Alfredo Arango (baseball)
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| Alfredo Arango | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder / Player-manager / Manager | |
| Born: Cuba | |
| Died: Unknown | |
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
| Cuban League debut | |
| 1885, for the Almendares | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1891, for the Habana | |
| Teams | |
| Member of the Cuban | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 1951 |
Alfredo Arango (birth date unknown – death date unknown) was a Cuban professional baseball outfielder, player-manager and manager in the Cuban League who played with Almendares from 1885 to 1887 and Habana in 1890–1891.[1]
Arango played in six games for Almendares in the 1885–1886 season, finishing with a .292 batting average.[2] In nine games in 1887, he hit .395.[3] Arango returned for a final Cuban League season in 1890 with Habana.[4]
He later played a role in the Cuban War of Independence.[5] In February 1895, he joined the independence movement in Havana, but was captured and sent to Spain. From there he escaped to Paris and joined Calixto García's forces.[6]
Arango was named to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.[7]
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