Merito Acosta

Merito Acosta
Outfielder
Born: May 19, 1896(1896-05-19) Bauta, Cuba
Died: November 17, 1963(1963-11-17) (aged 67) Miami, Florida
Batted: Left	Threw: Left
MLB debut
June 15, 1913 for the Washington Senators
Last MLB appearance
September 2, 1918 for the Philadelphia Athletics
Career statistics
Batting average	.255
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	37
Teams
Washington Senators (1913–1916, 1918) Philadelphia Athletics (1918)

Baldomero Pedro "Merito" Acosta Fernández (May 19, 1896 in Bauta, Cuba – November 17, 1963) was an outfielder in Major League Baseball who played five seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators.

Acosta played winter baseball in the Cuban League from 1913 to 1925 and was also a long-time manager and part-owner of the Havana Cubans.^[1] In the 1918/19 season, Acosta made an unassisted triple play while playing center field. With the bases loaded, he sprinted in to catch the ball, then continued to touch second base before the runner could return and tagged the runner from first base.^[2] In his first season as a manager, 1922/23, he led a brand new franchise, Marianao, to a championship. Acosta was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.^[3]

Notes

1. ^ Figueredo 2003, pp. 143, 255, 269, 484.
2. ^ Figueredo 2003, p. 126.
3. ^ Figueredo 2003, pp. 143, 509.

References

• Figueredo, Jorge S. (2003), Cuban Baseball: A Statistical History, 1878–1961, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, ISBN 078641250X .

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• BR Bullpen

Persondata
Name	Acosta, Merito
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	May 19, 1896
Place of birth	Bauta, Cuba
Date of death	November 17, 1963
Place of death	Miami, Florida