That mission continues today.\n\nAnd I really do mean today. This article was written byJohn M. Coates, This article was published in 1972 Baseball Research Journal, The recent election of Satchel Paige to the Hall of Fame brings back memories of the old Negro leagues and the men who starred in them. Born average. Rookies earned $75 and the stars $375. A high average hitter and an excellent first baseman, Buck played in 12 All-Star games. Below is a list of 52 players who played for major Negro league teams up to 1950 and eventually saw playing time for a Major League team. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Rogers was one of the few players, black or white, who hit Satchel Paige consistently well. Willie Wells: A .338 lifetime hitter, Willie Wells is often called the best shortstop to play in the black leagues. Pre-integration players. For our latest update I checked through the mainstream daily newspapers in St. Louis and picked up three more St. Louis Stars games -- and Suttles homered in two of them.. Hall of Fame. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Chris Haughey is the last player alive from 1943 and Tommy Brown is the last player alive from 1944, 1945 and 1947. Josh Gibson, Now a Los Angeles resident, Evans remembers playing against almost every great ballplayer, black and white, during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The list does not include Negro league players who only played in the minor leagues and White Hispanic players who played in both the Negro Leagues and MLB prior to full integration (ex. His career was spent almost entirely playing in all black minor or semi-pro leagues, most of which were located in southern Florida. SIERRA: The Clowns are paid a hundred dollars a month. We know which were the pitchers' parks (Chicago's Schorling Park, for example) and which were the hitters' parks (Stars Park in St. Louis and the Catholic Protectory Oval in the Bronx, home of the New York Lincoln Giants). Fortunately, that has recently changed with the recognition of the Negro Leagues as a Major League, but for decades that wasn't the case. He was known to be a great hitter, but I don't think it was fully appreciated how pivotal he was to the Monarchs' defense.. But thousands of Black and Latino players endured bigotry and racist taunts. Born May 6, 1931, Willie Mays is the youngest. ***** Today, stars like Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard and Satchel Paige are enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. Do you have a sports website? They also represent something else. Just a humbling reminder that Jim Crow laws and segregation was less than a generation ago. The unparalleled Rube Foster started the first Negro League in 1920, with such dominant teams as the Chicago American Giants and the Kansas City Monarchs. Ernie Banks and Monte Irvin died a couple years ago. Members were the Brooklyn (New York) Royal Giants, Bacharach Giants of Atlantic City, New Jersey, Baltimore Black Sox, Hilldale Club of Philadelphia, and the Cuban Stars (no relation to the Cuban Stars of the NNL) and Lincoln Giants of New York City. RHP Satchel Paige: The most famous Negro Leagues player, the age-defying Paige stayed young long enough to pitch in the majors -- including the World Series -- as a 42-year-old rookie in 1948. It has been 47 years since anyone last saw this man. . List of Negro league baseball players who played in Major League Baseball. Keys bought the Giants franchise after the 1921 season and built the newly named Stars a stadium in '22. Although there are two players who played before 1946 none of them appeared in 1946, thus no players from 1946 are still alive. When I began speaking with Ashwill about the database in September, Hall of Fame slugger Mule Suttles held the Negro Leagues single-season home run record with the 30 that he hit as a member of the St. Louis Stars in 1926. Of them, only 9 are still alive as of Janury 26, 2023. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Sports Pulse: Players, celebs and politicians tip their hats in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Negro Leagues. Ray Brown, , 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords, The list includes those who played on major Negro league teams prior to integration (and any caliber Negro league team after integration) as well as in Major League Baseball. If you think white players made more money because they were more talented that's just false. Wells, 66, is a New York City resident. It's just that you rarely get where are they nows on the guys who played 3-4 forgettable seasons,whether they were in 1930s or 1990s. "Well, in the case of the Negro leagues the historical record is (and in many cases always will be) incomplete, Ashwill wrote. If history belongs to the record keepers, then these record keepers weren't interested. 