SABR Latino baseball

¡Salvador Pérez se convirtió en el receptor latinoamericano con más jonrones conectados en MLB!

One of the most versatile players in baseball history, Martín Dihigo excelled all over the diamond.

The two-way player, born in 1905, is the only person to be inducted into the Baseball Halls of Fame of Cuba, Mexico and the United States.

Colón Delgado Earns 2026 SABR Latino Eduardo Valero Award

The Society for American Baseball Research (SABR)’s Latino Baseball Committee is proud to present the 2026 Eduardo Valero Award to researcher and writer Jorge Colón Delgado.

Over the past 2025-26 year, Colón Delgado has been a valued contributor to La Prensa del Béisbol Latino, the official publication for the Latino Baseball Committee, writing on numerous topics n Puerto Rican baseball history.

He currently serves as the official historian for the Roberto Clemente Puerto Rican Baseball League, or the Liga de Béisbol Profesional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC). He has written seven books and created two short films on the history of baseball. Colón Delgado had an active role in the restructuring and coordination of voting for the Puerto Rico Pro Baseball Hall of Fame. He is also the editor and collaborator for the website, negroleaguerspuertorico.com, and is editor for beisbol101.com.

Eduardo Valero, a San Juan native, was a baseball writer in Puerto Rico for decades, presiding over two Sportswriters Associations on the island. He was elected to the Puerto Rican Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame, as well as the Puerto Rican Sports Hall of Fame. At the time of his death in May 2006, Valero had been the last of the baseball writers alive who attended the first Caribbean Baseball Series in Havana in 1949. He chaired the SABR Latin American baseball committee for many years before his passing.

Colón Delgado will be honored during the Latino baseball committee meeting during SABR annual convention in Cleveland, Ohio this summer.

SABRistas!

This is to inform you that the Latino Baseball Committee will be meeting at SABR 54 in Cleveland, Ohio on Saturday, August 1st from 4-5pm in the Superior Room D, Hilton Cleveland Downtown Hotel.

Please note that among other featured guests and panelists will include:
• Sandy Alomar Jr., 1990 American League Rookie of the Year, Gold Glove-winning catcher, and 1997 All-Star Game MVP
• Carlos Baerga, fan favorite as a switch-hitting second baseman during his 14-year major league career

Keep tuned for further special announcements regarding the Committee meeting, and on any late-breaking news.

saludos,
Anthony