He had successful stints with the Homestead Grays and Hilldale Giants, and signed with the New York Cubans as player manager in 1935.

He also holds the unique distinction of membership in three other baseball halls of fame: Cuban, Mexican, and Dominican.

He was the only child of Benito Dihigo, a sergeant in the Cuban Liberation Army who fought against Spanish rule, and Maria Llanos.

At the age of four, his family moved to a modest wood-frame house in Matanzas, less than one hundred yards from the historic Palmar de Junco that was supposedly the site of Cuba's first baseball game.

[1] He began his professional baseball career in the winter of 1922-23 at the age of 16 as a substitute infielder for Habana in the Cuban League.

[citation needed] The following summer, Dihigo broke into American baseball as a first baseman for the Cuban Stars.

[3] From 1922 to 1947, he spent much of Cuban career with Habana, though he also played several seasons with Almendares (1923–24, 1929–30, 1931–32), Marianao (1926–27, 1936–38), Santa Clara (1935–36), and Cienfuegos (1939–40, 1945–47).

This team was located in the Dominican Republic and featured New York Giants player Johnny Mize.

Upon Fidel Castro's rise to power, Dihigo returned to Cuba where he continued to mentor other players until his death.

Give me Dihigo and I bet I’d beat you almost every time.” Hall of Famer Johnny Mize said, “He was the only guy I ever saw who could play all nine positions, manage, run and switch-hit.”[11]