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Major League Baseball was segregated from 1887 through 1946. Josh Gibson. You knew the disparity in pay would be bad, but that gap is embarrassing for baseball. Theyve established -- though its no surprise -- that the speedy Bell holds the single-season record with 49 stolen bases for the Stars in 1929. Paige probably took a pay cut when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1948.". There's also Charley Pride (3/18/1935), famous country singer and one of the only black people to perform on Grand Ole Opry. Lester said the average monthly salary of a Black player in the early 1920s was $175 a month. Among the most captivating features of Stars Park was the trolley car building that served as the left-field barrier. Allens best baseball memory is an unassisted triple play he made in the early 1930s. He jumped to the Lincoln Giants of the Eastern Colored League in 1923 and pitched with them for 2 years. A charity baseball game that paid tribute to the Negro Leagues and their significance to the sport was held at Sacramento State's John Smith Field on Oct. 9. While there are roughly 130 players alive from the Negro Leagues, according to baseball historian Larry Lester, only those four players are alive from that 1920-1948 window. Tipping their caps: paying homage to Negro Leagues on their 100th anniversary. Negro League Baseball historical stats. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Data Provided By He began his professional career in the Negro Leagues in the 1920s after being discharged from reform school in Alabama. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. In 1934, led by 20-year-old left-hander Slim Jones, the Stars defeated the Chicago American Giants in a controversial playoff series, four games to three, for the Negro National League pennant. Suttles pictured back row, far left. This is a list of the last handful of living major leaguers from the 1940s. Please enable JavaScript on your browser and try again. The integration of Major League Baseball happened at the beginning of the 1947 MLB season when Jackie Robinson played his first game for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Nat Rogers: Now 78 years old and a waiter at Memphis Peabody Hotel, Nat writes that he played for 45 consecutive seasons in organized baseball, compiling a batting average of over .340. List of living major league players from the 1940s, List of living members of World Series-winning teams, List of living major league players from the 1950s, https://www.baseball-reference.com/bpv/index.php?title=List_of_living_major_league_players_from_the_1940s&oldid=1264856, Scores from any date in Major League history, Minor, Foreign, College, & Black Baseball, Frequently Asked Questions about MLB and Baseball. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Black players earnedless because they were Jim Crow'd. Pittsburgh soon produced two of the greatest teams of all time, the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords, featuring such stars as Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell and many . Over at the Seamheads Negro Leagues database, a dedicated few have combed through newspapers and scorebooks, photo albums and microfiche to piece together the most complete statistical record of the Negro Leagues to date. Use Mays, Greason, Golden and Teasley as the faces of a compensation plan, like lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit, and account for what was a wide disparity in pay between Black and white players during those 28 years. Many thanks to him. Streeters biggest thrill in baseball was to hit a home run. Players he signed as a scout with Chicago then the Royals included Lou Brock, Oscar Gamble, Lee Smith and Joe Carter. the Negro Leagues weren't even considered. Ray Dandridge: Fifty-eight year old Ray Dandridge lives in Newark, N.J., and is a scout for the San Francisco Giants. The list includes those who played on major Negro league teams prior to integration (and any caliber Negro league team after integration) as well as in Major League Baseball. December 15, 2006 - Medal of freedom awarded to Buck O'Neil. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. I knew about it. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. But before Paige there was baseball's serial pay disparity. Leroy "Satchel" Paige was bigger than mere numbers. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. While there are roughly 130 players alive from the Negro Leagues, according to baseball historian Larry Lester, only those four players are alive from that 1920-1948 window. All these early leagues were financially shaky. 