Mexican League

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Mexican League

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Latin Americans in Major League Baseball Through the First Years of the 21st Century
The 1930s through World War II
…because he played in the Mexican League and was declared ineligible by organized baseball to play in its league in the late 1940s, “El Jibarito” did not play with major leaguers during his prime. (The Mexican League threatened the reserve clause of organized baseball. Players, known as “jumpers,” who went…
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…because he played in the Mexican League and was declared ineligible by organized baseball to play in its league in the late 1940s, “El Jibarito” did not play with major leaguers during his prime. (The Mexican League threatened the reserve clause of organized baseball. Players, known as “jumpers,” who went…
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