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...

Hilton Smith

by jbminor | Aug 15, 2018 | Negro Leagues

Hilton Smith American baseball player Hilton Lee Smith (February 27, 1907[1] – November 18, 1983) was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league baseball. He pitched alongside Satchel Paige for the Kansas City Monarchs between 1932 and 1948. In 2001, he was...

Sam Jethroe Negro League Baseball Great

by jbminor | Aug 15, 2018 | Negro Leagues

Sam Jethroe American baseball player Samuel Jethroe, nicknamed “The Jet”(January 20, 1918 – June 18, 2001), was an American center fielder in Negro league and Major League Baseball. With the Cincinnati & Cleveland Buckeyes he won a pair of batting...