About Alejandro Oms
Lived 1896 – 1946 (aged 50). Alejandro Oms was a Cuban baseball player.
Alejandro Oms Cosme (March 13, 1896 – November 5, 1946) was a Cuban professional baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues and Cuban League, most notably with the Cuban Stars (East). Born in Santa Clara, Las Villas, he died at age 50 in Havana.
Oms played winter ball in the Cuban League from 1922 to 1946. He led the league in batting average three times, in 1924/25 (.393), 1928/29 (.432), and 1929/30 (.380), and won the Cuban League's Most Valuable Player Award in 1928/29. He ranks second all-time for career batting average in the Cuban League (behind Cristóbal Torriente) with an average of .345. He was elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1944.
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Who was Alejandro Oms?
Cuban baseball player (1896-1946)
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Alejandro Oms was born on 13 March 1896 in Santa Clara.
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Alejandro Oms died on 5 November 1946 in La Habana, Cuba.
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Alejandro Oms was a baseball player.
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Alejandro Oms was Cuban.
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