PANAMA
MEXICO
PUERTO RICO
DOMINICAN
REPUBLIC
UNITED STATES
CUBA
VENEZUELA
Satchel Paige
José Marîa Fernández
Negro Leagues
Béisbol

A virtual exhibition experience highlighting baseball’s rich cultural connection.

Negro Leagues Béisbol is a virtual companion to permanent and traveling exhibitions at the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. The site explores the connections of African American baseball history to Latin cultures, communities and countries. This is a deep, rich history with origins in the late 1800s. Experience a timeline of American and Latin baseball history, see detailed baseball histories of several countries and learn about significant baseball players who crossed cultural lines.

 

Cuban Stadium in the 1940s.

The Estadio Latinoamericano in Havana, Cuba, opened on October 26, 1946 to a crowd of 31,000 baseball fans.