Estadio tetelo vargas baseball stats

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MLEs attempt to estimate the performance of this one player if he was dropped into the existing AL/NL framework. He would eventually become an established resident of Puerto Rico. That is a much different project that would require simulating expansion of the league to account for all the additional talent.

MLE Traditional Batting

Season	Pos	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS
1927	SS	77	330	284	50	87	13	3	3	36	3	36	14	5	5	.306	.388	.405	.793
1928	SS	141	610	523	100	167	25	6	6	71	6	69	28	9	9	.319	.402	.424	.826
1929	SS	94	410	352	68	141	25	7	5	65	7	48	25	3	7	.401	.468	.554	1.022
1930	SS	141	620	533	93	179	38	6	12	89	6	71	39	3	13	.336	.408	.497	.905
1931	SS	148	630	550	77	160	32	5	10	74	7	65	39	2	13	.291	.360	.422	.782
1932	SS	146	630	550	83	159	32	5	10	71	7	65	44	2	13	.289	.359	.420	.779
1933	SS	148	620	553	80	156	26	7	5	62	7	55	41	3	9	.282	.345	.382	.727
1934	SS	146	630	557	85	169	29	7	6	72	7	60	44	3	10	.303	.368	.413	.781
1935	SS	142	610	536	85	172	29	8	6	73	6	61	44	3	10	.321	.387	.438	.825
1936	SS	147	640	561	88	180	31	8	6	78	7	64	45	4	11	.321	.388	.437	.824
1937	CF	148	630	555	85	176	30	8	6	75	7	62	45	3	10	.317	.383	.432	.815
1938	CF	147	630	556	84	172	29	8	6	75	7	61	45	3	10	.309	.375	.423	.797
1939	CF	138	590	522	74	158	27	7	5	66	6	56	43	3	9	.303	.368	.410	.778
1940	CF	142	610	550	72	170	29	8	5	72	6	49	47	2	9	.309	.362	.418	.780
1941	CF	143	610	548	70	165	31	9	3	70	3	50	45	1	11	.301	.354	.407	.761
1942	CF	125	530	479	66	148	24	8	2	59	6	43	32	1	7	.309	.362	.405	.767
1943	CF	129	550	477	92	199	33	10	4	82	6	61	42	2	10	.417	.476	.553	1.030
1944	CF	117	500	449	59	141	23	7	3	58	5	43	28	1	7	.314	.370	.416	.786
1945	CF	69	300	269	41	87	14	5	2	37	3	26	22	1	4	.323	.380	.435	.815
1946	CF	47	200	179	27	60	10	3	1	24	2	18	15	0	3	.335	.390	.441	.831

MLE WAR Batting

Season	Pos	G	PA	Rbat	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR
1927	SS	77	330	5	0	0	5	10	1.0	10	20	2.0
1928	SS	141	610	14	0	0	8	22	2.2	19	41	4.2
1929	SS	94	410	32	0	0	6	38	3.4	13	51	4.6
1930	SS	141	620	17	-1	0	8	25	2.1	19	44	3.9
1931	SS	148	630	7	-1	0	9	16	1.6	20	36	3.7
1932	SS	146	630	7	-1	0	9	15	1.5	20	35	3.6
1933	SS	148	620	5	-1	0	9	13	1.5	19	32	3.7
1934	SS	146	630	7	-1	-1	9	15	1.5	20	34	3.5
1935	SS	142	610	16	-1	-1	8	23	2.3	19	42	4.2
1936	SS	147	640	17	-1	-2	9	23	2.3	20	43	4.3
1937	CF	148	630	16	-1	1	-2	15	1.5	20	34	3.6
1938	CF	147	630	14	-1	1	-1	13	1.4	20	33	3.5
1939	CF	138	590	6	-1	0	-1	4	0.4	18	22	2.4
1940	CF	142	610	10	-1	0	-1	8	0.8	19	27	2.8
1941	CF	143	610	8	-1	-1	-1	4	0.5	19	23	2.6
1942	CF	125	530	12	-1	-1	-1	9	1.0	17	25	2.9
1943	CF	129	550	55	-1	-2	-1	52	5.7	17	70	7.8
1944	CF	117	500	11	-1	0	-1	10	1.0	16	25	2.7
1945	CF	69	300	9	0	0	0	8	0.8	9	17	1.8
1946	CF	47	200	7	0	0	0	7	0.7	6	13	1.5

