Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Baseball, Vic Power, Victor Pellot, MLB, Puerto Rico
Subjects
Baseball; Power, Vic; Pellot, Victor; Major League Baseball (Organization); Puerto Rico
Introduction
On Tuesday Victor Pellot died at age 78. This may not mean all that much to many baseball fans, but if that sentence is modified to read, "On Tuesday Vic Power died at age 78," it would have considerably more meaning. Vic Power was a first baseman who came to North America from Puerto Rico in 1950 to play baseball. He started in Class D ball in Ontario and a year later was signed by the Yankee organization. In 1952 he was assigned to the Yankee farm team in Kansas City where he hit .331 and drove in over a hundred runs. The next year he hit .349. He then was traded by the Yankees to the Philadelphia Athletics.
Publication Date
12-2-2005
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "Vic Power dies" (2005). On Sport and Society. 676.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/676
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