Francisco "Paquito" Montaner
Francisco ("Paquito") Montaner García (August 16, 1894 – April 5, 1945) was a Puerto Rican pitcher from Ponce. He was the first baseball player to throw a "no-hitter" in Puerto Rican baseball, an event that took place on 10 December 1911. He is honored with the name of one of the largest stadiums in Puerto Rico, the professional baseball league's Francisco Montaner Stadium in Ponce. In 1955, he was inducted into the Puerto Rico Sports Hall of Fame and, in 1983, into the Galeria de los Inmortales del Deporte Ponceño (Ponce's Gallery of the Inmortals of Ponce Sports).
| Francisco ("Paquito") Montaner García | |
|---|---|
| Born: August 16, 1894 Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
| Died: April 5, 1945 (aged 50) Ponce, Puerto Rico | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| MLB debut | |
| 1911, for the Ponce Baseball Club | |
| Last MLB appearance | |
| 1923 | |
| MLB statistics | |
| First player ever to throw a "no-hitter" in Puerto Rican professional baseball | 22 January 1912 |
| Career highlights and awards | |
| Pabellón de la Fama del Deporte Puertorriqueño (1955) Galería de Inmortales del Deporte Ponceño (1983) | |
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