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Radcliffe, Theodore Roosevelt

(Double Duty) 1917-1919 Numerous Semipro Teams (Mobile, Alabama area)

Mobile Dodgers

(D) Mobile Brooklyns

Mobile Tigers

1919 Mobile Black Bears (IND)

1919 Chicago American Giants (IND)

(Pitched batting practice, not a roster player)

1919 Scrub Packing Company

1919 Chicago area numerous semipro teams

1920-1925 Illinois Giants (IND)

1922-1927 Gilkerson Union Giants (IND)

(Based in Spring Valley, IL)

1926 Chattanooga Black Lookouts (NSL)

1926 Illinois Giants (IND)

1926 Detroit Stars (NNL)

1927-1928 Gilkerson's Union Giants (IND)

1927 Illinois Giants (IND)

1928-1929 Detroit Stars (NNL)

1929 Gilkerson's Union Giants (IND)

Barnstorming Tour (W-115 & L-15)

Nebraska Tournament Champions

Glenboro Tournament Champions (Manitoba, Canada)

Brandon Tournament Champions (Manitoba, Canada)

1930 St. Louis Stars (NNL)

1931 Detroit Wolves


1931 Homestead Grays (IND)

(Won 136 Lost 17 .889 %)

1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords (EWL)


(Spring Training Roster Only)


1933 Columbus Blue Birds (NNL)

1933 New York Black Yankees (IND)

(Won 135 Lost 30 Tie 1)

1933 Jamestown Stars (North Dakota)

1933 Cleveland Giants (NNL)

1933 Philadelphia All Stars (IND)

1934 Nashville Elite Giants (NNL)

1934 Pittsburgh Crawfords (NNL)

1934 Jamestown Red Sox (North Dakota)

(Manager & Player: First Black Manager of an

integrated team in baseball history)

1934 Bismarck Giants (North Dakota)

Bismarck Churchills

(Combined team from Jamestown & Bismarck won five game

series vs Chicago American Giants)

1934 Chicago American Giants (NNL)

(Negro League Champions - Post Season Barnstorming)

(Series vs Toledo Mudhens)

(Series vs Homestead Grays)

1935 Brooklyn Eagles (NNL)

1935 Bismarck Giants

1935 Canadian Tournaments

1935 Manitoba Tournament Champions

1935 Denver Post Tournament Champs

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1935 National Baseball Congress (NBC) – Wichita

Tournament Champions

NBC Wichita Tournament All Star Team

1936 Claybrook Tigers (IND)

1936 Bismarck Giants

National Baseball Congress Wichita National Tournament

1936 Homestead Grays (NNL)

1936 Cincinnati Tigers (IND)

1937 Cincinnati Tigers (NAL)

1937 Indianapolis ABC's

1937-1939 Memphis Red Sox (NAL)

1939 Chicago American Giants (NAL)

1940 Vera Cruz (Mexican League)

1941 Cleveland Red Sox

1941 Memphis Red Sox (NAL)

1941 Mexico City Reds (Mexican League)

1941-1942 Chicago American Giants (NAL)


1942 Birmingham Black Barons (NAL)


1942 St. Paul Gophers

Twin City Gophers



(World Series roster vs Homestead Grays)

1944-1945 Birmingham Black Barons (NAL)

1945 Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

1945 East Chicago Giants

1945 Harlem Globetrotters (IND)


1946 Cleveland Buckeyes (NAL)

1946 Washington-Homestead Grays (NNL)


1947-1948 Mexico City Reds (Mexican League)


(Team Record: Won 105 and Lost 10)

1947 Milwaukee Tigers (IND)


1948 Rochester Aces (Southern Minnesota League)

1948 South Bend Studebaker Athletics’

(Michigan - Indiana League)

1948 Bendix Brakes (IND)


1949 Louisville Buckeyes (NAL)

1949 New Orleans Creoles


1951 Winnipeg Elmwood Giants (Mandak League)

1952 East Chicago Giants (IND)


1953-1954 Canada (Played mainly tournament games)

1953-1959 Chicago American Giants (IND)

1957 Mobile Black Barons (Manager) (IND)

1959 Mobile Black Barons (Manager) (IND)

Winter Leagues:

1927 Gilkerson Union Giants (IND)

(Series vs Major League All Stars with Ty Cobb)

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1928 Detroit Stars

(Series vs Major League All Stars with Ty Cobb)

1929 Negro National League All Stars (IND)

(Game vs Chicago American Giants)

