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Luis Padrón

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In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Padrón and the second or maternal family name is Otorena.
Luis Padrón
Pitcher/Infielder/Outfielder
Born: 1878
Matanzas, Cuba
Died: 1939
Cuba
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Cuban League debut
1902, for the Habana
Last appearance
1916, for the Jersey City/Poughkeepsie Cubans
Member of the Cuban
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1943

Luis "El Mulo" Padrón Otorena (ca. 1878 – 1939) was a Cuban baseball player in the Negro leagues and Cuban League.

Padron played from 1902 to 1917 with several Cuban ballclubs, including Habana, San Francisco, Club Fé, San Francisco Park, and Almendares. He played in the Negro leagues in 1909 and 1911 for the Cuban Stars (West), and in 1915 and 1916 for the Long Branch/Jersey City/Poughkeepsie Cubans.

Padron also played in the Minor leagues, playing in the South Atlantic League, Connecticut State League, Illinois–Indiana–Iowa League, Ohio–Pennsylvania League, New York–New Jersey League, and the Atlantic League.[1]

He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1943.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Luis Padrón's minor league statistics at Baseball-Reference
  2. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
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