The list of teams with which he played includes the largely forgotten Miami Globetrotters, Hollywood Redbirds, Miami Red Sox, Belle Glade Redwings, Florida Cuban Giants, the Lucky Stars, the Danny Dodgers; Ft. Lauderdale Braves, Pompano Beach Yankees, Ft. Lauderdale Lucky Stars, Ft. Lauderdale Gray Sox, and the Buffalo Red Sox (a travelling team 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. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. A family friend used to play for the Black Yankees, Bob Scott. . Current Greats: Clayton Kershaw, Mike Trout, Mookie Betts, . But you dont know their numbers -- at least, not with the same devotion baseball fans have to statistics like Ted Williams .406 batting average or Hank Aarons 755 home runs. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. Now 66, Bell lives in St. Louis where he is a guard at City Hall. Born May 6, 1931, Willie Mays is the youngest. 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. Major League Baseball has finally decided that players from the Negro Leagues should be considered Major Leaguers. Join our linker program. To this day, no one apparently has any idea of his whereabouts or even whether he is still living. You can't really settle on a few sacred numbers the way you can for MLB records.. TRIBOU: Minnie Forbes will keep sharing her stories with younger generations, and others will, too. At their high point in mid-1930s, the team starred such greats as Biz Mackey, Jud Wilson, and Dick Lundy. December 15, 2006 - Medal of freedom awarded to Buck O'Neil. And they couldn't go in places to eat, so one person would go to the back door and get the food for all the players. Ray Brown, , 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords, The coming seasons brought many more signings. Willie Foster: Called by many the greatest left-handed pitcher in the black leagues, Willie won 4 World Series games in his long career, and may be the only pitcher, black or white, to have pitched a complete 9-inning All-Star game. Like O'Neil, Minnie Mioso was still alive when he was denied entry in 2006, mostly because his time was so short in the Negro Leagues. After contacting Lester, co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and chairman of SABR's Negro Leagues Research Committee, he provided data that was absolutely staggering. In 1924, the first year of the Colored World Series, the share of the winners, the Kansas City Monarchs, was $307.96, says Lester. List of Negro league baseball players (A-D) List of Negro league baseball players (E-L) List of Negro league baseball players (M-R) List of Negro league baseball players (S-Z) Contents: M N O P Q R References He says his greatest thrill was a home-run he hit in the 1940 classic in Chicago. While baseball acknowledgingthese Black players is important, it should only be a first step. 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Pedro Dibut). Members of the Baseball Hall of Fame are noted with a . . 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. There are a variety of reasons for that, Ashwill said, including a lack of capital and other resources, looser organization and less of a press infrastructure covering them.. ***** He says his greatest thrill was a home-run he hit in the 1940 classic in Chicago. Negro League Players Who Made the Major Leagues Player Negro League Team Major League Team Debut Year Jackie Robinson Kansas City Monarchs Brooklyn Dodgers 1947 Larry Doby Newark Eagles Cleveland Indians 1947 Hank Thompson Kansas City Monarchs St. Louis Browns 1947 Willard Brown Kansas City Monarchs St. Louis Browns 1947 . Major League Baseball was segregated from 1887 through 1946. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. Today, stars like Josh Gibson, Buck Leonard and Satchel Paige are enshrined in the Baseball Hall of Fame. 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.","type":"markdown"},{"__typename":"PhotoPart","caption":"The 1930 St. Louis Stars. "Well, in the case of the Negro leagues the historical record is (and in many cases always will be) incomplete, Ashwill wrote. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. Accuracy and availability may vary. 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. Only a few members of the leagues are alive to celebrate the centennial. Nat remembers a 31-game hitting streak as his best moment in baseball. FORBES: Unfortunately, some of the good players, by the time that the time came, they were too old to play. 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. The 1930 St. Louis Stars. 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. Is there any way to possibly send a baseball to try and get signed by Biddle. All images are property the copyright holder and are displayed here for informational purposes only. He jumped to the Lincoln Giants of the Eastern Colored League in 1923 and pitched with them for 2 years. Major League Baseball announced this week the 1920-1948 Negro Leagues was recognized as major league, Families of Negro Leaguers rejoice in MLB's decision to recognize league, After vowing change, Black candidates shut out again of MLB front office jobs, Oscar Charleston who hit .400 multiple times, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Turkey Stearnes. They played most of their careers in the organized Negro leagues after the Great Depression. cnlbr.org is using a security service for protection against online attacks. TRIBOU: Today, Sierra lives in New Jersey. They also represent something else. Baseball needs to retroactivelypay the newly recognized Negro League players and their surviving families. All these early leagues were financially shaky. 1933 Homestead Grays, You knew the disparity in pay would be bad, but that gap is embarrassing for baseball. 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, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and many more. TRIBOU: Jackie Robinson played briefly in the Negro Leagues. Players he signed as a scout with Chicago then the Royals included Lou Brock, Oscar Gamble, Lee Smith and Joe Carter. Some defensive statistics Copyright Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2022. The Encyclopedia and various books and projects over the years printed stats for a selection of Negro League stars," Ashwill explained -- picking and choosing what information to present, and often excluding players who appeared in fewer than 10 games. