1895
Born May 15, 1895
Havana, La Habana, Cuba
Isidro Fabré Marquee
Isidro Fabré played for the Cuban Stars of the East in three separate stretches between 1916 and 1923, at a point when Black baseball in the United States had no organized league and clubs barnstormed for their schedule.
He batted .267 across the 68 games for which box scores survive and also started two games as a pitcher, which was a common enough combination on rosters that carried a dozen men. He had a long career in Cuban baseball alongside the American seasons.
Born in Santa Clara, Cuba in 1895, Fabré collected 71 hits and scored 41 runs in the surviving record. The date of his death is not established in the sources this archive draws on.
Batting, season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918* | CSE | 26 | 97 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 0 | .247 |
| 1920* | CSE | 6 | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .227 |
| 1921* | CSE | 8 | 34 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .294 |
| 1922* | CSE | 12 | 44 | 3 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 1 | .318 |
| 1923 | CSE | 22 | 71 | 7 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .268 |
| 1924 | CSE | 50 | 187 | 22 | 46 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 3 | .246 |
| 1925 | CSE | 37 | 125 | 19 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| 1926 | CSE | 23 | 58 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .207 |
| 1927 | CSE | 41 | 135 | 19 | 38 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 0 | 1 | .281 |
| 1928 | CSE | 25 | 84 | 12 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .226 |
| 1929 | CSE | 40 | 105 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 0 | .238 |
| 1939 | NYC | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Major leagues | — | 241 | 773 | 101 | 193 | 40 | 9 | 10 | 101 | 40 | 9 | 5 | .250 |
| All seasons | — | 293 | 970 | 121 | 246 | 51 | 11 | 11 | 125 | 54 | 9 | 6 | .254 |
Pitching, season by season
| Year | Team | W | L | G | GS | SV | IP | H | ER | BB | SO | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1918* | CSE | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 70.2 | 85 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 3.06 |
| 1920* | CSE | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 18.0 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3.00 |
| 1921* | CSE | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0.00 |
| 1922* | CSE | 5 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 45.2 | 58 | 17 | 9 | 24 | 3.35 |
| 1923 | CSE | 4 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 72.0 | 82 | 33 | 8 | 12 | 4.13 |
| 1924 | CSE | 2 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 60.0 | 102 | 52 | 17 | 31 | 7.80 |
| 1925 | CSE | 4 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 67.1 | 82 | 33 | 17 | 18 | 4.41 |
| 1926 | CSE | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 29.1 | 33 | 11 | 6 | 8 | 3.38 |
| 1927 | CSE | 1 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 60.1 | 80 | 30 | 21 | 21 | 4.48 |
| 1928 | CSE | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 34.0 | 26 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2.12 |
| 1929 | CSE | 1 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 93.1 | 127 | 61 | 29 | 31 | 5.88 |
| Major leagues | — | 14 | 27 | 64 | 45 | 1 | 416.1 | 532 | 228 | 106 | 128 | 4.93 |
| All seasons | — | 26 | 29 | 84 | 58 | 1 | 559.2 | 692 | 275 | 142 | 182 | 4.42 |
Seasons outside MLB's recognized major leagues appear in All seasons, but not in Major leagues or the leaderboards. For Isidro Fabré, that is 1918–1922. Why totals can differ.
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