Merito Acosta
PositionOutfielder
BatsLeft
ThrowsLeft
Birth dateMay 19, 1896
Birth placeBauta, Cuba
Death dateNovember 17, 1963 (aged 67)
Death placeMiami, Florida, U.S.
DebutleagueMLB
DebutdateJune 5
Debutyear1913
DebutteamWashington Senators
FinalleagueMLB
FinaldateSeptember 2
Finalyear1918
FinalteamPhiladelphia Athletics
StatleagueMLB
Stat1labelBatting average
Stat1value.255
Stat2labelHome runs
Stat2value0
Stat3labelRuns batted in
Stat3value37
Teams
Hofcolorblue
HoflinkCuban Baseball Hall of Fame
HoftypeCuban
Hofdate1955

Baldomero Pedro "Merito" Acosta Fernández (May 19, 1896 – November 17, 1963) was a Cuban outfielder in Major League Baseball who played five seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators.

Acosta played winter baseball in the Cuban League from 1913 to 1925 and was also a long-time manager and part-owner of the Havana Cubans.[1] In the 1918/19 season, Acosta made an unassisted triple play while playing center field. With the bases loaded, he sprinted in to catch the ball, then continued to touch second base before the runner could return and tagged the runner from first base.[2] In his first season as a manager, 1922/23, he led a brand new franchise, Marianao, to a championship. Acosta was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.[3]

Notes

  1. ^ Figueredo 2003, pp. 143, 255, 269, 484.
  2. ^ Figueredo 2003, p. 126.
  3. ^ Figueredo 2003, pp. 143, 509.

References

  • Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003), Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878–1961, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, ISBN 0-7864-1250-X.