Willie Hernandez, Detroit- 1984 MVP & Cy Young Award winner.
Jose Cruz, Houston- currently manages the Ponce Lions in the PR Winter League. His son Jose Jr. is with the Padres.
Dickie Thon, Houston- owner of a semipro volleyball team in PR. His nephew Freddie Thon is in the Texas organization.
Candy Maldonado, SF- general manager of the Arecibo Wolves in the PR Winter League, ESPN analyst and son Candy Jr is in the minors (I think is with Cleveland)
Jose Oquendo, SL- 3B coach with the Cardinals, managed PR in the World Baseball Classic
Benito Santiago, NL- active with the Ponce Lions in the PR Winter League.
ARCADE:
Orlando Cepeda, SF- works 10 months a year with the Giants org. Hall of Fame 1999.
nice list, and also a great WATN.
Dickie Thon is Puerto Rican??? :-\
http://www.baseball-reference.com/t/thondi01.shtml
Dickie Thon Statistics - Baseball-Reference.com
Bob Brenly is Puerto Rican
Quote from: broiler on 01/11/07, 11:19:01 AM
Bob Brenly is Puerto Rican
Reggie Jackson is Puerto Rican. Maybe?
Thon was born in Indiana, but his mother's family is from Puerto Rico, and he lived there since he was a kid. He is considered puerto rican by Jose Crescioni's stat book "Los Boricuas en las Grandes Ligas" (Boricuas in the Big Leagues).
Reginald Martinez Jackson's mother was puerto rican, but he used Martinez as his middle name. He played in PR with the Santurce Cangrejeros where he set the winter league HR record (20).
Quote from: camuyarenas on 01/13/07, 08:23:06 AM
Thon was born in Indiana, but his mother's family is from Puerto Rico, and he lived there since he was a kid. He is considered puerto rican by Jose Crescioni's stat book "Los Boricuas en las Grandes Ligas" (Boricuas in the Big Leagues).
I need more proof if possible camuyarenas.
Thon's mother is puerto rican, he has lived here all his life, there are youth baseball leagues with his name , he played amateur ball in the town of Florida. He always played as a native in the Winter Leagues.
I have heard this before.