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Luis Olmo

Luis Olmo, Puerto Rican-American baseball player and manager (died 2017)

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Born
August 11, 1919
Died
April 28, 2017
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1919

About Luis Olmo

Luis Francisco Rodríguez Olmo was a Puerto Rican Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter. Olmo played in the majors with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves (1950–51). Olmo was both the first Puerto Rican to play and to hit a home run in the World Series. Known as "El Pelotero de América", Olmo also played in Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela and Mexico. In 1940-41, Luis Olmos established a LBPPR record with ten triples. On May 18, 1945, Olmo became the second player (Del Bissonette on April 21, 1930, was the first) in Major League history to hit a bases-loaded triple and a bases-loaded home run (grand slam) in the same game. He co-won the MVP with Francisco Coimbre in 1942-43, after leading in doubles.

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Luis Olmo timeline

  1. In 1940-41, Luis Olmos established a LBPPR record with ten triples.
  2. He co-won the MVP with Francisco Coimbre in 1942-43, after leading in doubles.
  3. On May 18, 1945, Olmo became the second player (Del Bissonette on April 21, 1930, was the first) in Major League history to hit a bases-loaded triple and a bases-loaded home run (grand slam) in the same game.
  4. Olmo played in the majors with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves (1950–51).

The world when Luis Olmo was born

Luis Olmo was born in 1919. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1919

  • Best-selling book"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse" – Vicente Blasco Ibáñez

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentBlack Sox scandal — 1919 World Series fixed
  • Top headlineTreaty of Versailles signed — 18th Amendment (Prohibition)
  • Technology milestoneFirst nonstop transatlantic flight (Alcock & Brown)
  • Defining fadOuija boards
  • Notable inventionPop-up toaster
  • World population~1.79B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population103.2M

1919 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Luis Olmo's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19192026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Average home$5,000$435,000
Average income$2,000$67,500
Movie ticket$0.15$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population103.2M341 million

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