1929 Chicago American Giants

(Four game series vs Cum Posey's Homestead Grays)

(Four game series vs "Big-League" All Stars

w/ Manush, Heilmann and Gehringer in Chicago)

(Series vs. Earl Mack's All Stars w/ Bill Terry

and Heinie Manush)

1930 St. Louis Stars

(Four Game Series vs Max Carey's All Stars)


(Two game series vs Major League All Stars

w/Lefty Grove, Heinie Manush and Harry Heilamnn)

1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords

(Barnstorming Tour)

(Seven Game Series vs Casey Stengel's All Stars)

(Series vs Hack Wilson's Major League All Stars)


(Series vs Lou Schaub's Big-League All Stars

w/Ducky Medwick, Bucky Walters and Bill Urbanski)

1934 North Dakota Semipro All Star Team

(Combined team from Bismarck, Jamestown and Valley

City)

(Series vs Earl Mack's Major League All Stars

w/Foxx, Manush, Weaver, Cramer, Higgins and Lyons)

1934 Puerto Rican Winter League

1935 Vargas (Venezuela, South America)

1936 Negro National League All Stars (IND)

(Chosen for team but went to Mexico to play for

George Pasquel instead)

1936 Mexico

1936 North-South All Star Game

(Scoreless 15 inning contest vs Satchel Paige)

1936 Abe Saperstein All Star Team (IND)

(Series vs Big-League All Star Team w/Ted Williams)

1937-1938 Detroit Stars (CAWL)

1938-1939 Habana (Cuba)

1939-1940 Almendares (Cuba)

1939-1940 Habana (Cuba)

1940 Mexico

1941 Satchel Paige's All Stars (IND)

1942-1946 Mexico (5 Winter Seasons)


1943 Chicago American Giants

(Game vs. Great Lakes Bluejackets - Great Lakes Naval

Training Center team w/ Bob Feller, Lefty Schmidtz

and Johnny Mize)

(Chicago American Giants won game 11-2)


(West Coast Tour vs Buck Newsom's All Stars –

eighteen game series - Paige's All Stars won 13

and lost 5)

1943 Baltimore Elite Giants (CAWL)

1943-1944 Satchel Paige's All Stars (IND)

(Exhibition series vs Major League All Stars

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at Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, California)

(Exhibition series vs Pacific Coast League All Stars)



1945 Birmingham Black Barons (CAWL)

1945 Birmingham Black Barons

(Barnstorming Tour vs Joe Sprinz's Major and Minor

League All Stars)

1946 Cincinnati Crescents (IND)


(West Coast Barnstorming Tour)

(Thirteen Game Series vs Bob Feller's All Stars)

According to Double Duty his career statistics include:

4,000 plus hits - 500 homeruns - .340 batting average

200 plus wins and 4,000 plus strikeouts

(Pitched & caught in same game more than 100 times)

(Once during a double hitter caught a Satchel Paige

no-hitter in the first game, then threw a no-hitter

"himself" in the second game)

Cuban Winter League Shutout Leader (1939-40 - 3 shutouts)

California Winter League All Star Team (1943-44)

Negro League All Star Team:

(1937-West, 1938-West, 1939-West, 1941-West, 1943-West and

1944-West)

Negro American League MVP (1943)

Mexican League All Star Team: (1947)

11th Annual North-South All Star Game (North team) (1949)

Major League Baseball Scout:

Cleveland Indians (1962-1966)

Chicago Cubs

Radzik, Matthew 1982-1983 Moraine Valley Junior College

(Matt) (Palos, Illinois)

(All-Conference - 1982)

1983 Chicago Orioles (University Summer League)

1984 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

1984 Burlington Junior College (Burlington, Iowa)

(All-Conference)

1985 Indian Hills Junior College (Centerville, Iowa)

1985 Signed by Joe Robinson of Baltimore Orioles (MLBB)

1986 Baltimore Orioles Spring Training

(Miami, Florida)

1986 Newark-Arcadia (New York - Penn League)

1986 Hurt Shoulder – Retired - Joined U.S. Navy

1997-1998 Homestead Open Baseball Camp

(Hosted German Baseball Team)

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Ramsey, Laymon 1930-1936 Hazard Harlems (IND)

(Hazard, Kentucky)

1937-1939 TCI Baseball Team (IND)

(Birmingham, Alabama)

1940 ACIPCO (BIL)

(D) 1941-1942 Birmingham Black Barons (NAL)

1942 Ethiopian Clowns (IND)


1943-1945 Marine Raiders (U.S. Marines - Military Baseball)

1946 Chattanooga Choo Choo's (NSL)

1946 Atlanta Black Crackers (NSL)





1948 Chattanooga Choo Choo's (NSL)

1948 Birmingham Stars (IND)

1948-1951 Harlem Globetrotters (IND)



1954-1956 Atlanta Black Crackers

(John Harden - Owner)

Randall, William 1932-1935 Georgetown A.C.

