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Bartolo Portuondo

Negro League Baseball player

Died when: 87 years 275 days (1053 months)
Star Sign: Virgo

 

Bartolo Portuondo

Bartolome "Bartolo" Portuondo (August 24, 1893 – May 26, 1981) was a Cuban baseball infielder in the Cuban League and the U.S.Negro leagues.

In Cuba he played from 1911/12 to 1926/27 with several teams, most notably Almendares.His American career lasted from 1915 to 1927; he played for the Cuban Stars (East), Cuban Stars (West), and the Kansas City Monarchs, among other teams.

Portuondo's wife was a member of a wealthy white Cuban family.Their daughter Omara Portuondo became an internationally known singer.


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