Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies

Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies is a 2017 book composed of 60 biographies of players from Puerto Rico or of Puerto Rican descent, written for the SABR Bio Project. Edited by Edwin Fernández and Bill Nowlin, the following individuals are profiled:

• Roberto Alomar
• Sandy Alomar Sr.
• Sandy Alomar Jr.
• Luis Arroyo
• Benny Ayala
• Carlos Baerga
• Juan Beníquez
• Carlos Bernier
• Hi Bithorn
• Bobby Bonilla
• Iván Calderón
• John Candelaria
• Orlando Cepeda
• Pedro Cepeda
• Roberto Clemente
• Pancho Coimbre
• Alex Cora
• Joey Cora
• José Cruz, Sr.
• José Cruz, Jr.
• Iván DeJesús, Sr.
• Carlos Delgado
• Ed Figueroa
• Rubén Gómez
• Juan González
• José Hernández
• Roberto Hernández
• Willie Hernández
• Sixto Lezcano
• Javy López
• Mike Lowell
• Candy Maldonado
• Félix Mantilla
• Luis Márquez
• Edgar Martínez
• Orlando Merced
• Félix Millán
• Bengie Molina
• Willie Montañez
• Roger Moret
• Jaime Navarro
• Julio Navarro
• Luis Olmo
• José Pagán
• Juan Pizarro
• Jorge Posada
• Vic Power
• Jim Rivera
• Iván Rodríguez
• Rey Sánchez
• Benito Santiago
• José G. Santiago
• José R. Santiago
• Rubén Sierra
• Danny Tartabull
• Dickie Thon
• José Valentin
• Javier Vázquez
• José Vidro
• Bernie Williams

Also included are articles on Parque Sixto Escobar and Estadio Hiram Bithorn as well as major league games that took place in Puerto Rico.

In addition to the editors, the many contributors included Jorge Colón Delgado, Mark Souder and Thomas Van Hyning.

Further Reading

• Bill Nowlin and Edwin Fernández: Puerto Rico and Baseball: 60 Biographies, SABR, Phoenix, AZ, 2017. ISBN 978-1-943816-53-8