NINO ESCALERA Santurce PUERTO RICO 1954 Cincinnati REDS MLB Baseball TOLETEROS*

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SATURNINO ESCALERA
NACIDO EN SANTURCE
8 DE 20
BIOGRAPHY:
Saturnino (Cuadrado) Escalera
Positions
: Pinch Hitter, Pinch Runner and Rightfielder
Bats:
Left,
Throws:
Left
Height:
5' 10",
Weight:
165 lb.
Born
:
December 1
,
1929
in Santurce,
P.R.
(Age 83)
(
All Transactions
)
Debut
:
April 17, 1954
Team
: Redlegs 1954
Final Game
:
September 25, 1954
Saturnino (Cuadrado) Escalera (born December 1, 1929 in
Santurce, Puerto Rico
) is a former
outfielder
and
first baseman
in
Major League Baseball
who played for the
Cincinnati Redlegs
in the 1954 season.
He started his
baseball
career at a very young age, often playing with his brothers and neighbors from the Loiza Street in
Santurce, San Juan, Puerto Rico
.
In 1946 at the Amateur Baseball World Series held in the Latin American Republic of Colombia Escalera was named best first baseman and most valuable player (MVP) of the tournament.
In 1950, the
New York Yankees
organization obtained Escalera from the
Bristol Owls
of the
Colonial League
. In 1952, he was purchased by the
Toledo Mud Hens
-
Charleston Senators
of the
American Association
, and later that year, by the
Cincinnati Redlegs
organization.
On April 17, 1954 at the Milwaukee's County Stadium, a 24-year-old Escalera, standing at 5'10 and weighting 165 pounds, became the first black to play for the Cincinnati Redlegs. He entered the game as a
pinch hitter
, and hit a single in a 5–1 loss to the
Atlanta Braves
.
He played in 73 games during his only big league season, often as a pinch hitter. Season and career totals include a .159 batting average (11-for-69), 3
runs batted in
, 15
runs scored
, and an
on base percentage
of .234. He committed just one
error
in 49
total chances
at OF/1B for a
fielding percentage
of .980.
Escalera worked as a scout for the
New York Mets
organization from 1966 to 1981. In 1982, he served as a scout for the
San Francisco Giants
organization. Among players signed by Escalera are retired major league players
Jerry Morales
,
Ed Figueroa
,
Benny Ayala
,
José Oquendo
and
Juan Berenguer
.
Escalera is a member of the
Puerto Rico Baseball Hall Of Fame
, Rio Piedras Sport Hall of Fame, Puerto Rico Sport Hall of Fame and Santurce Sport Hall of Fame. He is considered alongside
Victor Pellot
and
Orlando Cepeda
among the best
first basemen
in
Puerto Rico
history.
Baseball family tradition:
Escalera is the pioneer of a multigenerational tradition of Major League Baseball players, scouts and baseball managers. Escalera’s nephew Ruben Escalera, played for the
Milwaukee Brewers
minor league organization, later became a professional baseball scout and currently is a professional baseball manager. Another nephew,
Alfredo Escalera
, was drafted by the
Kansas City Royals
as the youngest player ever to be drafted by any organization.
SPANISH / ENGLISH:
En 1942, el joven Hiram Bithorn se nos convierte en nuestro primer Toletero Boricua en alcanzar las Grandes Ligas. Desde ése entonces, Puerto Rico, cuna de grandes deportistas, se ha destacado a nivel mundial como productor de peloteros profesionales, con con unos 252 que han llegado a las Grandes Ligas, cosa que nos enorgullece como pueblo. Hoy por hoy son muchos de nuestros campeones que le sirven de arbitros, entrenadores, y entrevistadores que recorren la America Latina, y sobre todo el Caribe, en busca de buenos prospectos para las Grandes Ligas. Este set busca perpetuar este acontecimiento histórico, homenajeando, al menos a nuestros primeros 20, con el propósito de perpetuar sus hazañas y servirle de ejemplo a nuestra juventud.
