Sports career of Satchel Paige, one of the most enduring legends to come out of the Negro Baseball Leagues.
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Career highlights for Hall of Famer Willie Mays.
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Career highlights for Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson.
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Career of Hall-of-Famer Larry Doby.
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Search Satchel Paige Satchel Paige Leroy Robert Paige Born: July 7, 1906, Mobile, Alabama Died: June 8, 1982, Kansas City, Missouri Bats: right Throws: right Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Negro Leagues: 1971 Leroy Satchel Paige was a legendary storyteller and one of the most entertaining pitchers in baseball history. A tall, lanky fireballer, he was arguably the Negro Leagues' ...
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Search Josh Gibson Josh Gibson Joshua Gibson Born: December 21, 1911, Buena Vista, Georgia Died: January 20, 1947, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Bats: right Throws: right Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Negro Leagues: 1972 A tragic and legendary figure, Josh Gibson was the greatest power hitter in black baseball, pounding out home runs with regularity despite playing most of his career in two ...
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Career highlights for Hall of Famer Judy Johnson.
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Search Oscar Charleston Oscar Charleston Oscar McKinley Charleston Born: October 14, 1896, Indianapolis, Indiana Died: October 5, 1954, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bats: left Throws: left Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Negro Leagues: 1976 A multi-talented star, Oscar Charleston was renowned by those who saw him play as the finest all-around player in Negro Leagues history. A ...
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Search Ray Dandridge Ray Dandridge Raymond Emmitt Dandridge Born: August 31, 1913, Richmond, Virginia Died: February 12, 1994, Palm Bay, Florida Bats: right Throws: right Played for: Detroit Stars, Nashville Elite Giants, Newark Dodgers, Newark Eagles, New York Cubans Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Baseball Veterans: 1987 Diminutive, bow-legged Ray Dandridge was one of the best ...
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Career highlights for Hall of Famer Buck Leonard.
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Search Willie Wells Willie Wells Willie James Wells Born: August 10, 1906, Austin, Texas Died: January 22, 1989, Austin, Texas Bats: right Throws: right Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Baseball Veterans: 1997 The first shortstop in Baseball history to combine dazzling fielding with home run power, Willie Wells set a single-season Negro Leagues record with 27 homers in 88 games for the St.
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Career highlights for Hall of Famer Smokey Joe Robinson.
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Search Turkey Stearnes Turkey Stearnes Norman Thomas Stearnes Born: May 8, 1901, Nashville, Tennessee Died: September 4, 1979, Detroit, Michigan Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Baseball Veterans: 2000 A quiet Southerner who spent his summers blasting long balls for the Detroit Stars and his winters laboring in the Motor City's auto plants to make ends meet, Norman Turkey Stearnes was ...
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Did Josh Gibson really hit a ball out of Yankee Stadium Here we look through over a decade and a half of African-American sports pages to find the answer. ...
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Detailed sports biography of James Bell.
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Sports career of Oscar Charleston, "greatest outfielder that ever lived".
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Sports career of Ray Dandridge.
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Search Rube Foster Rube Foster Andrew Foster Born: September 17, 1879, Calvert, Texas Died: December 9, 1930, Kankakee, Illinois Bats: right Throws: right Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Baseball Veterans: 1981 A player, manager, owner, commissioner and unsurpassed visionary, Rube Foster was one of Baseball's greatest Renaissance men. In his youth, Foster was a star pitcher of the dead ...
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Sports biography of Rube Foster.
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Search Bill Foster Bill Foster William Hendrick Foster Born: June 12, 1904, Calvert, Texas Died: September 16, 1978, Lorman, Mississippi Bats: both Throws: left Played for: Memphis Red Sox, Chicago American Giants, Birmingham Black Barons, Homestead Grays, Kansas City Monarchs, Cole's American Giants, Pittsburgh Crawfords Elected to Hall of Fame by Committee on Baseball Veterans: 1996 A southpaw ...
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Sports career of Josh Gibson.
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Sports biography of Judy Johnson.
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Sports career of Buck Leonard.
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Career highlights of Hall of Famer Smokey Joe Williams.
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