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                      Jose LeBlanc, Pitcher, Negro Leagues, Cuban Stars, Cincinnati Cuban Stars

                      Born: 1894, Cienfuegos, Cuba

                      Died: January 31, 1922 Santiado de Cuba, Cuba,  

                      Died from Head Trauma from a baseball bat at the age of 28.


                      Drafted in the 1st round in 1919 by the Coal Dredgers (#4)

                     Traded to Georgia Pines on 7/8/1920


SCL STATS:

Team    Year    ERA   W   L   S   G  GS  CG SHO     INN    H    R   ER   BB    K  HR GDP    BF

SCD     1919   4.27   7  10   0  54   5   1   1   118.0  132   73   56   38   57   5   9   524

GP      1920   2.21  13   4   0  18  18  10   0   138.1  109   45   34   35   95   1   3   571

HC      1920   2.54  10   6   0  20  20  11   2   163.0  152   63   46   42   96   7  12   684

Total   1920   2.39  23  10   0  38  38  21   2   301.1  261  108   80   77  191   8  15  1255

GP      1921   3.35  19   8   0  32  32  11   4   242.0  223  101   90   61  123  15  19  1014

               3.08  49  28   0 124  75  33   7   661.1  616  282  226  176  371  28  43  2793



A member of the 1920 SCL Champion Georgia Pines. He went 13-4, 2.21 with Pines to help lead them to the World Series. He tossed a 1-hit shutout vs the Warbirds to win Game #3, 3-0.


Won Game #2 6-3,in the 1921 Wild Card Series vs the Miners                


Real Life Totals:  

1919-1921:   35-25, G-79, GS-55, CG-47, SHO-2, IP-525.2, H-461, K’s-278, WHIP-1.080


On 1/30/1921 during a Cuban Winter League game an argument broke out after a close play at the plate. Shortstop Antonio Susini while arguing with LeBlanc struck him in the head with a baseball bat. LeBlanc was taken to the hospital, but died the following day from the skull fracture.

   Susini was convicted of murder and sent to prison for 13 years. After his release he returned to professional baseball playing for the Cuban Stars from 1936-1938.