Cumberland Posey Baseball Player and Team Owner

by jbminor | Sep 13, 2018 | Negro Leagues

Cumberland Posey American basketball player Cumberland Willis Posey, Jr. (June 20, 1890 – March 28, 1946) was an American baseball player, manager, and team owner in the Negro leagues, as well as a professional basketball player and team owner. Posey was the best...

Minnie Minoso Negro Baseball League Player

by jbminor | Sep 10, 2018 | Negro Leagues

Minnie Miñoso Cuban baseball player Orestes “Minnie” Miñoso (born Saturnino Orestes Armas Miñoso Arrieta, /mɪˈnoʊsoʊ/; Spanish pronunciation: [miˈɲoso], November 29, 1925 – March 1, 2015), nicknamed “The Cuban Comet” and “Mr. White...

Martin Dihigo

by jbminor | Sep 4, 2018 | Negro Leagues

Martín Dihigo Cuban baseball player Martín Magdaleno Dihigo Llanos (May 25, 1906[1] – May 20, 1971) was a Cuban player in baseball’s Negro leagues and Latin American leagues who excelled at several positions, primarily as a pitcher and second baseman. He was...

Bill “Ready” Cash Negro League Baseball Star

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,...

Mule Suttles

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...

Pittsburgh Crawfords

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...

New York Black Yankees

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...

Oscar Charleston MLB HOF

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,...

Stachel Paige

by jbminor | Aug 17, 2018 | Negro Leagues

Satchel Paige. American baseball player and coach; Negro Leagues Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who is notable for being perhaps the best pitcher in...

Biz Mackey Negro Baseball League Legend Biz Mackey American baseball player James Raleigh “Biz” Mackey (July 27, 1897 – September 22, 1965) was an American catcher and manager in Negro league baseball. He played for the Indianapolis ABC’s (1920–22), New York Lincoln Giants (1920), Hilldale Daisies (1923–31), Philadelphia Royal Giants (1925), Philadelphia Stars (1933–35), Washington and Baltimore Elite Giants (1936–39), and Newark Dodgers/Eagles (1935, 1939–.41, 1945–47, 1950).

by jbminor | Aug 16, 2018 | Negro Leagues

Mackey came to be regarded as black baseball’s premier catcher in the late 1920s and early 1930s. His superior defense and outstanding throwing arm were complemented by batting skill which placed him among the Negro leagues’ all-time leaders in total...