Managing

Season	Team	League	W	L	T	Pct	Finish

Born: April 11, 1906 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
Died: December 30, 1971 in Guayama, Puerto Rico
Position: CF
Bats: Right Throws: Right
HT: 6-0 WT: 160 lb.

Negro Leagues stats

One of the best players from the Caribbean, in 1943-44 he became the first dominican to win a batting title in Puerto Rico (.410)…one of four to bat .400+ twice..

It does not estimate what an entire integrated league would look like. Vargas retired from baseball in 1953, after having played 27 seasons in five countries. In 1932, Vargas went to play in Venezuela, where he became a star and remained until 1938, when the New York Cubans re-signed him.

In 1940, Vargas went to play at the Puerto Rican winter baseball league.

Vargas played a number of exhibition games against Major League Baseball's New York Yankees, averaging .500 against Yankees pitchers.

Vargas played a number of positions on the baseball field, including right field, left field, center field, shortstop and second base.

Vargas was idolized both in the Dominican Republic and in Puerto Rico, but he decided to settle in the Puerto Rican city of Guayama, where he had previously starred for the local team.

Because of his involvement as a player with the New York Cubans, Vargas is also a member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame.

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Batting Totals

Batting	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BA	SLG
Career Totals	5219	1127	1686	241	88	44	431	235	.323	.428
Per 600 AB	600	130	194	28	10	5	50	27	.323	.428

Career Stats

Compiled from a variety of sources (see site footer).

