One of the first Puerto Rican players to break through in Major League Baseball, Mantilla was signed by the then-Boston Braves during the 1951-52 offseason and made his MLB debut in 1956 ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – Fifty-two years ago today, the world lost a Puerto Rican baseball ... to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and the first Hispanic player to collect 3000 hits ...

But, as he started his MLB career, he was a trailblazer for his native Puerto Rico. He was one of the first Puerto Rican players to reach ... year of minor league baseball in 1968.

One of the first Puerto Rican players to break through in Major League Baseball, Mantilla was signed by the then-Boston ...

The world of MLB paused to remember eleven-year Puerto Rican baseball veteran Felix Mantilla, as it was announced that he ...

MIAMI (JTA) — Israel found itself on the wrong side of World Baseball Classic history Monday night as Puerto Rico pitched an unofficial ... the first Orthodox player drafted into the MLB ...

One of the first Puerto Rican players to break through in Major League Baseball, Mantilla was signed by the then-Boston Braves during the 1951-52 offseason and made his MLB debut in 1956 once the ...

MIAMI--Luis Urías hit the go-ahead single in a three-run seventh inning that fueled Mexico’s 5-4 comeback victory over Puerto Rico to advance to its first-ever World Baseball Classic semifinals.

It’s like when Carlos Arroyo, an NBA player (Puerto Rico Basketball Team), played ... played for college and is very much into that world. Being a Puerto Rican, I’m more of a boxing and baseball kind ...

vice-president of the Puerto Rico Baseball Federation, and Juan Núñez, head of the Puerto Rican entity. Carlos Delgado, a player who played 17 seasons in the American Major Leagues, where he hit 473 ...