to honor the Pittsburgh Pirates legend. He also founded the Summer League, a professional baseball league with four teams in the cities of Santiago, Puerto Plata, La Vega and San Francisco de Macorís that played from 1975 to 1978. He also founded, with the help of his son Stan, the Gigantes del Cibao, one of the expansion teams in the Dominican Winter Baseball League (LIDOM). Estadio Julian Javier, the stadium in Julián Javier's hometown of San Francisco de Macorís, is named after him, and is the home stadium for the Gigantes del Cibao. He was chosen the all-time second baseman for the Águilas Cibaeñas, and his number (25) retired by them in the Dominican Winter Baseball League. He was inducted into the Dominican Republic Hall of Fame in , and is also a member of the Triple-A Hall of Fame in Columbus, Ohio for his remarkable performance with the Columbus Jets while playing in the Pirates' minor league system. He was inducted into the Hispanic Heritage Baseball Museum in 2012. He was named to the St. Louis Cardinals Hall of Fame in May 2022, and will be inducted to the "Red jacket club" in August 2022. See also List of St. Louis Cardinals team records Players from Dominican Republic in MLB References External links Julián Javier at SABR (Baseball BioProject) 1936 births Living people Águilas Cibaeñas players Cincinnati Reds players Dominican Republic expatriate baseball players in the United States Douglas Copper Kings players Baseball players at the 1955 Pan American Games Major League Baseball players from the Dominican Republic Major League Baseball second basemen National League All-Stars Pan American Games gold medalists for the Dominican Republic Pan American Games medalists in baseball People from San Francisco de Macorís St. Louis Cardinals players Medalists at the 1955 Pan American Games