Pelayo Chacón

Shortstop 1910–1927 Negro Leagues

500H

6HR

.269AVG

212RBI

.693OPS

Pelayo Chacón, born in Havana, Cuba, played 18 seasons (1910–1927) primarily as a shortstop, mostly with the Cuban Stars East, Cuban Stars of Havana, Cuban Stars West. He collected 500 hits and 6 home runs with a .269 batting average.

Born: September 22, 1888 · Havana, Cuba · 181 major leaguers from Havana
Bats / Throws: R / R
Teams: Cuban Stars East, Cuban Stars of Havana, Cuban Stars West, Stars of Cuba
Died: 1971

Batting

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG
1910	Stars of Cuba	21	80	14	23	5	1	1	17	0	4	—	.287
1911	Cuban Stars of Havana	18	63	16	16	0	7	0	7	10	9	—	.254
1912	Cuban Stars of Havana	20	74	9	14	2	0	0	6	0	9	—	.189
1913	Cuban Stars of Havana	24	97	29	32	8	1	0	6	4	12	—	.330
1914	Cuban Stars of Havana	28	119	18	29	2	1	0	11	5	10	—	.244
1915	Cuban Stars of Havana	51	206	38	45	4	3	4	16	7	18	—	.218
1916	Cuban Stars West	51	190	32	48	10	2	0	14	9	20	—	.253
1917	Cuban Stars East	26	109	19	34	5	2	0	18	3	9	—	.312
1918	Cuban Stars East	26	109	23	33	2	2	1	8	1	10	—	.303
1919	Cuban Stars East	17	61	12	19	4	0	0	5	7	6	—	.311
1920	Cuban Stars East	14	54	7	11	1	0	0	4	2	5	0	.204
1921	Cuban Stars East	8	36	5	16	2	1	0	13	1	1	—	.444
1922	Cuban Stars East	16	61	12	12	4	0	0	6	5	7	—	.197
1923	Cuban Stars East	35	140	20	39	6	2	0	23	5	6	0	.279
1924	Cuban Stars East	36	139	18	37	5	2	0	17	4	11	1	.266
1925	Cuban Stars East	43	162	27	42	7	5	0	15	3	21	—	.259
1926	Cuban Stars East	35	125	18	43	6	3	0	21	6	13	4	.344
1927	Cuban Stars East	11	33	3	7	0	0	0	5	0	5	—	.212
Career		480	1,858	320	500	73	32	6	212	72	176	5	.269

Pitching

Year	Team	G	IP	SO	BB
1910	Stars of Cuba	1	0.2	1	0
1922	Cuban Stars East	1	4.1	4	4
Career		2	5.0	5	4

Negro Leagues Shaded rows are Negro Leagues seasons, recognized as major league by MLB since 2020.

More Cuban shortstops of his era

Luis Bustamante1905–1913 · 136 H, 0 HR Manuel Rigal1922–1927 · 99 H, 0 HR Eusebio Gonzalez1918 · 2 H, 0 HR