found: African American National Biography, accessed February 25, 2015, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Marichal, Juan; Juan Antonio Marichal Sánchez; baseball player; born 1938 in Laguna Verde, Dominican Republic; drove a tractor for the United Fruit Company while pitching for its baseball team; signed with the Escogido Leones, the Dominican affiliate of the San Francisco Giants (1955); signed his first big-league contract with the Giants (1957); helped the team to the World Series (1962) and became the staff ace (1963); became the first Latin pitcher to throw a no-hitter; elected to the All-Star team each year from 1962 through 1969; sold to the Boston Red Sox before the 1974 season; the Giants unveiled a nine-foot statue of him outside their stadium (2005))