(Sonny) 1935-1937 Washington Indians A.C. (IND)

1935-1941 D.C. Indians (IND)

1938-1941 Washington Aztecs (IND)

1940-1941 Washington Aztecs (ISL)

(Interstate League Champions)

(South Atlantic Champions)

1940 Georgetown A.C. (ISL)

1942 Washington Aztecs (IND)

1942-1943 Homestead Grays (NNL)

1943-1946 U.S. Navy (Military Service)

1944 Great Lakes Naval Training Center Blue Jackets

(Military Baseball)

(Larry Doby - Captain of Team)

1946 Washington Black Sox (IND)


1946-1949 Washington Aztecs

1948-1952 Washington Black Sox (IND)

1953 Washington Black Sox (Eastern League - Champions)


Randolph, Leonard 1940-1942 Picayune Black Devils (IND)

1942-1946 U.S. Army (Military Baseball)

(Camp Karnes - Utah)


1949-1950 Picayune Black Sox (IND)

1951 Salt Lake City (Utah)

Rankin, Nelson 1952-1954 Goshen Giants (IND)

Rockingham (IND)

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Rankin, Robert 1940-1943 Goshen Red Wings (IND)

(Rapid Robert) 1943-1946 U.S. Army (Military Baseball)

(Corps of Engineers)

1947 Greensboro Red Wings (NCL)

1948-1949 Greensboro Red Wings (NAA)


Rasberry, Theodore R. (Team Owner - Executive)

(Ted) Detroit Stars (NAL)

Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

Grand Rapids Black Sox

(D)

1926-1931 MIC College Baseball Team

(West Point, Mississippi)

1931-1934 Rasberry's Quick Steppers (IND)

1935 Buick Majors (Grand Rapids City League)

1935 Elster's Colored Athletics (IND)

1936 Colored WPA Baseball Team

1937-1942 Elsters Colored Athletics (IND)

(Jess Elster - owner)

Taylors All-Stars (IND)

(Charles Taylor - owner)

1942-1946 Elsters Colored Athletics (IND)

(Manager and Part Owner)

1946 Grand Rapids Black Sox (Grand Rapids City League)

1947-1949 Elster Colored Athletics (IND)

1947-1949 Cook's Brown Dolls

(Manager – Women’s Softball Team)

1946-1953 Grand Rapids Black Sox - Owner (Midwest League)

1952-1953 Grand Rapids Black Sox - Owner

(Southwest Michigan League)

1954-1961 Detroit Stars (Owner) (NAL)

1954 Detroit Stars Spring Training (NAL)

(Memphis, Tennessee)

1954 Detroit Stars - Manager (NAL)

1954-1955 Grand Rapids Black Sox (IND)

(Farm team for Detroit Stars)

1955 Negro American League – Board of Directors (NAL)


1956-1969 Kansas City Monarchs - Owner

1956-1958 Harlem Satellites - Owner

(Barnstorming Basketball Team)

(Japanese Tour vs local all-star and championship

teams and games vs College All Stars - USA)

1958 Detroit Clowns (NAL)

1960-1962 Kansas City (Grand Rapids) Monarchs (NAL)

1962 Negro American League – President (NAL)

1963-1964 Kansas City Monarchs (IND)

1965-1969 Kansas City Monarchs (IND)

1996-2000 Harlem Travelers



Cleveland Indians (15 years)

Detroit Tigers

Basketball Booking Agent:

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Harlem Magicians (Basketball team)

Harlem Satellites (Basketball Team)

Harlem Travelers (Basketball team)

Redd, Ulysses A. 1932-1934 Hardwood Sports (IND)

(Hickey) (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

1934-1937 Ferriday All Stars (IND)

1937 New Orleans Black Pelicans (NSL)

1938-1939 Shreveport Black Sports (IND)



(Florida and Far East)

(Won Sipin Baseball Championship)

(D) 1941-1943 Pepsi Cola Giants

(Tampa, Florida)

1943-1946 U.S. Army (Military Baseball - South Pacific)


(Based out of Chicago, Illinois)