Since our young, 100% rice and beans raised Hiram Bithorn came into the Major League Baseball, world professional baseball has seen more than 252 of our Boricua Islanders belong to its ranks, a source of endless pride for all of us Puerto Ricans, for whom Baseball is and will always be one our favorite national sports. From Bithorn to Roberto Clemente to Orlando Cepeda to Alex Rodriguez, and many others, many of our Professional Baseball players have ended as umpires, trainers, and spotters of young prospects, around Latin America, specially in the Caribbean, helping raise the bar in defining equality and ending racial and cultural prejudice against minorities, while spreading an American borne, and one of America's favorite sports of all times to the world stage, even to places like modern Japan, where Baseball is king.  This medal here is part of a 20 medal series, which will honor the first Puerto Ricans to join the MLB, many of whom already served on the extremely competitive environment of the equally prestigious Negro Leagues.
ANVERSO / OBVERSE:
Posee la imagen y el nombre del Toletero, junto con el pueblo y año en que nace, y número de turno que hace, dentro del listado de Boricuas en entrar a las Grandes Ligas. Cada imagen se halla resguardada a su derecha por una rama de olivo, símbolo de la victoria, y a su izquierda por una breve linea escrita, indicatoria del equipo de Grandes Ligas, y la Liga (si Nacional o Americana), a través de la cual el toletero entra a la MLB, y año que entra.
The obverse shows the image and name of the Baseball player, along with the name of the town of origin and year the player was born. The number at the top of the home town is the turn number within the roster of Puerto Ricans who have made it into the Major League Baseball. To the right of the player is a branch of olive, simbol of victory, while to the lower left of the player is a line which tells with which Major League Baseball the player made it to the MLB, whether it was with the American or National League, and the year the player made it into the MLB.
REVERSO / REVERSE:
El reverso, similar para todas las medallas de esta novedosa serie coleccionable, es nuestra primera pieza bilingue, arriba en Español, debajo en Inglés. Arriba, sobre las banderas de Puerto Rico, dice " Serie Beisbol Boricua de las Grandes Ligas ".  Al centro tiene una estrella solitaria, bajo la cual dice " Puerto Rico 2010 ", y debajo de ésta aparece un diamante de juego, sobre el cual aparece en inglés: " Puerto Rican Legends (of the) Major League Baseball ".
to all the medals of this wonderfully short and new collectable series, shows our first bilingual medal: It is in Spanish at the top, and in English at the bottom, all due to the importance of the accomplishments these players made while playing for the best American Baseball teams and their legacy left within the history of those teams, and to the cities to where the teams belong. Each reverse is flanked by two Puerto Rico flags, above which it tells about the medal series in Spanish.  Below, it reads: " Puerto Rico 2010 " and below is a baseball field, across which it says " Puerto Rican Legends (of the) Major League Baseball ".  It also states 24K GP (Gold Plate) & 1/100 (total mintage).
DESCRIPCION: / DESCRIPTION:
Consiste en una medalla un poco mas grande que un dólar de plata americano. Tiene un diámetro de 40 milímetros y peso de 31.5 gramos (algo más de 1 onza), tiene bordes acanalados para mejor manejo, y ha sido encapsulada para protección contra  rayazos. Cada pieza ha sido fabricada con terminación en Oro sólido (puro, 24K GP) sobre una base de bronce. La rama de olivo en el anverso,  y las banderas, palabra Puerto Rico, y el diamante de juego al reverso, han sido revestidos de esmalte sintético de alto rendimiento.
La producción total es una limitada a 100 piezas de cada una, todas con la marca de fábrica "PRM" en su anverso, y tirada de "1/100" al reverso.
Each medal measures a good 40 mm size (slightly bigger than a Morgan Silver Dollar), and weights 31.5 grams (slightly heavier than 1 ounce). Each has reeded edges for easier handling, and comes in its own air tight plastic capsule, to protect against scratches. Material consists of a bronze core, gold plated in pure 24 Karat Gold. Both the olive branch on the obverse, the flags, name Puerto Rico, and Baseball diamond field, have been colorized with high quality synthetic enamel.  The total production is of 100 medals on each of the 20 MLB players. Each obverse is mintmarked with "PRM," and each piece has been written "1/100" (one of a total limited edition of 100 pieces) on the reverse of each piece.
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