MADRID, Spain.- Cuban baseball player Jacinto Calvo González, known as Jack Calvo and born on June 11, 1894 in Havana, played in the winter season in the Cuban Professional League for thirteen seasons, from 1913 to 1927.
In this League he wore the colors of the Havana (9 seasons) Almendares (3), Orientals (1) and Marianao (1) clubs.
In his best season, 1924-25, he had 41 hits in 120 at-bats, with six doubles, three triples and two home runs, for a .342 percentage.
In addition, the outfielder played in the Major League Baseball (MLB) with the Washington Senators (current Minnesota Twins) between 1913 and 1920.
Jack Calvo made his Major League debut in May 1913 and his last game in the Big Top was on June 28, 1920. He also played in the Negro League with the Long Branch Cubans. With this team, in the 1916 season he led in batting with a .368 average.
He finished his career with a .308 overall average, eighth-best of all time before 1962.
In 1948 he was elected a member of the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame. He died in Miami, United States, on June 15, 1965. He was buried in Flagler Memorial Park, in that city.
Jack Calvo was the brother of Tomás Calvo, another great baseball player of the time, and who made his He made his Negro League debut in 1915 with the Long Branch Cubans, and played again with the club in 1916. Between 1912 and 1923, he also played several seasons in the Cuban League with the Almendares and Habana clubs.
