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Alfredo Arango
Cuban League debut
1885, for the Almendares
Last appearance
1891, for the Habana
Teams
Almendares (1885-1887) Habana (1890-1891)
Member of the Cuban
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1951

Alfredo Arango was a Cuban baseball player in the Cuban League who played with Almendares from 1885 to 1887 and Habana in 1890–1891.

Arango played in six games for Almendares in the 1885–1886 season, finishing with a .292 batting average. In nine games in 1887, he hit .395. Arango returned for a final Cuban League season in 1890 with Habana.

He later played a role in the Cuban War of Independence. In February 1895, he joined the independence movement in Havana, but was captured and sent to Spain. From there he escaped to Paris and joined Calixto García's forces.

Arango was named to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1951.

References

1. Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003). Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878-1961. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-6425-8.
2. Figueredo 2003, p. 13.
3. Figueredo 2003, p. 16.
4. Figueredo 2003, p. 24.
5. Figueredo 2003, p. 33.
6. "Is Gen. Garcia in Cuba?". The Sun. 1896-03-26. p. 1. Retrieved 2021-05-13 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame". Seamheads.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

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