Primitivo Colina

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• Born January 23, 1930 in Maracaibo, Zulia Venezuela

Biographical Information

Primitivo Colina stole four bases for the Venezuelan national team, leading the 1954 Central American and Caribbean Games; Vanezuela won the Gold Medal. He had been on the Venezuelan team that won Silver in the 1953 Amateur World Series. He had a brief professional career, going 0 for 13 for the 1954-1955 Navegantes del Magallanes and appearing in seven games for the 1955-1956 Navegantes without batting.

Primary Sources: Purapelota, A History of Cuban Baseball by Peter Bjarkman