The First Latin American in a World Series

On October 3, 1919, Cuban-born pitcher Adolfo Luque appeared in relief for the Cincinnati Reds in Game 3 of the World Series against the Chicago White Sox, becoming the first Latin American player to appear in a World Series. Chicago won the game 3–0 behind a shutout from Dickey Kerr.

Cincinnati went on to win the series five games to three. It later became known as one of the most infamous in baseball history: eight members of the White Sox were accused of conspiring with gamblers to lose the series intentionally, a scandal that came to be called the Black Sox scandal.

Luque pitched twenty seasons in the majors, mostly with the Reds, and won 27 games in 1923, the most by a Latin American-born pitcher in a single season at the time. He later managed and coached in the majors and in Cuban winter league baseball.