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13-863: Pablo Garcia may refer to: Sports [ edit ] Pablo García (baseball) (1923–1997), Cuban professional baseball player Pablo García (basketball) (born 1946), Cuban basketball player Pablo García (footballer, born 1977) , Uruguayan football defensive midfielder Pablo García (footballer, born 1985) , Spanish footballer Pablo García (footballer, born 1999) , Uruguayan football midfielder Pablo García (footballer, born 2000) , Spanish football left back Pablo García (luger) (born 1967), Spanish luger Others [ edit ] Pablo García Baena (1921–2018), Spanish poet Pablo Marcano García (born 1952), Puerto Rican painter Pablo García Pérez de Lara (born 1970), Spanish filmmaker Pablo García (musician) (born 1976), Spanish guitarist and member of

26-492: A line drive hitter with a good bat speed, García also was a smart, aggressive baserunner with decent range, good hands and arm strength at third base and corner outfield spots. García played sandlot ball during his childhood, starting to play in the early 1940s in a semi-professional baseball club based in Trinidad , a tiny town in the province of Sancti Spíritus , central Cuba. At 23, García debuted professionally with

39-522: A team which featured players as Roberto Clemente , Buster Clarkson , Willie Mays , Bob Thurman , and Series' MVP Don Zimmer . For his part, García led the Magallanes offensive in the tournament, hitting .500 (6-for-12), including one double, a pair of triples, six RBI, three runs and a .917 slugging in part-time duties, while leading the Series in slugging and tying with teammate George Wilson for

52-443: The 1954–1955 season, dividing his playing time between Santa Marta BBC and Magallanes. He hit a combined .350 with 29 runs driven in and slugged .496 in 38 games during the two trips. As the league champion, Magallanes represented Venezuela in the 1955 Caribbean Series . The Venezuelan team finished in second place with a 4-2 record and was responsible for the only defeat suffered by Puerto Rico 's champion Cangrejeros de Santurce ,

65-482: The age of 74, after suffering a heart attack . Cienfuegos (Cuban League baseball club) Cienfuegos , also known as Elefantes de Cienfuegos , was a Cuban baseball team that played in the old Cuban League , which existed from 1878 to 1961. Although representing the south coast city of Cienfuegos , the team played their home games in Havana . Cienfuegos won five Cuban League championships (including in 1960–61,

78-471: The band WarCry Pablo P. Garcia (1925–2021), Filipino politician Pablo John Garcia (born 1967), his son, Filipino politician Pablo García Cejas (born 1982), Uruguayan serial killer See also [ edit ] Juan Pablo García (born 1981), Mexican footballer Juan Pablo García (racing driver) (born 1987), Mexican racing driver [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles about people with

91-480: The last season of the league) and two Caribbean Series (in 1956 and 1960 ). Cienfuegos first participated in the Cuban Professional League championship during the 1926–27 season. Cienfuegos did not play in the 1927–28 season, contending again from 1928 to 1929 through 1930–31. After eight long years of absence, Cienfuegos reappeared in the 1939–40 tournament. In the 1949–50 season, the team

104-427: The league with 27 doubles. He also enjoyed a good season in 1951, hitting .320 (103-for-326), while leading the league in doubles (28) and triples (11). Overall, García sported a .306/.417/.446 slash line with 556 runs, 467 RBI, and 114 stolen bases in 778 games. A long time resident of Monterrey, Mexico , García retired in 1956 and returned to Cuba three years later. He died in 1997 in his homeland of Ranchuelo, at

117-581: The legendary Habana BBC of the Cuban Winter League in 1946, playing for them five and a half seasons, before joining the Elefantes de Cienfuegos (1950–1954) and Alacranes del Almendares (1956). In a ten-season career, he posted a batting average of .261 (301-for-1153) with 12 home runs and 135 runs batted in in 388 games. Additionally, he amassed 44 doubles , nine triples , 132 runs scored , and 16 stolen bases . In 1946, García

130-609: The most triples. In between, García played nine Minor League Baseball seasons spanning 1947–1956, all of them in the Mexican League , where he performed for the Industriales/Sultanes de Monterrey and the Leones de Yucatán , except for a brief appearance at Triple-A Charleston Senators in 1955. His most productive season came in 1950 with Monterrey, when he hit a career-high .345 (112-for-325) and topped

143-482: The same name. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pablo_Garcia&oldid=1142496708 " Category : Human name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Pablo Garc%C3%ADa (baseball) Basically

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156-669: Was renamed as the Elefantes de Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos Elephants). "The pace of the elephant is slow but crushing", exclaimed the slogan of the Cienfuegos franchise that contended until the 1960–61 season. Following the 1959 Cuban Revolution , political tensions rose with the Fidel Castro government. In March 1961, one month after the regular season ended, the new Cuban regime decreed the abolition of professional baseball in Cuba . In 26 Championships in which Cienfuegos participated,

169-652: Was used sparingly by Habana in his rookie season, appearing in just 13 games while hitting 083 (1-for-12) with one RBI. Late in the year, he will found an opportunity to play regularly with the Navegantes del Magallanes in the Venezuelan Winter League , where he batted .403 (31-for-77) and slugged .523 in 21 games, becoming the first batting average champion in the league's inaugural 1946 season. García returned to winter ball in Venezuela during

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