Career Batting

Season	Team	League	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	BA	OBP	SLG	Note
1923	Leones del Escogido	🇩🇴 Dominican League	.309
1923	Humacao Stars	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League
1924	Humacao Stars	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League
1924	Leones del Escogido	🇩🇴 Dominican League
1924	Ribosch de Cayey	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League
1925	Lobos de Arecibo	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League
1925	Atlas B.B.C.	🇨🇴 Colombian League
1926	Central Romana	🇩🇴 Dominican League
1926	Guayama Stars	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League
1927	Guayama Stars	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League
1927	Cuban Stars East	🇺🇸 ECL	16	53	10	13	0	0	0	3	1	8	2	.245	.365	.245
1927	Cuban Stars East	🇺🇸 IND (Non-League)	2	9	3	5	1	0	1	6	1	.556	1.000
1927	Havana Red Sox	🇺🇸 IND	9	37	16	16	4	1	2	6	.432	.757
1927	Santa Marta Tigers	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	AS
1928	Cuban Stars East	🇺🇸 IND	1	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	.600	.600
1928	Santa Marta Tigers	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	1	3	1	1	0	0	1	.333	1.333	AS
1928	Brujos de Guayama	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League
1929	Cuban Stars East	🇺🇸 ANL	25	103	28	39	8	2	2	20	3	12	1	.379	.448	.553
1929	Leones del Escogido	🇩🇴 Dominican League	37	10	15	.405	.405
1929-30	Habana	🇨🇺 Cuban League	187	40	59	9	0	0	.316	.364
1930	Habana	🇨🇺 Cuban League	16	1	4	0	0	1	.250	.438
1930	Habana	🇨🇺 Cuban League (UNICO)	22	4	7	0	0	0	1	.318	.318
1931	Cuban House of David	🇺🇸 IND	14	56	8	11	2	0	1	2	1	4	0	1	.196	.250	.286
1931	Cuban House of David	🇺🇸 IND (Non-League)	9	34	15	19	3	7	3	.559	1.265
1931	Cuban Stars East	🇺🇸 IND	17	70	15	21	2	0	1	1	3	.300	.371
1931	Santa Marta Tigers	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	1	5	1	2	2	0	0	.400	.800
1932	Concordia Aguilas	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	8	27	9	8	2	1	1	4	.296	.556	AS
1933	Concordia Aguilas	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	1	4	0	2	.500	.500
1934	Concordia Aguilas	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	16	63	19	20	2	1	0	8	.317	.381
1935	Cuban Stars East	🇺🇸 IND	2	7	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.143	.286
1935	Royal Criollos	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	7	27	9	9	0	1	0	9	.333	.407
1935	Concordia Aguilas	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	36	14	7	1	.389	.639
1936	Estrellas Orientales	🇩🇴 Dominican League	.319
1936	Gavilanes de Maracaibo	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	14	44	10	13	2	1	0	8	.295	.386
1937	Estrellas Orientales	🇩🇴 Dominican League	26	106	22	30	6	2	0	5	.283	.377
1938	New York Cubans	🇺🇸 IND	1	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500
1938	Vargas	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	9	30	9	8	1	0	1	2	.267	.400
1938-39	Brujos de Guayama	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	164	59	68	13	9	4	14	.415	.677	AS
1939	Centauros de Maracaibo	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	14	50	12	13	5	1	0	2	.260	.400
1939-40	Brujos de Guayama	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	215	69	78	17	6	4	17	33	.363	.553
1940	Vargas	🇻🇪 Venezuelan League	21	85	21	28	1	2	0	10	.329	.388
1940-41	Brujos de Guayama	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	172	44	57	5	8	22	21	.331	.453
1941	New York Cubans	🇺🇸 NN2	44	169	34	59	12	6	1	34	1	16	3	.349	.405	.509
1941	New York Cubans	🇺🇸 IND (Non-League)	1	5	0	2	0	1	0	.400	.800
1941	Estrellas Orientales	🇩🇴 Dominican League	29	10	13	.448	.448
1941-42	Brujos de Guayama	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	159	41	55	9	4	1	13	.346	.472	AS
1942	New York Cubans	🇺🇸 NN2	19	67	8	18	4	1	0	11	1	7	2	.269	.338	.358	AS
1942	East All-Stars	🇺🇸 East-West All-Star Game	2	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	.400	.500	.400
1942-43	Habana	🇨🇺 Cuban League	191	25	49	6	0	0	15	5	.257	.288
1943	New York Cubans	🇺🇸 NN2	30	121	34	57	6	4	0	18	3	15	0	0	0	.471	.529	.587	AS; Batting Title
1943	East All-Stars	🇺🇸 East-West All-Star Game	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000
1943-44	Cangrejeros de Santurce	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	134	41	55	1	11	.410	AS; Batting Title
1944-45	Indios de Mayagüez	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	134	19	48	14	.358
1945-46	Cangrejeros de Santurce	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	155	40	53	3	4	1	15	2	22	7	.342	.424	.432
1946-47	Criollos de Caguas	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	251	60	96	20	8	7	37	.382	.610
1947-48	Criollos de Caguas	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	235	50	85	19	5	1	19	16	.362	.498
1948-49	Criollos de Caguas	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	295	50	88	12	6	2	28	5	32	13	.298	.367	.400
1949-50	Criollos de Caguas	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	299	48	90	10	5	1	35	16	41	13	.301	.385	.378
1950	Criollos de Caguas	🇵🇷 Caribbean Series	23	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	.130	.174
1950-51	Criollos de Caguas	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	205	36	46	5	0	1	16	10	.224	.263
1951	Estrellas Orientales	🇩🇴 Dominican League	51	195	39	64	13	1	0	32	9	26	8	3	5	0	.328	.415	.405
1951-52	Criollos de Caguas	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	114	16	26	2	1	0	9	3	15	4	.228	.318	.263
1952	Estrellas Orientales	🇩🇴 Dominican League	45	175	52	52	11	2	0	11	8	11	8	2	5	0	.297	.346	.383
1952-53	Criollos de Caguas	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	117	6	21	2	0	0	7	0	.179	.197
1953	Estrellas Orientales	🇩🇴 Dominican League	49	186	35	66	8	2	2	16	0	25	9	2	4	0	.355	.437	.452	Batting Title; Gold Glove
1953-54	Criollos de Caguas	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	53	133	21	30	1	0	0	9	7	.226	.233
1954	Estrellas Orientales	🇩🇴 Dominican League	25	89	16	26	3	2	0	6	4	10	6	1	1	0	.292	.370	.371
1954-55	Criollos de Caguas	🇵🇷 Puerto Rican League	39	6	10	1	0	0	7	0	.256	.282
1955-56	Estrellas Orientales	🇩🇴 Dominican League	6	17	2	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	.294	.368	.294

