francisco january november commonly known puerto rican professional baseball player born municipality moved early life begin actively participate sports baseball played thirteen seasons period team won league championships finished career average average strikeouts season included consecutive seasons strikeouts won batting titles league valuable player award traveled new_york_city completing professional season puerto_rico joined stars baseball team contracted new_york playing stars joined played seasons batting average remained mark including seasons batted playing negro leagues selected play league east west star games twice played players future elected played teams established colombia venezuela dominican_republic mexico following retirement worked coach manager teams professional amateur leagues puerto_rico eighty years old died unable escape flames burning building lived early years born puerto_rico birth inscribed resident birth certificate following common practice time moved mother order live closer sister began playing baseball training supervision hall local league accomplishments sports track field competed yard dash eventually developing skills aspects sport continued practicing sport attending high school later transferred educational institution puerto_rico tried participate athletic competition denied permission classified different division records puerto_rico event led court case marked time puerto_rico court hearing scheduled case involving sports subsequently transferred tried removed team based allegations received payment student athlete judge determined evidence insufficient hearing case dropped baseball career high school played school league positions pitcher second baseman organized baseball came recommended member team officials local team puerto rican amateur league play series season team needed additional players selected team owner debuted game took place given position right fielder hits bats continued team participated championship series team team won games game series pitched won final score game team lost following error performance outside puerto_rico dominican_republic played team named los accompanied puerto rican players stay played team venezuela played pitcher outfielder teammates homes played puerto rican league having solid performance season amateur league recruited del team play dominican_republic coached following season continued alternating leagues playing santo domingo puerto rican league season came end went work security guard institution played semi professional team shortly offered contract play team called season concluded second team owned proprietor winning league championship following participation continued playing puerto_rico dominican_republic playing team developed rivalry gave opportunity establish relationships players countries period team continued coached included known dominican players team win league championship decided assist ceremony trophy awarded choosing stay hotel room instead took cup possession days rejected suggested filled money donation moved played team reached league final series lost prior series team travel industrial city games scheduled usual way traveling boat following advice team transported airplane season moved friends resided played series served determine final roster team going travel puerto_rico year participated series choose play instead returned dominican_republic team won league championship described powerful team memory formation participation negro league baseball later year returned puerto_rico discovered organized league organized elected press writer president joined team represented team coached owned team roster included players known local fanbase season conclusion traveled new_york time life invited close friend original intention visit sister instead lived city new_york met owner team named known puerto rican stars visited group players offered contract play team accepted joined team included players puerto_rico cuba played stars called offer play new_york time owned interested hearing reviews work skeptical claims hesitant contract didn group players recommended debuted game team named game took place brooklyn new_york games team connected hits singles double following performance informed going stay team season concluded instantly offered second contract time playing national_league participated season winter league concluded season batting average strikeouts second season average included league star game time career following returned puerto_rico average team season marked time won championship season won batting championship finishing average connected hits consecutive games best season negro leagues united_states selected east star team second occasion average highest career year received tribute yankee stadium hundreds puerto reunited awarded ring recognizing performance year led runs batted scoring rbis subsequently invited play time career joined team called beginning problems adapting mexico climate average improved course season eventually finishing league leaders experienced similar pattern season unable score hit games finished winning second batting championship later year joined team named organized colombia participation team consisted managing work unable play previous injury time inactivity worked supervising games organized local businessmen injury product accidental pitch ended participation season injury treatment required recovery treatment recovering injury traveled new_york originally intention joining visit contacted team canadian league play right field position able play capacity experienced problems injury knee ended season batting average season team won league championship spent working designated hitter final season league reassigned play right field fourth player batting lineup game wild pitch injured knee prompting decision retire active player retirement death legacy following retirement began working coach leading team championships extending work caribbean series tournament champions caribbean league participate received invitation team owner team established panama work team manager worked administration team traveled play havana cuba subsequently decided work coach amateur league continuing participation professional team began coaching team represented puerto_rico began promoting idea focused performance team instead success individual players day amateur coach summoned players conference noted felt like stars played statistics collective performance suffer won national championship team decided leave work won championship time worked talent scout pittsburgh pirates scout directly responsible hiring urged pirates draft draw minor league contract died november trapped house fire fire originated house kitchen cooking consuming structures wooden frame tried escape unable open door locked honored memory naming sports museum museum contains large collection sports memorabilia located honored park citizens building housing named francisco town honored naming sports complex francisco park
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