Pedro Miguel Caratini
| Pedro Miguel Caratini | |||
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Born: ca. 1880 Coamo, Puerto Rico | |||
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Died: Feb 20, 1978 Dominican Republic | |||
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| MLB debut | |||
| ca. 1900, for the Tigres del Licey | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| ca. 1930 | |||
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"Father of Dominican baseball". Puerto Rico Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee Dominican Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee | |||
Pedro Miguel Caratini (born ca. 1880 - died ca. 1940) was a Puerto Rican baseball player and accountant, known as the "father of Dominican baseball".[1] Born in Coamo, he was active from ca. 1900 to 1930, both as a player, manager, and instructor. He came to the Dominican Republic during the United States Marine Corps occupation of the island, and eventually became manager of Tigres del Licey.[2] He was elected to the Hall of Fame in both Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.[3]
Caratini founded the first institute for accountants (Spanish: Peritos Contadores) in the Dominican Republic, his adoptive land, there he raised his family with his wife Maria Luisa Geraldino of Ponce, Puerto Rico; they had three daughters, Josefa Maria (died in 1999), Gloria Ines (died in 2002) and Carmen Luisa (died in 2012), 12 grandchildren, 33 great-grandchildren and so far 7 great-great-grandchildren.
Legacy
Caratini is honored at the Park of Illustrious Ponce Citizens in Tricentennial Park in Ponce, Puerto Rico.[4]
He was also inducted into the "Coamo (Puerto Rico) Sports Hall of Fame" in 1990. The Coamo sports stadium was also named after him.
References
- ↑ Van Hyning, Thomas E.; Valero, Eduardo (1995). Puerto Rico's Winter League: A History of Major League Baseball's Launching Pad. McFarland. p. 1.
- ↑ Ruck, Rob (1990). The tropic of baseball: baseball in the Dominican Republic. Meckler Publishing. p. 11.
- ↑ McNeil, William F. (2000). Baseball's other all-stars. McFarland. p. 144.
- ↑ Sports. TravelPonce.com Retrieved 18 April 2013.