(Barnstorming Tour of Hawaii)

1946 Seattle Steelheads (NPCL)



1949 Elmwood Giants (Manitoba Senior Baseball League)




Negro League All Star Team (1940)

Reed, Billy R. 1945-1946 Tampa Blue Sox

1947-1951 Pepsi Cola Giants (FSNL)

1949-1951 Florida A & M

(College Baseball and Football)

1952 Tampa Rockets

1952-1955 Tampa Grays (FWCNL)

1955-1956 U.S. Army

(Military baseball) (Fort Eustis)

1956-1959 Bradenton Nine Devils (FWCNL)

High School Baseball & Football Coaching Career:

Milton High School (Tampa, FL) (14 years)

Hillsboro High School (Tampa, FL) (26 years)

Reed, Eddie Lee 1945-1950 Booston (AL) (Town Team)

1951-1952 Ft. Hood (U.S. Army Baseball Team)



1954 Signed by Cleveland Indians (MLBB)

1954 Kekouk Kernels (Three - I League)

1954 Released by Cleveland


1956 Signed by Carlsbad (Minor League)

1956-1957 Carlsbad Potashers (Southwestern League)

1958 Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (MLBB)

1958-1960 Great Falls Electrics (Pioneer League)

1960 Green Bay Dodgers (Three I League)

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1961-1962 Great Falls Electrics (Pioneer League)

Winter Leagues:

1953 Negro American League All Stars (IND)

Negro League All Star Team (1953-West and 1955-West)

Pioneer League All Star Team (1959)

Reed, Percy 1926-1934 Excelsior A.C. (IND)

(Player - second base)

1929-1934 Cincinnati Recreation League (Umpire)

1935-1948 Negro League Umpire (NNL)

(D) Negro League Umpire (NAL)

Reed, Porter 1937-1940 Muskogee Hustlers (IND)

(Big Rowdy - Owner)


(Candy Jim Taylor - Manager)

1940-1942 Muskogee Cardinals (IND)


(1894 Engineering Unit)

(Won Sipin Championship)


1947 Detroit Wolves (IND)

1947 Los Angeles Stars (IND)

1947 Muskogee Cardinals (IND)


1948 Levenworth (KS)

(Boston Braves farm club - Class C)

1948 Ligon's All Stars (IND)


1949 Houston Eagles (NAL)


1950 Omaha Rockets (IND)

(Mickey Stubblefield - Manager)

1950 Minneapolis White Elephants (IND)


Winter Leagues:


(Canadian Barnstorming Tour and Tournaments)

(Note: Also played several games with Kansas City Monarchs

and Memphis Red Sox when they came through Muskogee)

Reed, Wilbert 1946-1949 T Town Clowns (IND)

1950-1955 Tulsa Clowns (IND)

Tulsa Blue Jays (IND)

Wilson Blue Jays (IND)

Reed, Wilmer 1952-1953 West Philadelphia High School (Philadelphia, PA)

(High school baseball)

1954-1957 Philadelphia Stars (IND)

(Fred Banks – Manager)


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1959 Signed by Milwaukee Braves

1959 Milwaukee Braves Minor League Spring Training Camp

(Waycross, GA)

1959 Wellsville

1959 Release arm problems

1960-1962 Woodland Giants (Fairmount Park League)

1962 Philadelphia Stars (IND)

1962 Woodland Giants (Fairmount Park League)


Washington Nationals

Reliford, Joe Louis 1947-1949 Fitzgerald Blue Devils (Bat Boy) (IND)

1950-1952 Fitzgerald Pioneers (Bat Boy)

(Georgia State League - Class D)

(Kansas City Athletics Organization)

1952 Fitzgerald Pioneers (Player)

(Georgia State League)

(Played one game as 12 year old - youngest

professional baseball player in history)

(Georgia State League - integrated)

1952-1965 Fitzgerald Lucky Stars (GNL)

Fitzgerald Lucky Stars (IND)

(Sinclair Coffey - Owner)

1957-1960 Monitor High School

(Baseball, football, basketball and track)

1960 Florida A & M

(College Football - injured)

1965-1971 Douglas Tigers (IND)

Renfroe, Othello 1937 Chicago American Giants (Bat Boy) (NAL)

(Chico) 1943-1945 U.S. Navy (Hawaii - Military Baseball)

1945-1947 Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

1948-1949 Cleveland Buckeyes (NAL)

(D) 1949 Louisville Buckeyes (NAL)

1949-1950 Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)

1950 Union Laguna (Torreon, Mexico)

1950-1951 Torreon (Mexican League)

1951 Minot Mallards (Mandak League)

1952 Invited to spring training by the Dallas Eagles.

Failed to show for camp in Daytona, Florida.

