In baseball,a player earns a Triple Crown when he leads a league in three specific statistical categories in the same season. The term "Triple Crown" generally refers to the batting achievement of leading a league in batting average,home runs,and runs batted in (RBI) over the same season. The term "Pitching Triple Crown" refers to the pitching achievement of leading a league in wins,strikeouts,and earned run average (ERA).
The Negro American League was one of the several Negro leagues created during the time organized American baseball was segregated. The league was established in 1937,and disbanded after its 1962 season.
The first Negro National League (NNL) was one of the several Negro leagues that were established during the period in the United States when organized baseball was segregated. The league was formed in 1920 with former player Rube Foster as its president.
The second Negro National League was one of the several Negro leagues that were established during the period in the United States when organized baseball was segregated. The league was founded in 1933 by businessman Gus Greenlee of Pittsburgh.
Walter Fenner "Buck" Leonard was an American first baseman in Negro league baseball and in the Mexican League. After growing up in North Carolina,he played for the Homestead Grays between 1934 and 1950,batting fourth behind Josh Gibson for many years. The Grays teams of the 1930s and 1940s were considered some of the best teams in Negro league history. Leonard and Gibson are two of only nine players in league history to win multiple batting titles.
Raymond Emmitt Dandridge,nicknamed "Hooks" and "Squat",was an American third baseman in baseball's Negro leagues. Dandridge excelled as a third baseman and he hit for a high batting average. By the time that Major League Baseball was racially integrated,Dandridge was considered too old to play. He worked as a major league scout after his playing career ended. In 1999,Dandridge was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame and,late in his life,Dandridge was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987.
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.
Joseph Black was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league and Major League Baseball for the Brooklyn Dodgers,Cincinnati Redlegs,and Washington Senators who became the first black pitcher to win a World Series game,in 1952.
Clarence Charles "Pint" Isreal was an American Negro league baseball player.
Willie Ernest "Pee Wee" Powell was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1925 to 1934,playing mostly with the Chicago American Giants. He threw a no-hitter in 1927.
The Moultrie Packers were a class D,and class A minor league baseball team,based in Moultrie,Georgia,founded by J.S. Dillard.
Maurice "Murray" Clifton Watkins,nicknamed "Skeeter",was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1940s.
Charles Ederson Parks was an American Negro league catcher in the 1930s and 1940s.
Leroy Holmes,nicknamed "Philly" and "Buddy",was an American Negro league shortstop between 1937 and 1945.
Johnny Holmes was an American baseball left fielder in the Negro leagues. He played with the Newark Eagles in 1942.
Benjamin F. Holmes was an American Negro league third baseman in the 1880s and 1890s.
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