William Hendrick Foster was an American left-handed pitcher in baseball's Negro leagues in the 1920s and 1930s. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1996. Foster was the much-younger half-brother of Rube Foster,a Negro league player,pioneer,and fellow Hall of Famer.
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.
Hilton Lee Smith was an American right-handed pitcher in Negro league baseball. He pitched alongside Satchel Paige for the Kansas City Monarchs and Bismarck Churchills between 1932 and 1948. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.
JoséColmenar del Valle Méndez was a Cuban right-handed pitcher and manager in baseball's Negro leagues. Born in Cárdenas,Matanzas,he died at age 43 in Havana. Known in Cuba as El Diamante Negro,he became a legend in his homeland. He was one of the first group of players elected to the Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame in 1939. He was elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in 2006.
Daniel Robert Bankhead was the first African American pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played in Negro league baseball for the Birmingham Black Barons and the Memphis Red Sox from 1940 to 1947,then played for the Brooklyn Dodgers from 1947 to 1951.
Vicente "El Loco" Rodríguez Valera in Havana,Cuba was a baseball catcher in the pre-Negro leagues,Negro leagues and Cuban League from 1912 to 1923.
Merven John "Red" Ryan,born Mervin Ferguson,was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1915 to 1932 with several teams,playing mostly with the Hilldale Club.
John Wesley Williams,nicknamed "Big Boy",was an American Negro league baseball player,primarily a pitcher,between 1926 and 1936.
Alvin "Bubber" Gipson,Sr. was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s. A native of Shreveport,Louisiana,Gipson spent most of his career in Birmingham as a mainstay of the Black Barons' pitching staff.
Charles Thomas Shields was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s.
William Pryor is an American former Negro league pitcher who played between 1927 and 1931.
Cecil Eugene Jones was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1940s.
Norman Cross was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1930s.
The following is the list of players on the Cleveland Buckeyes all-time roster. These are Cleveland Buckeyes players who appeared in at least one game for the Buckeyes while they were based either in Cleveland from 1942 to 1948 and 1950,Cincinnati in 1942,or Louisville in 1949.
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