Pedro Formental

Pedro Formental
Pedro Formental
	Outfielder
	Born: April 19, 1915; Báguanos, Cuba
	Died: September 15, 1992 (aged 77); Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Negro leagues debut
	1947, for the Memphis Red Sox
Last Negro leagues appearance
	1947, for the Memphis Red Sox
Negro leagues statistics
Batting average	.280
Hits	14
Home runs	2
Runs batted in	12
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	Alijadores de Tampico (1943); Azules de Veracruz (1944–1945); Habana (1945–1955); Tuneros de San Luis (1946); Memphis Red Sox (1947, 1949);
Member of the Caribbean
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2006

Pedro Roberto Formental (April 19, 1915 – September 15, 1992) was a Cuban professional baseball outfielder in the Mexican League, Negro leagues and in the Cuban League. He played from 1943 to 1955 with several teams. He was selected to the Negro league East-West All-Star Game in 1949.

Formental holds several Cuban League career records, including home runs (54), runs scored (431), and runs batted in (362), as well as the single-season record for RBIs (57).^[2] He also played in the 1951, 1952, and 1953 Caribbean Series.^[3]

Notes

^ On December 16, 2020, Major League Baseball declared the Negro leagues, from the span of 1920–1948, to be a "Major League".^[1] Formental's statistics reflect his time in the Negro leagues in 1947.

^ "MLB officially designates the Negro Leagues as 'Major League'". MLB.com. December 16, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
^ Bjarkman, Peter (1994). Baseball with a Latin Beat. pp. 414–15.
^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.