: 476: 472: 468: 467:Jelly Gardner 457: 454: 449: 446: 442: 438: 434: 430: 425: 423: 418: 398: 396: 392: 388: 384: 383:Merito Acosta 380: 376: 373: 369: 365: 364:Jacinto Calvo 361: 357: 353: 349: 345: 341: 340:RamĂłn Herrera 337: 333: 329: 325: 324:MartĂ­n Dihigo 321: 320:Bernardo BarĂł 317: 313: 308: 306: 302: 301:third baseman 298: 294: 291: 287: 286:Oscar Johnson 284: 283:first basemen 280: 276: 272: 268: 258: 256: 236: 234: 233:Felipe Sierra 230: 226: 222: 219: 215: 211: 208: 204: 200: 197: 193: 189: 185: 184:Alejandro Oms 180: 177: 173: 168: 166: 162: 158: 154: 150: 140: 138: 137:MartĂ­n Dihigo 134: 133:Alejandro Oms 130: 126: 125:Satchel Paige 122: 118: 113: 96: 92: 88: 85:professional 84: 80: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 50: 47: 44: 40: 37: 34: 30: 25: 20: 2029: 1882: 1861: 1841: 1823: 1802: 1784: 1775: 1766: 1757: 1748: 1739: 1730: 1721: 1712: 1703: 1694: 1685: 1676: 1667: 1658: 1649: 1640: 1619: 1610: 1601: 1592: 1582: 1573: 1564: 1555: 1546: 1537: 1528: 1519: 1510: 1501: 1478: 1469: 1460: 1451: 1397: 1392: 1387: 1380: 1375: 1370: 1367:(1922–1941) 1354:Post-season 1304:Post-season 1300:Tony Castaño 1295:Santos Amaro 905: 821: 750: 737: 733:Hilton Smith 722: 697: 659:Sam Bankhead 651: 638: 634:doubleheader 626:Tony Castaño 622:Santos Amaro 615: 595:Willie Wells 583: 571: 550: 527:Mule Suttles 515: 475:Bullet Rogan 463: 450: 437:stolen bases 426: 421: 399: 354:, shortstop 344:Adolfo Luque 332:Manuel Cueto 309: 264: 237: 199:Bill Holland 181: 176:Negro league 169: 157:Abel Linares 146: 119:, including 114: 95:Cuban League 78: 76: 36:Cuban League 1320:Julio Rojo 1152:Julio Rojo 906:Gran Premio 725:Roy Partlow 704:Josh Gibson 574:early 1930s 572:During the 429:statistical 422:Gran Premio 379:JosĂ© Acosta 352:Andy Cooper 312:Nip Winters 293:Dobie Moore 275:Pedro Dibut 271:JosĂ© MĂ©ndez 267:Rube Currie 229:MatĂ­as RĂ­os 129:Josh Gibson 27:Information 2220:Categories 1985:Cienfuegos 1950:Almendares 1795:References 1096:1931–1935 992:1925–1929 546:Cienfuegos 479:Biz Mackey 316:Dick Lundy 218:outfielder 207:infielders 203:Dave Brown 149:Almendares 2121:Eminencia 2111:Carmelita 2080:Ultimatum 2045:Orientals 2025:Habanista 1980:Carmelita 630:no-hitter 618:Ray Brown 477:, Luque, 290:shortstop 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Index

Cuban League
Santa Clara, Cuba
Cuban
baseball
Santa Clara, Cuba
Cuban League
Negro league baseball
Oscar Charleston
Satchel Paige
Josh Gibson
Alejandro Oms
MartĂ­n Dihigo
Almendares
Habana
Abel Linares
Marianao
Las Villas Province
Cuban Stars (West)
Negro league
Alejandro Oms
Caibarién
Sagua la Grande
pitchers
Bill Holland
Dave Brown
infielders
Frank Warfield
Oliver Marcelle
outfielder
Oscar Charleston

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