Negro League and Cuban Players ID - Help Needed
 

I'm hoping someone more knowledgeably than I am can help identify some of the players in this photo of the 1942 Cienfuegos team. It looks like Alejandro Crespo and Silvio Garcia at the left of the back row and Cool Papa Bell second from left on the front row. Beyond that a few faces look familiar but not enough for me to positively identify them.

Any help is greatly appreciate. Thanks!

Definitely not Bell, Garcia looks like a good possibility. No HOF'ers or major stars as far as I can tell.

Franco, now I quickly see the photo of Cienfuegos 1942, some of the players that appear are: Crespo, Silvio, Yuyo Acosta, Mirabal, Heredia, Pages, Comellas, Zabala, Joseito Rodríguez (manager) Otero, Chino Atan, Formental, Jose Maria Fernandez, Monteagudo etc. Bell only played for Cienfuegos in 1929-30.

Thanks Roland, and Phil. That's incredibly helpful as it gives me some reference points to start my research. I had trouble locating a decent roster for the team, so now I have a place to start. I'm grateful that you took the time to respond.

If you are still watching, do you recognize the players in this Pierrot team photo? I believe it is from 1910-1920. Joe Rogan appears to be in the back row. And someone suggested the face over the manager's shoulder is Cum Posey but I don't really have enough experience with his photos to know. I am less familiar with the non-NL Cuban players....

Thanks again!

No to Rogan. I can see some resemblance to Posey but I don't know of any connection that he would have had to a team like this so I am guessing not him. Cool photo though.

The photo you show was mine a few years ago, the team is from Pierrot cigars and cigars from the late 1920s, in the "Cerveza Tropical" park located in the town of "Guines" now you have a photo of the Pierrot team but dressed in Suit and another on the grounds with the flag of another team, the previous photo of Cienfuegos 1942 was also mine many years ago.

Roland, those are two cool photos. Are there any players pictured that those of us who are not experts in Cuban baseball history might recognize?