Luis Bustamante (baseball)

Luis "The Eel" Bustamante Anguilla (1880 – death date unknown) was a Cuban baseball shortstop in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. He played from 1901 to 1913 with several ballclubs. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939.[1]

Luis Bustamante
Shortstop
Born: 1880
San Juan y Martínez, Cuba
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Cuban League debut
1901, for the Almendares
Last appearance
1911, for the Fe club
Teams
Member of the Cuban
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1939

Bustamante played in the Negro leagues from 1904 to 1913, spending 1904 and 1906 with the Cuban X-Giants, 1904, 1905 and 1911 with the All Cubans, 1907 with the Brooklyn Royal Giants, and 1906 through 1913 with the Cuban Stars of Havana.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  2. ^ "Luis Bustamante". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 12, 2020.
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