'THEY TRULY DESERVE IT:'Families of Negro Leaguers rejoice in MLB's decision to recognize league, OPINION: After vowing change, Black candidates shut out again of MLB front office jobs. After spotting the Black newspaper The Chicago Defender in his universitys library stacks and knowing its historical importance, he dove into the reels for the 1920 season and was surprised to see incredibly thorough coverage and box scores for the Negro National League. With the game still years away from the multimillion-dollar contracts handed to star players, Aaron's annual pay in 1959 was around $30,000. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Or write about sports? For example, here, courtesy of Ashwill, are the pages from a 1941-42 Baltimore Elite Giants scorebook showing the Elites beating the Philadelphia Stars on Aug. 16, 1942: The biggest myth of them all is that the history of Negro League baseball is nothing but blurry, hard-to-substantiate legends and tall tales, Ashwill wrote in an email to MLB.com. The star pitcher for the Chicago American Giants of the Negro National League in the early 1920s was a young left-hander named Dave Brown. As protests over racial injustice in the U.S. continue, Major League Baseball is honoring the Negro Leagues that showcased Black baseball players at a time the sport was segregated. March 16, 2007 - Hubert "Country" Glenn, passes away. The league ended in like 1950 so a 20 yr old then would be 86/7 this year. That's almost 19 times what the Black players received. He says his greatest thrill was a home-run he hit in the 1940 classic in Chicago. He stopped playing baseball when he was younger and became a Mason I believe. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. Dennis Biddle lives down the street from my grandparents. 1933 Homestead Grays, The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. They played primarily before the organized Negro leagues. They played most of their careers in the organized Negro leagues after the Great Depression. Frank Duncan: A Kansas City native, Frank, 69, now operates a tavern in his home town. They also decided not to count the interleague games which were an important part of Negro League seasons, especially in the 1940s. (Though many seasons featured approximately 50 league games, "Negro League teams played 150-175 games a year overall -- the rest of the schedule being filled up with games against white semi-pro teams, lower-level Minor Leaguers, minor Black teams, and other teams whose games we haven't counted yet," Ashwill explained.). Pedro Dibut). You know their stories, like how Paige once told his outfielders to sit down while he struck out the side. America's Pastime. Paige was the first Negro League player inducted . But thousands of Black and Latino players endured bigotry and racist taunts. A good right-handed hitter, Duncan is always mentioned as one of black baseballs best catchers. Now 66, Bell lives in St. Louis where he is a guard at City Hall. All rights reserved. MINNIE. While the weeklies tried to cover every game they could, deadlines and limited space meant they often had to leave out a few games. You go through the most important sources for a given year, collect the box scores, construct a schedule, go back and try to fill in gaps, double and triple check everything, then type in the games.. She lives in Grand Rapids, Mich. FORBES: The players traveled, and they had nowhere to stay because of the discrimination. Not even 60 years old. Foster still retains a strong interest in baseball. Don Newcombe (6/14/1926) played one season for the Newark Eagles before being allowed to sign with the Dodgers, where he went on to become the first person to win MVP and Cy Young in the same season (1956, the first year the Cy Young was introduced). How Cool Papa Bell was so fast that he could hit the light switch and be in bed before the lights went out. Just this month, and nearly 80 years after Suttles career ended, Ashwill was able to add two more home runs to his tally, bringing his total to 32.\n\nBasically, our earlier version of the 1926 Negro National League relied heavily on the Black weekly newspapers for games played in St. Louis -- in this case the Chicago Defender (which was distributed nationally) and the St. Louis Argus, Ashwill wrote. Remembered as one of the few hurlers Josh Gibson had trouble hitting against, Lee writes that Martin Dihigo was the greatest player he ever saw. The Hilldale Club, the team that lost, took home $193.23. Bill Greason, Clyde Golden, Ron Teasley and Willie Mays. Is there any way to possibly send a baseball to try and get signed by Biddle. **For the best user experience, we recommend disabling the Reddit redesign. But there are a group of researchers led by Gary Ashwill who are looking to change that. You will be redirected once the validation is complete. It wouldn't even cost baseball that much money particularly since salaries of Negro League players began to increase in the 1940s as their play became so good they were practically impossible to ignore, and