Merito Acosta

Baldomero Pedro "Merito" Acosta Fernández (May 19, 1896 – November 17, 1963) was a Cuban outfielder in Major League Baseball who played five seasons for the Philadelphia Athletics and Washington Senators.

Acosta played winter baseball in the Cuban League from 1913 to 1925 and was also a long-time manager and part-owner of the Havana Cubans.

[2] In his first season as a manager, 1922/23, he led a brand new franchise, Marianao, to a championship.

Acosta was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1955.

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