by jbminor | Aug 29, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Bill Cash (baseball) American baseball player William Walker Cash [″Ready″] (February 21, 1919 – September 12, 2011) an African American baseball player who was an all-star catcher in the Negro Leagues. He batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Round Oak,...
by jbminor | Aug 24, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Mule Suttles American baseball player George “Mule” Suttles (March 31, 1901 – July 9, 1966) was an American first baseman and outfielder in Negro league baseball, most prominently with the Birmingham Black Barons, St. Louis Stars and Newark Eagles. Best...
by jbminor | Aug 21, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Pittsburgh Crawfords Est. 1931; in National Negro League; folded at end of 1938 season The Pittsburgh Crawfords, popularly known as the Craws, were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team was named after the Crawford Bath...
by jbminor | Aug 21, 2018 | Negro Leagues
New York Black Yankees Negro League Baseball team active from 1931-1948; record: 243-462-19 (.345) The New York Black Yankees were a professional Negro league baseball team based in New York City, Paterson, NJ, and Rochester, NY which played in the Negro National...
by jbminor | Aug 19, 2018 | Negro Leagues
Oscar Charleston American baseball player and coach Oscar McKinley Charleston (October 14, 1896 – October 5, 1954) was an American center fielder and manager in Negro league baseball. In 1915, after serving three years in the U.S. Army, the Indianapolis, Indiana,...