The Rise of the Latin American Baseball Leagues, 1947-1961: Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Puerto Rico and Venezuela

by Lou Hernández

Book Overview

Major League Baseball today would be unrecognizable without the large number of Latin American players and managers filling its ranks. Their strong influence on the sport can trace its beginnings to professional leagues established south of the border and in the Caribbean nations in the 1940s. This narrative history of Latin American baseball leagues during the 1940s and 1950s provides an in-depth, year-by-year chronicle of seasonal leagues in...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786463848
• ISBN13: 9780786463848
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 412 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.0" x 9.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher