| Francisco ("Paquito") Montaner García | |
|---|---|
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| Born: August 16, 1894 Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| Died: April 5, 1945 (aged 50) Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| 1911, for the Ponce Baseball Club | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| 1923 | |
| MLB statistics | |
| First player ever to throw a "no-hitter" in Puerto Rican professional baseball[1] | 22 January 1912[1] |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Pabellón de la Fama del Deporte Puertorriqueño (1955)[1] Galería de Inmortales del Deporte Ponceño (1983)[1] | |
Francisco ("Paquito") Montaner García[note 1] (August 16, 1894 – April 5, 1945) was a Puerto Rican pitcher from Ponce. He was the first baseball player to throw a "no-hitter" in Puerto Rican baseball,[2][3] an event that took place on 10 December 1911.[3] He is honored with the name of one of the largest stadiums in Puerto Rico, the professional baseball league's Francisco Montaner Stadium in Ponce. In 1955, he was inducted into the Puerto Rico Sports Hall of Fame[4] and, in 1983, into the Galeria de los Inmortales del Deporte Ponceño (Ponce's Gallery of the Inmortals of Ponce Sports).[5]
- ^ a b c d http://foro.univision.com/t5/Maria-Elena-Salinas/LA-MALDICION-DE-LOS-LEONES-DE-PONCE-POR-LOS-YANKEES-DE-NY-Y-CHEO/td-p/388965843#axzz228Nx8wRP Archived 2013-02-05 at archive.today La Maldicion de los Leones de Ponce por los Yankees de NY y Cheo Cruz.] 03-10-2010. Univision Television. TV > FOROS > Maria Elena Salinas. Retrieved 30 July 2012.
- ^ Honran a Paquito Montaner. Hector Diaz Salichs. Comite Monumento y Celebracion del 1er Centenario del Natalicio de Francisco "Paquito" Montaner Garcia. Ponce, Puerto Rico. 7 August 1994. Page 1.
- ^ a b Mil anécdotas en homenaje a Montaner. José ‘Pepén’ Fernández Colón. La Perla del Sur. Ponce, Puerto Rico. Year 30. Issue 1465. 28 December 2011. Page 53. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ Biographic sheet on Montaner, Francisco "Paquito". Baseball. Museo Francisco Pancho Coimbre. August 10, 2010.
- ^ Biographic sheet on Montaner, Francisco "Paquito". Baseball. Museo Francisco Pancho Coimbre. August 10, 2010.
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