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In Memoriam: Peter C. Bjarkman
Peter C. Bjarkman, 77, of Lafayette, Indiana, the leading authority on Cuban baseball history and a Henry Chadwick Award recipient for his contributions to baseball research, died of a heart attack on October 1, 2018, at the airport in Havana, Cuba.
His death was confirmed by his wife, Ronnie B. Wilbur.
A SABR member since 1983, Bjarkman was the author of more than 40 books on sports history, including academic histories, coffee-table pictorials, and biographies for young adults.
He helped to shape our understanding of the long, often difficult interaction between baseball in Latin America and Major League Baseball. His 2007 book, A History of Cuban Baseball, 1864-2006, was considered the definitive work on the subject.
His most recent work was Cuba’s Baseball Defectors: The Inside Story.
“His unique ability to tell the story of Cuban baseball without fear or favor has been the hallmark of his career,” John Thorn wr