Valentín Dreke (June 21, 1898 – September 25, 1929) was a Cuban baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1919 to 1927, doing so with the Cuban Stars (East) and Cuban Stars (West). He also played winter ball with the famed Almendares team on three occasions. He led the Negro National League in batting average in 1924, hitting .389 in 46 games played. In his eight years of Negro league ball, he batted at least .296 in each season. [2] He died of tuberculosis in 1929.[3] He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1945.[2]
| Valentín Dreke | |
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: June 21, 1898 Union de Reyes, Cuba | |
| Died: September 25, 1929 (aged 31) Cuba | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| Negro leagues debut | |
| 1919, for the Cuban Stars East | |
| Last Negro leagues appearance | |
| 1927, for the Cuban Stars West | |
| Negro leagues[a] statistics | |
| Batting average | .330 |
| Hits | 619 |
| Home runs | 15 |
| Runs batted in | 264 |
| Stolen bases | 60 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
| Member of the Cuban | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 1945 |
Notes
editReferences
edit- ^ "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'". MLB.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
- ^ a b Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- ^ Early Exits: The Premature Endings of Baseball Careers
External links
edit- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
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