The Puerto Rico Professional Baseball League was established in 1938. Since then, 16 of the 37 (43%) Negro Leagues legends in the Hall of Fame, played in the Island.
1. Roy Campanella (Caguas, Santurce and San Juan)-1969
2. Satchel Paige (Guayama and Santurce)-1971
3. Joshua Gibson (Santurce)-1972
4. Buck Leonard (Mayagüez)-1972
5. Monte Irvin (San Juan)-1973
6. Oscar Charleston-1976[1]
7. Willie Mays (Santurce)-1979
8. Hank Aaron (Caguas)-1982
9. Ray Dandridge (Santurce)-1987
10. Leon Day (Aguadilla and Santurce)-1995
11. Willie Wells (Aguadilla)-1997
12. Larry Doby (San Juan)-1998
13. Hilton Smith (Ponce)-2001
14. Willard Brown (Humacao, Arecibo and Santurce)-2006
15. Raymond Brown (San Juan, Santurce and Ponce)-2006
16. Judd Wilson (Humacao)-2006
Additionally, four other Negro Leaguers in the Hall of Fame saw action in Puerto Rico before 1938: José de la Caridad Méndez and Cristobal Torriente with Alex Pompez´s Cuban Stars; and Louis Santop with the Brooklyn Royal Giants in 1916; and Martin Dihigo with Puerto Rico Wrigley´s in 1931-32, Almendares in 1935-36 and Concordia in 1932-33, 1933-34 and 1934-35.
So, that gives Puerto Rico a total of at least 20 Negro Leaguers of 37 for a very healthy 54%, more than any country in the Caribbean.
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[1] Umpire