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. Please enable JavaScript on your browser and try again. They went out and did something about it. Every Sports Reference Social Media Account. She lives in Grand Rapids, Mich. FORBES: The players traveled, and they had nowhere to stay because of the discrimination. TRIBOU: Minnie Forbes owned the Detroit Stars from 1956 to 1958. Then in 1947, he broke baseball's color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers. MINNIE. Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. We already knew they were equals, of course, it's just official now. 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. pic.twitter.com/qiMXrVD4RB. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Hank Aaron and Willie Mays also began their careers in the Negro Leagues. The list of teams with which he played includes the largely forgotten Miami Globetrotters, Hollywood Redbirds, Miami Red Sox, Belle Glade Redwings, Florida Cuban Giants, the Lucky Stars, the Danny Dodgers; Ft. Lauderdale Braves, Pompano Beach Yankees, Ft. Lauderdale Lucky Stars, Ft. Lauderdale Gray Sox, and the Buffalo Red Sox (a travelling team that appears to have played many of its games in West Virginia and Pennsylvania). Now a Los Angeles resident, Evans remembers playing against almost every great ballplayer, black and white, during the late 1920s and early 1930s. The stories, however, keep alive the memory of a man who became bigger than the game. 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. Soon he became involved in the Negro League Researchers and Authors Group and helped with an extensive study commissioned by the Hall of Fame and Major League Baseball. Today . Black players earnedless because they were Jim Crow'd. The Book: Playing the Percentages in Baseball. 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. Sam Streeter: The star pitcher for the Pittsburgh Crawfords in the 1930s, Sam pitched for the West in the inaugural Negro leagues All-Star game in 1933. 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. Tipping their caps: paying homage to Negro Leagues on their 100th anniversary. Visit our website terms of use and permissions pages at www.npr.org for further information. Just a humbling reminder that Jim Crow laws and segregation was less than a generation ago. Please enable cookies on your browser and try again. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. A lifetime .312 hitter, Ray remembers 1950 as a banner year when he was selected as MVP in the Triple-A American Association, while playing with the Minneapolis Millers. He grew up in Cuba and says it was tough to adjust to segregation and racism he saw in the U.S. PEDRO SIERRA: It wasn't easy to see all the problems with the race. cnlbr.org is using a security service for protection against online attacks. From 1940 to 1949, 1,705 men played at least one game in the National League or American League plus hundreds, maybe thousands, more in the Negro Leagues. 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. They played primarily before the organized Negro leagues. 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. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. I read Bill James in the 1980s, and I wanted a Negro League Baseball Abstract. But before Paige there was baseball's serial pay disparity. Among them Fowler, Frank Grant, George Stovey, and Fleet Walker were notable players especially during the 1880s, before complete segregation. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. List of Negro league baseball players (AD), List of Negro league baseball players (EL), List of Negro league baseball players (MR), List of Negro league baseball players (SZ), List of first black MLB players by team and date, List of player profiles from the Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lists_of_Negro_league_baseball_players&oldid=1087987010, This page was last edited on 15 May 2022, at 16:27. Jackie Robinson had an immediate impact on baseball's short and long-term future. Sports Reference . Ernie Banks and Monte Irvin died a couple years ago. Our reasoning for presenting offensive logos. Our statistics are based on box scores and game stories found in contemporary newspapers, as well as the small number of scorebooks and filled-in scorecards that can be tracked down, Ashwill wrote. He continued his research with others like Kevin Johnson, Dan Hirsch, and Scott Simkus. Of them, only 9 are still alive as of Janury 26, 2023. 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. A great 3rd baseman, Dandridge compiled a .455 batting average in 3 Negro All-Star games. At 5'3", she hit .273 and pitched to a 33-8 record for the Indianapolis Clowns from 1953 to 1955. Paige probably took a pay cut when he joined the Cleveland Indians in 1948.". Although there are two players who played before 1946 none of them appeared in 1946, thus no players from 1946 are still alive. So you won't let me play with you. When the book was being put together, the Negro Leagues weren't even considered for inclusion. Hardball historians, however, are out there keeping the Negro Leagues alive. But thousands of Black and Latino players endured bigotry and racist taunts. Apocryphal stories surround Paige, who was born July 7, 1906 in Mobile, Ala. Holsey Lee: A great pitcher for over 20 years, Scrip Lee spent most of his long career in the Eastern Colored League. Josh Gibson, A lot of the earlier versions of Negro league statistics only gave you batting averages, home runs, pitchers' won-lost records, basic stuff," Ashwill said. He is Dean of Men at Alcorn College in Lorman, Mississippi, and also serves as baseball coach. So, for example we've put together the first comprehensive analysis of Negro League park effects, and incorporated that into our metrics, Ashwill wrote. Simkus says the work taught him how important major league recognition would be for the families of Negro Leagues veterans, few of whom 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. List of Negro league baseball players (M-R) This list consists of players who have appeared in Negro league baseball . But you've got to establish a basic record first.. In Cleveland, Larry Doby became the first Black player in the American League. Leroy "Satchel" Paige was bigger than mere numbers. The museum has pushed back its year-long celebration of the centennial to next year and renamed it Negro Leagues 101. This list comprises players who have appeared in Negro league baseball. FORBES: And I just wonder if I'm worthy of representing, speaking about the Negro League because when I got involved, things was easier for me than it was for the one before me. the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. I first saw this idea mentioned in one sentence in a Deadspin story and wondered why this wasn't something discussed much more than it has been. He continued his research with others like Kevin Johnson, Dan Hirsch, and Scott Simkus. 