Hipolito Arenas

Hipolito Kanterra Arenas, Sr. (August 13, 1907 – December 28, 1995),[1] nicknamed "Torrento", was a Negro league baseball player. Arenas grew up in Tampa, Florida,[2] but also spent time in Ybor City, Florida.[3] He would climb from local teams to the Negro leagues.[4] Arenas played for the Atlanta Black Crackers from 1928 to 1929,[5] and for the New York Cubans in 1930.[5]

Hipolito Arenas
Born: (1907-08-13)August 13, 1907
Tampa, Florida
Died: December 28, 1995(1995-12-28) (aged 88)
Tampa, Florida
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1932, for the Atlanta Black Crackers
Last appearance
1932, for the Atlanta Black Crackers
Teams

References
  1. "Hipolito Arenas Negro League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com". Baseball-Reference.com.
  2. Lisa Figueredo. "From Baseball to Beisbol: America's Pastime in Tampa Bay". Cigar City Magazine. Archived from the original on April 17, 2015. Retrieved April 16, 2015.
  3. "An Age of Extremes". google.com.
  4. Kite-Powell, Rodney (March 17, 2011). "Tampa's long baseball history included segregated teams". The Tampa Tribune. Archived from the original on April 16, 2015. Retrieved December 26, 2019.
  5. "nlbpa.com - Arenas, Hipolito T." nlbpa.com.


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