Top amateur pitcher in 1970s - turned pro at 27 in IAML
https://salondelafama-nicaragua.com/juan-pablo-juarez-garmendia/
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pablo_Ju%C3%A1rez
https://salondelafama-nicaragua.com/juan-pablo-juarez-garmendia/
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Pablo_Ju%C3%A1rez
https://salondelafama-nicaragua.com/calixto-vargas-gutierrez/ 1b
https://salondelafama-nicaragua.com/category/beisbol/
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Nicaraguan_Amateur_League
https://salondelafama-nicaragua.com/category/beisbol/
https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Nicaraguan_Amateur_League
2nd major leaguer from Nicaragua - had been more highly touted than Dennis Martinez. Good information on 1970s amateur ball - Chevez was 20-1, 0.93 one year.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_de_B%C3%A9isbol_Profesional_Nacional
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liga_de_B%C3%A9isbol_Profesional_Nacional
Some info on it in Spring 1996 SABR Latino Baseball newsletter
"As indicated in the previous LAC Newsletter, we areincluding more information on the Nicaraguan baseball, a valuable contribution of Tito Rondon, LAC member and well known Nicaraguan Sportswriter and historian "The Nicaraguan Professional League started without any particular planning in February 1956. It was an independent circuit. Very weak, it improved a little as the quality of the "imported" players became better, it probably approached the "D" level of the time."
"The greatest "names" were those of Cuban players, because of their age the fans started calling the league the "Elephant Cementery". The players apparently just gave their personal data to the league register, and most "shaved"their true age(Claro Duany 1918 vs 1917; Carlos Colas and Pedro Ballester(1927 vs 1925) Alejandro. Crespo (1916 vs 1915)
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"The official stats were lost; a few remains from newspapers of those times and a "Who's kho" type booklet published in December 1956, which are the source for most of this information."
In February of 1957, night baseball finally arrived in Nicaragua and a second season of gro-ball was played. The " Leon" team had a working agree- ment withe Havana Sugar Kings (AAA): at the end of the season Connie Marrero and Roberto Fernandez Tapanes were called to the International League. In September of 1857, Nicaragua was admitted to Organized Baseball and the first Winter League tournament was played from October 1957 to February 1958"
According also to Tito, since 1949 professional, players from Panama, and Cuba did participate in series held in several Nicaragua towns, as a matter of fact it broughtout the thoughts of professional baseball in Nicaragua. But the participation in the World Amateur Series was deeply was deeply. fixed in the Nicaraguans and thou Jose A. "Chino" Melendez the premiera pitcher tried to convince his countrymen, it is was in vain."
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