Major League Equivalencies

MLEs (Major League Equivalencies) by Eric Chalek.

At the age of 46, he led the Dominican Republic league with a batting average of .350. Vargas, in the twilight of his career, returned to the Dominican Republic's winter league also in 1952, this time with the Estrellas Orientales team. Vargas was once again signed by the New York Cubans from 1941 to 1944, his last year as an active player in the Negro leagues.

At the time, a series of different sports competitions preceded the All-Star game in Puerto Rico, all of them involving baseball players and for the All-Star game's public's enjoyment. Vargas was Black, however, and he became a member of the Negro leagues' famed New York Cubans. Meanwhile, in Caguas, Puerto Rico, Vargas established himself as an All-Star, playing in the Puerto Rican All-Star game multiple times during the 1940s.

Vargas, who won various stolen base titles through his career, won a number of sprint races as an All-Star player in Puerto Rico. first in triples in 1938-39 (9) and 1946-47 (8)…leader in runs in 1938-39 (59), 1939-40 (69), 1943-44 (41) and 1945-46 (40)…first in stolen bases in 1939-40 (33) and 1940-41 (21) …leader in slugging in 1938-39 (.677)…lifetime he is fourth in runs (606); fifth in triples (56); sixth in average (.321); and seventh in stolen bases (138)…named to the Puerto Rico Professional Baseball Hall of Fame in 1992…in 2014 he was selected as one of the best 75 players of the Puerto Rico Professional League.

Photo colorization: Joe Torres

The stadium in San Pedro de Macoris, home of the Estrellas Orientales team, is named in his honor.

Apart from hitting .350 in 1952 in the Dominican Republic's winter league, Vargas also led the Puerto Rican winter league in batting average three times, hitting .410 in 1943, and winning back to back titles in 1946 and 1947, when he hit .382 and .362, respectively.

He went on to play with the Guayama Witches and the Santurce Crabbers before heading to the Mexican winter baseball league in 1952. He remarried in 1954 in PR and lived a rather quiet, humble life in Guayama with his wife, Violeta Enchautegui de Vargas and three daughters Carmen, Ana and Iris and son Juan Esteban Vargas Jr. He died December 30, 1971 after battling lung cancer and is now resting in peace next to his wife in Guayama's main cemetery (Cementerio Municipal de Guayama).

Vargas was elected to the Puerto Rican baseball Hall of Fame.

Meanwhile, at home, he was signed by the Leones del Escogido, one of the four original Dominican Republic winter baseball league teams that remain in competition.

Nicknamed "The Dominican Deer", Vargas gained recognition around the Caribbean and in New York City.

Tetelo Vargas

An athletic teenager, Vargas spent his early years playing pick-up baseball games, which helped him develop ability and strength.

By 1927, when Vargas was 21, scouts from the United States and the Dominican Republic had noticed him. He established a Negro league record by hitting home runs in seven consecutive at bats.