Pelayo Chacón

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Chacón and the second or maternal family name is Cortina.

Pelayo Chacón
Shortstop / Manager
Born: (1888-09-22)September 22, 1888 Havana, Cuba
Died: March 11, 1971(1971-03-11) (aged 82) Caracas, Venezuela
Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro leagues debut
1910, for the Stars of Cuba
Last Negro leagues appearance
1931, for the Stars of Cuba
Negro leagues[a] statistics
Batting average	.283
Home runs	0
Runs batted in	77
Managerial record	103–112
Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
As player Stars of Cuba / Cuban Stars of Havana / Cuban Stars (West) (1910–1916)[2] New York Cuban Stars / Cuban Stars (East) / Stars of Cuba (1917–1931)[3] As manager Cuban Stars (East) (1923–1927)
Member of the Cuban
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1949

Pelayo Chacón Cortina (September 22, 1888 – March 11, 1971) was a Cuban professional baseball shortstop and manager in the Cuban League and Negro leagues. He spent most of his American playing career with the Cuban Stars (East), which he also managed from 1923 to 1927.

Nicknamed "Cortina" or "The Curtain", he played from 1908 to 1931 with several clubs in the Cuban League, including Almendares, Azul, Club Fé, and Habana; he managed Cienfuegos to a championship in 1930. In the Negro leagues, he played for both iterations of the Cuban Stars: the Western Stars, an independent team, from 1910 to 1916; and the Eastern Stars, which were a major league side (associated with the Eastern Colored League) from 1923 to 1929.^[2]

Chacón was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1949. In a 1952 player-voted poll by the Pittsburgh Courier, he was voted the fifth best all-time shortstop of the Negro leagues.^[4]

Notes

1. On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared the Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, to be a "Major League".^[1] Chacón's statistics reflect his time in the major Negro leagues from 1923–1927.

References

1. "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'". MLB.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved August 7, 2023.
2. "The Cuban Stars Take Series From American Giants." Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday July 17, 1915, Page 4, Columns 4 to 6
3. "Cuban Stars Easily Beat Camden, 12-5" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Sunday Morning, July 18, 1920, Page 17, Column 6
4. "1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"

External links

• Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads