The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in 1920 that are sometimes termed "Negro Major Leagues".
John Henry Lloyd,nicknamed "Pop" and "El Cuchara",was an American baseball shortstop and manager in the Negro leagues. During his 27-year career,he played for many teams and had a .343 batting average. Lloyd is considered to be the greatest shortstop in Negro league history,and he was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.
Theodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" Radcliffe was a professional baseball player in the Negro leagues. An accomplished two-way player,he played as a pitcher and a catcher,became a manager,and in his old age became a popular ambassador for the game. He is one of only a handful of professional baseball players who lived past their 100th birthdays,next to Red Hoff and fellow Negro leaguer Silas Simmons.
John Wesley Donaldson was an American baseball pitcher in Pre-Negro league and Negro league baseball. In a career that spanned over 30 years,he played for many different Negro league and semi-professional teams,including the All Nations team and the Kansas City Monarchs. Researchers so far have discovered 718 games in which Donaldson is known to have pitched. Out of those games,Donaldson had over 420 wins and 5,221 strikeouts as a baseball pitcher. According to some sources,he was the greatest pitcher of his era.
August Rodney Mancuso,nicknamed "Blackie",was an American professional baseball player,coach,scout and radio sports commentator. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals,New York Giants,Chicago Cubs (1939),Brooklyn Dodgers (1940) and Philadelphia Phillies (1945).
The following are the baseball events of the year 1981 throughout the world.
The following are the baseball events of the year 1985 throughout the world.
Raymond Hall Hayworth was an American professional baseball player,manager and scout. He played as a catcher in Major League Baseball between 1926 and 1945,most notably as a member of the Detroit Tigers team that won two consecutive American League pennants in 1934 and 1935 and won the 1935 World Series. He was employed in professional baseball for nearly 50 years from 1926 to 1973.
George C. Gibson,nicknamed Mooney,was a Canadian professional baseball player,coach,scout,and manager. He played in Major League Baseball as a catcher from 1905 to 1918,most prominently for the Pittsburgh Pirates where he played the bulk of his career and was a member of the 1909 World Series winning team. Gibson spent the final two years of his career as a player-coach for the New York Giants. He later became a minor league manager for the Toronto Maple Leafs before returning to the major leagues as a manager for the Pirates and the Chicago Cubs.
James Raleigh "Biz" Mackey was an American catcher and manager in Negro league baseball. He played for the Indianapolis ABCs (1920–1922),New York Lincoln Giants (1920),Hilldale Daisies (1923–1931),Philadelphia Royal Giants (1925),Philadelphia Stars (1933–1935),Washington / Baltimore Elite Giants (1936–1939),and Newark Dodgers/Eagles.
Louis Santop Loftin was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues. He became "one of the earliest superstars" and "black baseball's first legitimate home-run slugger" (Riley),and was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006. Some sources show a birth year of 1890,but his Navy records and Baseball Hall of Fame records support the earlier date.
Clarence "Choo-Choo" Coleman was an American professional baseball catcher,who played Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Philadelphia Phillies and New York Mets.
Clarence James "Bubber" Jonnard was a Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the Chicago White Sox in 1920,the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1922,the Philadelphia Phillies in 1926,1927 and 1935,and the St. Louis Cardinals in 1929. He played 103 Major League games with 235 at bats,54 hits,no home runs and 20 RBIs. His lifetime batting average was .230,with a .267 on-base percentage and a .268 slugging percentage. As a fielder,he caught 86 games with a fielding percentage of .960. On December 13,1927,he was part of a trade in which the Phillies received pitcher Jimmy Ring and catcher Johnny Schulte from the Cardinals in exchange for Jonnard,infielder Jimmy Cooney and outfielder Johnny Mokan.
George Walter Ball was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. Born in Detroit,Michigan,from 1893 he played ten years as the only black player on minor white teams in Minnesota and North Dakota. For more than a decade beginning 1903,he played for major teams,mainly in the Chicago region. Sources say he was given the nickname "The Georgia Rabbit" and "Diamond."
Frank Lee Duncan Jr was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues from 1920 to 1948. He was primarily a catcher for the Kansas City Monarchs,handling their pitching staff for over a decade. While playing part-time,he managed the Monarchs to two pennants in 1942 and 1946;he managed the Monarchs for the longest of all managers in team history with six and he won 281 games as skipper,a club record. He caught two no-hitters with the Monarchs,in 1923 and 1929.
Cornelius Randall Robinson,known professionally as Neil Robinson,was a major league baseball player in the segregated Negro leagues. Also known by the nicknames Neal and Shadow,he primarily played as a center fielder in the 1930s and 1940s,but as a semipro player he alternated between the outfield,shortstop,and third baseman. For the majority of his twenty-three year career,Robinson played for the Memphis Red Sox. Prior to being acquired by Memphis,he played one season for the Homestead Grays and three seasons with the Cincinnati Tigers.
Clarence E. "Waxey" Williams was an American baseball catcher who played for predecessor teams to the Negro leagues. He joined the Cuban Giants,the first black professional team,during their first season. He played at least 20 years for major teams. He was born in Harrisburg,Pennsylvania and the first black player to play for Harrisburg on City Island.
William H. Binga was an American third baseman,catcher and manager in the pre-Negro league baseball era. Born in Michigan,Binga played most of his career in Chicago,Illinois,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania,and Minneapolis,Minnesota.
Richard Henderson Whitworth was an American pitcher in baseball's Negro leagues and pre-Negro leagues.
