Hiram Bithorn
Puerto Rican baseball player (1916-1951) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Hiram Gabriel Bithorn Sosa (March 18, 1916 – December 29, 1951) was a professional right-handed pitcher who became the first baseball player from Puerto Rico to play in Major League Baseball.[1][2]
In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Bithorn and the second or maternal family name is Sosa.
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Hiram Bithorn | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: March 18, 1916 Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico | |
Died: December 29, 1951(1951-12-29) (aged 35) Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
MLB debut | |
April 15, 1942, for the Chicago Cubs | |
Last MLB appearance | |
May 4, 1947, for the Chicago White Sox | |
MLB statistics | |
Win–loss record | 34–31 |
Earned run average | 3.16 |
Strikeouts | 185 |
Teams | |
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Standing 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) and weighing about 200 pounds (90 kg), Bithorn was a hard-throwing pitcher who commanded attention when he began his delivery with a distinctive windup, raising his long left leg high in the air and throwing a blazing fastball toward home plate.[1]