Bartolo Portuondo

Bartolo Portuondo
Infielder
Born: (1893-08-24)August 24, 1893 La Habana, Cuba
Died: May 26, 1981(1981-05-26) (aged 87)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Cuban League debut
1911/12, for the Havana Park
Last Negro leagues appearance
1927, for the Cuban Stars (East)
Teams
Havana Park (1911/12) Almendares Cubans (1915) San Francisco Park (1915/16) Cuban Stars (East) (1916, 1923–1927) White Sox (1916/17) Cuban Stars (West) (1917–1919) [1] Almendares (1919/20–1920/21, 1922/23, 1925/26) Kansas City Monarchs (1920–1922) [1] Habana (1923/24) Cuba (1926/27) Marianao (1926/27)

Bartolome Portuondo (August 24, 1893 – May 26, 1981) was a Cuban professional baseball infielder in the Cuban League and the U.S. Negro leagues. In Cuba he played from 1911/12 to 1926/27 with several teams, most notably Almendares.^[2] His American career lasted from 1915 to 1927; he played for the Cuban Stars (East), Cuban Stars (West), and the Kansas City Monarchs, among other teams.^[3]

Portuondo's wife was a member of a wealthy white Cuban family. Their daughter Omara Portuondo became an internationally known singer.^[4]