Manuel Villa

Cuban baseball player
Baseball player
Manuel Villa
Second baseman / outfielder
Born: March 24, 1889
Havana, Cuba
Died: Unknown
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro leagues debut
1909, for the Cuban Stars
Last Negro leagues appearance
1922, for the Cuban Stars (West)
Negro leagues[a] statistics
Batting average.259
Home runs1
Runs batted in30
Teams
  • Cuban Stars / Stars of Cuba / Cuban Stars of Havana / Cuban Stars (West) (1909–1916, 1918–1919)
  • All-Cubans (1921)
  • Cuban Stars (West) (1922)
Member of the Cuban
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1949

Manuel Villa Campos (born March 24, 1889 - death date unknown) was a Cuban baseball second baseman and outfielder in the Cuban League and the Negro leagues. He played from 1907 to 1922 with several ballclubs, including Almendares, Matanzas, Club Fé, Carmelita, the Habana club, the All Cubans, and the Cuban Stars (West). He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949.

Notes

  1. ^ On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared the Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, to be a "Major League".[1] Villa's statistics reflect his time in the Negro leagues from 1922, the final year of his career.

References

  1. ^ "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'". MLB.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2023.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
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