(Dick Burnett - Owner)

1952 Torreon (Mexican League)


1953-1954 Minot Mallards (Mandak League)

1955 Offered contract from Minot Mallards but refused to

sign - wanted more money based on hitting .349 in 1954

Winter Leagues:

1945 Kansas City Royals (CAWL)

(Series vs Coast All Stars w/ Bob Feller @ Wrigley

Field)

(Three game series vs Di Maggio's Major Leaguers

@ Wrigley Field)

1946 Satchel Paige All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming Tour vs Bob Feller's All Stars)


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(Barnstorming Tour vs Bob Feller’s All Stars)

1948 Kansas City Royals (IND)

1949 Centauros (Venezuelan Summer League)

(Maracaibo, Venezuela)

1949 Caguas (Puerto Rican Winter League)

1949-50 Vargas (Venezuelan Winter League)

1950 New York Stars (Venezuela) (IND)

1951 Navojoa (Mexican Pacific Coast League)

1951-52 Licey (Dominican Republic)

1953 Roy Campanella's All Stars (IND)

Negro League All Star Team (1946 - West)

Mexican League Most Valuable Player (1950)


Montreal Expos

Major League Baseball Official Scorer:

Atlanta Braves

Sports Director for radio station WIGO (Atlanta, Georgia)

Sports Editor for Atlanta Daily World (Atlanta, Georgia)

Revada, Velma 1946 Los Angeles White Sox (WCNBA)

(West Coast Negro Baseball Association)

1947-1950 Los Angeles Athletics (Los Angeles City League)

Los Angeles Braves (Los Angeles City League)

Los Angeles Sports (Los Angeles City League)


1954 Manchaka (TX) (Town Team) (Hispanic and Black Team)

1954-1964 Austin Palominos (IND)

1954-1964 Austin Palominos (Austin City League)

Revell, Henry 1947-1950 Selma (NC)

(Hank) 1947-1950 Harrison High School (High School Baseball)

1949-1950 Raleigh Tigers (NCL)

1951-1954 North Carolina A & T (College Baseball)

1953-1955 Greensboro Red Wings (IND)

1956-1957 U.S. Army - Ft. Lewis (WA)

(Military Baseball)

1958 Baltimore Elite Giants (NNBA)

(Roy Campanella - Team Owner)

1958-1960 Baltimore Elite Giants (IND)

1958-1960 Brooklyn Stars (IND)

Revell, Thomas C. 1966-1967 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

(Tom) 1967 Offered contract by Chicago White Sox (MLBB)

(Ed Hamman - wouldn't give him his release)


(Played in Korea, Hong Kong & Japan)

1969 Baltimore Orioles Try-out Camp - Wheaton, Maryland

1969 D.C. Tigers (IND)

1969-1972 D.C. Cardinals (Continental Baseball League)

1972 Federal City College (Played college baseball)

1972-1980 D.C. Cardinals (Continental Baseball League)

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1981-1985 College Park Tigers (Continental Baseball League)

1987-1991 Bowie State College (Baseball Coach)

1996 Howard University (Baseball Coach)

Reynolds, Joe 1939-1943 Florida All Stars (IND)

Tallahassee Wildcats (IND)

Quincy All Stars (IND)

1943-1946 Military Service

1946 Detroit Stars (IND)

1947-1951 Chrysler Local 51 (Detroit Industrial League)

1952-1957 Detroit Speed Kings (DBF)

1958-1959 Motor City Red Caps (IND)

Reynolds Jr., Johnny 1937-1941 Florida All Stars (IND)

(Vacuum Sweeper) 1942-1943 Tallahassee Wildcats (IND)

Quincy All Stars (IND)


1946-1948 Detroit Stars (IND)

1948 Motor City Giants (IND)

1952-1957 Detroit Speed Kings (DBF)

1958-1960 Detroit Stars (NAL)

Rhodes, Harry 1942 Chicago American Giants (NAL)

(Lefty) 1943-1945 Military Service – World War II


1947 Topeka Giants (IND)

1947 Havana La Palomas (IND)


1952-1954 Carmen Cardinals (Mandak League)

Rhodes, Robert 1946-1949 Venetia (PA) (Town Team – sandlot ball)


1949-1961 U.S. Navy (Military baseball and football)

