Bartolo Portuondo

Bartolo Portuondo
Bartolo Portuondo
	Infielder
	Born: August 24, 1893; La Habana, Cuba
	Died: May 26, 1981 (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 (Cuban League baseball club) (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 (Cuban League baseball club) (1926/27); Marianao (Cuban League baseball club) (1926/27);

Bartolome "Bartolo" Portuondo (August 24, 1893 – May 26, 1981) was a Cuban 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]

References

"Monarchs Here for a Series of Games with As" Indianapolis Star, Indianapolis, IN, Saturday, May 15, 1920, Page 9, Column 4
Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003). Who's Who In Cuban Baseball, 1878-1961. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. ISBN 0-7864-1503-7.
Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
Iván García (November 2, 2010). "In Cuba We Lack A Lot of Things, But We Have Omara Portuondo". TranslatingCuba.com. Retrieved 2014-01-30.

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