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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Thanks to an email from a very well informed reader of Net54, I'm happy to add an 8th Connie Mack's College guy
to the list.

Louis Castro was recruited by Connie Mack while attending Manhattan College. Castro played for the A's in 1902
and contributed to the A's Championship that year. It was his only year in MLB. His BB career continued for 15
years with several Triple-A
Minor League teams, Rochester, Kansas City, Portland (PCL) and as player-manager with Augusta and Portsmouth.

Louis Castro was born in Colombia in 1876 and has the distinction of being the first Latin player in Major League
Baseball.

Louis Castro is portrayed in the Sporting Life Cabinet (W600) set.