Major League Baseball Player. Born Luis Francisco Rodriguez Olmo, he played several positions for the National League's Brooklyn Dodgers and Boston Braves from 1943 to 1945 and 1949 to 1951. He debuted for the Dodgers on July 18, 1943 and in 57 games that season, batted .303 with four home runs and 37 RBI. He gained regular status the next season and batted .258 with nine home runs and 85 RBI in 136 games. On May 18, 1945, he became the second player in Major League Baseball history to hit a bases-loaded triple and a bases-loaded home run (grand slam) in the same game. He added a single for good measure, only failing to hit a double to complete the cycle. In that season, he led the league in triples with 13 and reached career-high numbers in batting average (.313), home runs (10), RBI (110), doubles (27), stolen bases (15) and games (141). In 1946, he was among a group of players who were enticed to play in the Mexican League by the promise of higher salaries and were later suspended by Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler for jumping the major leagues. Two years later, he was reinstated and returned to the Dodgers, batting .305 to help them win the National League pennant. That same year, he became the first Puerto Rican to play in a World Series. In 1950 he was traded to the Boston Braves and played for them for two years before retiring from the majors after the 1951 season. During a six year career, he batted .281 with 29 home runs, 208, runs, 65 doubles, 25 triples, and 33 stolen bases. He went on to represent his native Puerto Rico in three Caribbean Series and won the Series MVP in 1951 after batting .416 and three homers for Series champion Cangrejeros de Santurce. Many Puerto Ricans consider him as an equal to Roberto Clemente and Roberto Alomar when considering the greatest ballplayer to come out of their country. He was elected to the Caribbean Baseball Hall of Fame in 2004. His baseball career was featured in a 2008 American documentary titled "Beisbol", directed by Alan Swyer and narrated by Esai Morales, which covered the early influences and contributions of Hispanics in the game. His birthplace of Arecibo, Puerto Rico also honored him by naming a baseball stadium after him.