Juan Padrón (baseball)

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

Juan Padrón Acosta (October 20, 1892 – December 7, 1981) was an American Negro league and Cuban League pitcher in the 1910s and 1920s.

Juan Padrón
Pitcher
Born: (1892-10-20)October 20, 1892 Key West, Florida, U.S.
Died: December 7, 1981(1981-12-07) (aged 89) East Grand Rapids, Michigan, U.S.
Batted: Left Threw: Left
Negro league baseball debut
1915, for the Lincoln Giants
Last appearance
1926, for the Indianapolis ABCs
Teams
Lincoln Giants (1915) Chicago American Giants (1916) Cuban Stars (West) (1917) Cuban Stars (East) (1918–1922) Brooklyn Royal Giants (1920) Chicago American Giants (1922) Cuban Stars (West) (1923) Birmingham Black Barons (1923) Chicago American Giants (1924–1925) Indianapolis ABCs (1926)

A native of Key West, Florida, Padrón spent over a decade in the Negro leagues, making his debut in 1915 with the Lincoln Giants, and finishing in 1926 with the Indianapolis ABCs.^[1][2] He also spent time in the Cuban League with the Almendares and Habana clubs.^[3] Padrón died in East Grand Rapids, Michigan in 1981 at age 89.