Francisco "Paquito" Montaner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Francisco "Paquito" Montaner

Puerto Rican baseball player

Date of Birth: 16-Aug-1894

Place of Birth: Ponce, Puerto Rico, United States

Date of Death: 05-Apr-1945

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Francisco ("Paquito") Montaner García (August 16, 1894 – April 5, 1945) was a Puerto Rican pitcher from Ponce.
He was the first baseball player to throw a "no-hitter" in Puerto Rican baseball, an event that took place on 10 December 1911.
He is honored with the name of one of the largest stadiums in Puerto Rico, the professional baseball league's Francisco Montaner Stadium in Ponce.
In 1955, he was inducted into the Puerto Rico Sports Hall of Fame and, in 1983, into the Galeria de los Inmortales del Deporte Ponceño (Ponce's Gallery of the Inmortals of Ponce Sports).