Oscar McKinley Charleston was an American center fielder and manager in Negro league baseball. Over his 43-year baseball career,Charleston played or managed with more than a dozen teams,including the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords,Negro league baseball's leading teams in the 1930s. He also played nine winter seasons in Cuba and in numerous exhibition games against white major leaguers. He was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 1976.
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.
James Allen "Candy Jim" Taylor was an American third baseman and manager in Negro league baseball. In a career that spanned forty years,he played as an infielder in the early years of the 20th century for over a dozen black baseball teams;by the mid 1920s,he would play less regularly,with his final game came at 58. In 1920,the same year of the start of the golden era of Negro league baseball,he would take on the responsibilities of manager,where he would manage 1,967 games for twelve teams. Described as one of the great strategists of his era,Taylor is the all-time winningest manager in the Negro league era,having 955 wins along with two Negro World Series titles and one additional pennant in 27 seasons as manager. He has the most seasons managed by an African American manager along with having the seventh most for a manager in the history of baseball.
The Western League was the name of several minor league baseball leagues that operated between 1885 and 1899. These leagues were focused mainly in the Midwestern United States.
Owen Joseph "Donie" Bush was an American professional baseball player,manager,team owner,and scout. He was active in professional baseball from 1905 until his death in 1972.
Cristóbal Torriente called Babe Ruth of Cuba,was a Cuban outfielder in Negro league baseball with multiple teams. He played from 1912 to 1932 and was primarily a pull hitter,though he could hit with power to all fields. He had a stocky and slightly bowlegged build,but was known for deceptive power and a strong,accurate arm from center field. Indianapolis ABC's manager C.I. Taylor stated,"If I see Torriente walking up the other side of the street,I would say,'There walks a ballclub.'" Torriente was elected into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Benjamin Harrison Taylor was an American first baseman and manager in baseball's Negro leagues. Taylor played for the Birmingham Giants,Chicago American Giants,Indianapolis ABC's,St. Louis Giants,Bacharach Giants,Washington Potomacs,Harrisburg Giants,and Baltimore Black Sox. His playing career lasted from 1908 to 1929. He was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.
Herbert Sylvester Sincock was a left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. In 1908,he played both college baseball at the University of Michigan and professional baseball for the Cincinnati Reds.
Oren Edgar Summers,nicknamed "Kickapoo Ed",was an American right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who played five seasons with the Detroit Tigers from 1908 to 1912.
William Chester "Baby Doll" Jacobson was an American baseball outfielder. He played 11 seasons of Major League Baseball,principally with the St. Louis Browns,between 1915 and 1927. He also played for the Detroit Tigers (1915),Boston Red Sox (1926–1927),Cleveland Indians (1927),and Philadelphia Athletics (1927).
Paul James Hoffman was an American professional basketball player.
William John Lelivelt was a professional baseball pitcher. He played Major League Baseball for the Detroit Tigers in 1909 and 1910. He appeared in five major league games and compiled an 0–2 record in 29 innings pitched with an earned run average (ERA) of 3.41.
James Donald Bond Jr. was an American football player and coach. He played college football at the University of Pittsburgh from 1915 to 1920,with his career being interrupted by military service and injuries sustained in World War I. He also played in the National Football League for the Brooklyn Lions in 1926. He coached college football at Centre College (1922),the University of Buffalo (1923),Canisius College (1924),and Albright College (1925).
James B. Donnelly was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned from 1884 to 1900. He played all or part of 11 seasons in Major League Baseball,principally as a third baseman,for nine different major league clubs. In his 11 major league seasons,Donnelly compiled a .230 career batting average and led the National League's third basemen with 73 errors in 1886 and 275 assists in 1887.
David "Gentleman Dave" Julius Malarcher was an American third baseman in Negro league baseball. He played for the Indianapolis ABCs,Detroit Stars,and Chicago American Giants from 1916 to 1934.
John Boyce Taylor was the second-oldest of four baseball-playing brothers,the others being Charles,Benjamin,and James. Taylor was a pitcher and played in professional pre-league and Negro league baseball from 1903 to 1925.
August Julius "Gus" Hetling(November 21,1885 –October 13,1962) was a professional baseball player from 1904 to 1917. He appeared in two games for the Detroit Tigers in October 1906 and played 14 years of minor league baseball,including three seasons in Springfield,Missouri (1904–06),four years in Wichita,Kansas,and four years with the Oakland Oaks in the Pacific Coast League (1911–14). After compiling more than 200 hits and a .297 batting average in 1912,he was selected as the Most Valuable Player in the Pacific Coast League.
Clarence "Pops" Coleman was an American baseball catcher in the pre-Negro leagues. He played for the All Nations,Chicago Union Giants,and the Indianapolis ABCs and was about 36 years old and past his prime when the Negro National League was formed in 1920,so he did not make the cut against younger players.
William Henry Francis was a Negro leagues Third baseman for a few years before the founding of the first Negro National League,and in its first few seasons.
The New Orleans–St. Louis Stars,originally the Indianapolis ABCs and then the St. Louis Stars,were a major Negro league baseball team that played in the Negro American League from 1938 through 1941. They disbanded for the 1942 season due to financial difficulties but regrouped for the 1943 season in Harrisburg,Pennsylvania as the Harrisburg–St. Louis Stars in the Negro National League before folding for good.