as Jackie Robinson started his trek towards history. Born May 6, 1931, Willie Mays is the youngest. Cronkite School at ASU Just this month, and nearly 80 years after Suttles career ended, Ashwill was able to add two more home runs to his tally, bringing his total to 32. cnlbr.org is using a security service for protection against online attacks. Because we compile fielding statistics, we're able to know that, for example, Dobie Moore, the Kansas City Monarchs shortstop in the 1920s, was a great fielding shortstop. Researchers are still looking to add fielding statistics, left/right splits and secondary pitching and batting stats for many Negro League seasons, especially those in the 1940s. Marshall remembers occasionally playing 4 games a day when he was with the Philadelphia Stars and he says Satchel Paige was the fastest pitcher he ever saw. TRIBOU: And they did. ","contextualCaption":null,"contextualAspectRatio":null,"credit":null,"format":"jpg","templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/{formatInstructions}/v1605643461/mlb/lv9mhm1fsyjmr30kii4r","type":"photo"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Thats the type of work that Ashwill, who currently works as a freelance academic editor and runs the Agate Type baseball blog, has done since he began researching the Negro Leagues 20 years ago. Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of InsideTheBook.com, and co-author of The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Center for Negro League Baseball Research. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Phoenix, AZ 85004 Bell, who regularly went from 1st base to 3rd on sacrifice bunts, enjoyed his peak years with the St. Louis Stars and Pittsburgh Crawfords in the early 1930s. They played most of their careers in the organized Negro leagues before the Great Depression. Do you have a blog? This page was last edited on 27 January 2023, at 00:27. Suttles home run record isnt the only record theyve discovered. DOUG TRIBOU, BYLINE: In 1920, owners of independent Black baseball teams from the Midwest gathered in Kansas City, Mo. The records, as they proved with Suttles, are not static either. January 29, 2007 - Ralph "Big Cat" Johnson passes away. Basically, our earlier version of the 1926 Negro National League relied heavily on the Black weekly newspapers for games played in St. Louis -- in this case the Chicago Defender (which was distributed nationally) and the St. Louis Argus, Ashwill wrote. An additional 35 or so players played on a Negro league team after 1950. Pedro Dibut). Only a few members of the leagues are alive to celebrate the centennial. "Many of the players are gone, but their . As it stands, Newcombe is the oldest living man to play in the Negro Leagues at their major-league level. This data is based on actual contracts I have seen. Last I knew he was still alive but he is hard to contact sometimes. Researchers are still looking to add fielding statistics, left/right splits and secondary pitching and batting stats for many Negro League seasons, especially those in the 1940s. 2006 Negro League Baseball News December 17, 2006 - Willard Brown inducted to LA. I believe the oldest living Negro League ballplayer is Roosevelt Jackson. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. An excellent all-round ballplayer and a teammate of such greats as Josh Gibson and Oscar Charleston, Jimmie is a Chicago resident where he is employed at the post office. America is about democracy and opportunity but it's also just as much about cash. Copyright 2000-2022 Sports Reference LLC. This list comprises players who have appeared in Negro league baseball. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. This List of Negro league baseball players who played in Major League Baseball is largely based on the research compiled by the Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Jimmie Crutchfield: A slender outfielder, Jimmie signed with the great Pittsburgh Crawfords when he was only 19 years old. The 1930 St. Louis Stars. One of two players in history to win the Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, and MVP in his career (Verlander being the other). By August 1, 1947, three Major League teams had already integrated. There's a huge amount of information about Latin American baseball that still needs to be processed -- Black Americans played professional baseball in Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, Ashwill said. The complete list is divided into four pages to reduce the size: The players below are some of the most notable of those who played Negro league baseball, beginning with the codification of baseball's color line barring African American players (about 1892), past the re-integration in 1946 of the sport, up until the Negro leagues finally expired about 1962.
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