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 Negro Leagues Baseball Museum estimates there are about 100 former players 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. An additional 35 or so players played on a Negro league team after 1950. All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. Copyright 2020 NPR. He now operates a sporting goods store on the South Side. Founded in 1990, the museum is the only one in the world . 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. Chris Haughey is the last player alive from 1943 and Tommy Brown is the last player alive from 1944, 1945 and 1947. A speedy switch-hitter, Newt writes that Martin Dihigo and Dave Brown were the two greatest pitchers he ever faced. A member of 8 All-Star squads, Willie remembers a home run he hit in 1931 to win the pennant for St. Louis as his greatest baseball thrill. Center for Negro League Baseball Research, First black player for St. Louis Browns and New York Giants, First black player for Philadelphia Athletics, First black player for Pittsburgh Pirates, "Negro League Players Who Made the Major Leagues", "Negro Leaguers Who Served With The Armed Forces in WWII", List of Negro league baseball postseason games, Atlanta Black Crackers/Indianapolis ABCs (IV), Indianapolis ABCs (II)/New OrleansSt. However, he played for minor-league clubs: What Jackson did not do was to play in any of the all-black leagues traditionally thought of as the Negro Major Leagues. At that meeting, they created the Negro National League. '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. SIERRA: The Clowns are paid a hundred dollars a month. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. I knew about it. 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. 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. 1924 Kansas City Monarchs, A select few were All-Stars and one (Aaron) was inducted into the Hall of Fame. A good right-handed hitter, Duncan is always mentioned as one of black baseballs best catchers. cnlbr.org is using a security service for protection against online attacks. Last I knew he was still alive but he is hard to contact sometimes. **, Press J to jump to the feed. Lee lives in Washington, D.C. George Scales: One of the strongest-hitting 2nd basemen of his time and a .311 lifetime hitter, George played in the big-time for nearly 25 years with 6 different clubs. 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. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Third baseman Hank Thompson appeared in a game for the St. Louis Browns (now the Baltimore Orioles) on July 17, two days before outfielder Willard Brown joined him on the Browns' roster. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. 65 In 2000, Major League Baseball supplied a grant to the Baseball Hall of Fame to conduct . What about the other great players? Born September 3, 1924 Bill Greason is the oldest player on this list. If you think white players made more money because they were more talented that's just false. 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. Do you have a blog? He says, faced with segregation, Black owners and players kept pushing for organized baseball. Suttles pictured back row, far left. Phoenix, AZ 85004 This page was last edited on 27 January 2023, at 00:27. The World Series winners that same year earned $5,959.64 and the losers $3,820.29. I heard about it, but I hadn't experienced it. The most important sources are the Black weekly newspapers (Chicago Defender, Pittsburgh Courier, Baltimore Afro-American, Kansas City Call, etc.) Of them, only 9 are still alive as of Janury 26, 2023. Aside from him, we also have Mamie "Peanut" Johnson (9/27/1935), the first female pitcher in the Negro Leagues. 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. A native of Texas, Brown is reported to have pitched as early as 1917 with the Dallas Black Giants. "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 . BOB KENDRICK: They had no idea they were making history. Of course, Josh Gibson and some of the other big names have passed on, but a lot of the legendary stars are still alive and well and living in well, why dont we call the roll of some of the more familiar names, men like . Forbes is 88 and worries about being one of the last left to tell this story. America is about democracy and opportunity but it's also just as much about cash. He cites being selected to manage the East All-Star team in 1939 as his biggest moment. List of Negro league baseball players who played in Major League Baseball. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Pedro Dibut). Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. Ted says shortstop John Henry Lloyd was the greatest ballplayer he ever saw. Negro League Baseball historical stats. Meanwhile you still have jackalopes foaming at the mouth that girls shouldn't be allowed to play high school ball. Rogers was one of the few players, black or white, who hit Satchel Paige consistently well. 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. That mission continues today. 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). Major leagueplayersreceived from $300 to $2,000 a month and about $15 a day for meals. , Every Sports Reference Social Media Account, Site Last Updated: Saturday, March 4, 12:52AM. Many of the men that played in the last era of the Negro Leagues (1937-1957) died in the past 18 years, and a good portion in the past ten or eleven years. They played most of their careers in the organized Negro leagues after the Great Depression. Theyve established -- though its no surprise -- that the speedy Bell holds the single-season record with 49 stolen bases for the Stars in 1929. Though there is more information on the Negro Leagues just a click away than ever before, there is still plenty of work to be done. 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. Buck lives in Rocky Mount, N.C., where he owns a realty agency. 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.. Bill Greason, Clyde Golden, Ron Teasley and Willie Mays.
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