Emilio Sabourín

Emilio Sabourín del Villar (c. 1854 – July 15, 1897) was a Cuban baseball second baseman and manager in the Cuban League and member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame.

Emilio Sabourín
Second baseman/Manager
Born: c. 1854
Died: July 15, 1897 in Ceuta, Spain
Batted: Unknown
Threw: Unknown
Member of the Cuban
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1941

Life and career

Sabourín organized the first baseball championship in Cuba's history on December 31, 1874 in Matanzas.[1] In 1878, he helped organize the Habana club,[2] which would go on to win the Cuban League's inaugural championship.[3][4] Sabourín, who would eventually take over as manager, continued as a player with Habana through the 1887 season, as the club won-seven straight championships.[5] Remaining Habana's manager, Sabourín acquired future Cuban Baseball Hall of Famers Valentín González and Carlos Royer from amateur clubs in an effort to restock the club after multiple desertions.[6] By 1892, Habana had won their ninth championship in 11 years.[7]

He fought in the Cuban War of Independence and was arrested by Spain in 1896 on charges of being implicated in the stealing of ammunition from the government. While serving a 12-year (or 22-year) sentence, Sabourín died in 1897 in a prison in Ceuta, North Africa.[8][9] He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1941.[10]

References
  1. Calvo, Dana; Cazares, David (March 28, 1999). "Baseball game, music festival are revolutionary for Cubans". Chicago Tribune. p. 72. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Cosas Del Antes de Ayer". El Miami Herald. November 11, 1977. p. 16. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Miranda, Fausto (November 17, 1978). "100 Años de Baseball". El Miami Herald. p. 12. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003). Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878-1961. McFarland & Company. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7864-6425-8.
  5. Figueredo, p. 16.
  6. Figueredo, p. 23.
  7. Figueredo, p. 26.
  8. "Latest from Cuba". The Berkshire Eagle. July 29, 1897. p. 4. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Perez, Louis A. (1994). "Between Baseball and Bullfighting: The Quest for Nationality in Cuba, 1868-1898". The Journal of American History. 81 (2): 513–514. JSTOR 2081169.
  10. Miranda, Fausto (February 13, 1983). "Lectura dominical: Salón de la Fama". El Miami Herald. p. 19. Retrieved February 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.


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