1962-1968 Norfolk Blue Jackets

Princess Ann Braves

Richardson, Ben 1930-1935 Basin St. Giants (IND)

(Chico) 1936-1942 Basin St. Giants (IND)

Meraux Tigers (IND)

1943-1944 U.S. Navy (California) (Military Baseball)

(D) 1945 U.S. Navy (Honolulu, Hawaii)

1946-1948 Dr. Nuts Tigers (IND)

(New Orleans, Louisiana)

1949-1951 New Orleans Black Pelicans (NSL)

1952-1957 Mc Comb White Sox (IND)

(Mc Comb, Mississippi)

Richardson, Floyd 1946-1951 Seguin Black Sox (IND)

Seguin All Stars (IND)


(San Luis Obispo, CA & Europe)

1954-1962 San Antonio Black Sox (STNL)

Richardson, Norval E.

(Gene) 1943-1946 Gibson Tigers (IND)

1943-1946 San Diego High School Cavemen

1946 Southern California High School - Baseball Player

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of the Year

(D) 1947-1951 Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

1951 Baltimore Elite Giants (NAL)


Winter Leagues:

1947 Kansas City Royals

(Barnstorming Tour vs Bob Fellers All Stars)

1949 California Tigers (IND)

1949-50 Aguadilla (Puerto Rican Winter League)

Altes Beer (San Diego, CA)

Luke Easter's All Stars (IND)

Negro League All Star Team (1949-West)

Richardson, Rayford 1946-1947 Grand Rapids Police Youth Team

(Ray) 1948-1952 Grand Rapids Black Sox (IND)

1949-1952 South Grand Rapids High School

(High School FB, BB and BSKT)

(All-State - Baseball & Football)




1956-1958 U.S. Army

1956-1958 Honolulu Braves (Hawaiian Major League)

1958 Scouted by the Milwaukee Braves (MLBB)

1958 Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers (MLBB)

1958 Brooklyn Dodgers Spring Training - Vero Beach, Florida

1958 Cut by the Brooklyn Dodgers (MLBB)

1958 Detroit Clowns (NAL)

1958-1961 Grand Rapids Sullivan's

Steel Case Company

1959-1960 Grand Rapids Black Sox

Winter Leagues:

1947-1951 Grand Rapids American Legion (Basketball Team)

Negro League All Star Team (1956 - East)

Richardson, Willie 1949-1952 Allendale Sluggers (IND)

(Dirty Thirty) 1949-1952 Booker T. Washington H. S.

(High School Baseball & Football)

(QB - 1951 State Champs Football)

(D) 1952-1953 Shreveport Black Sports (IND)

1953 Wylie College (College Baseball and Football)



(Signed but did not go)

1954 Shreveport Black Sports (IND)

1955 Signed by Winfield Welch (Scout) for Cleveland Indians

1955 Pine Bluff (AR) (Cotton States League)

1955 Detroit Stars (NAL)


Richardson, William Edgar

(Baba) 1949-1953 Fairfield Gray Sox (IND)

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1954-1957 Clark College (College Football - Atlanta, GA)



1962 Pittsburgh Pirates (MLBB)Try out Camp

(Denver, Colorado)

(Turned down contract offer - had good job w/ YMCA)

Ricketts, Leroy 1936 Indianapolis ABC's (Indiana-Ohio Valley League)

(Lefty) 1936-1938 Indianapolis ABC's (IND)

(Dick Jones - Manager)

1938-1939 Indianapolis ABC's (NAL)

1939-1940 Indianapolis Black Indians (IND)

(Dick Jones - Manager/Owner)

1939-1940 Indianapolis ABC's (IND)

(Connie Day - Manager)

1939-1940 Ethiopian Clowns (IND)

1940-1948 Indianapolis local teams

Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)

Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

Rico, Alberto 1952-1955 Havana Cuban Giants (IND)

Rico, Oscar 1950-1953 Cuban Sports-Newspaper Reporter

(El Sol - Havana, Cuba)

1951-1955 Kansas City Monarchs (Booking Agent) (NAL)

1951-1957 Kansas City Monarchs (Scout) (NAL)

1952-1957 Havana Cuban Giants (Manager) (IND)

(Cuban Farm Team for Kansas City Monarchs)

1958 Havana Cubans (IND)

(Owner - Manager)

1958 Negro American League Scout (NAL)

Ridgeway, Oscar 1953-1955 U.S. Army (Paratrooper)

1956-1973 Various sandlot and industrial league teams

(Birmingham, Alabama)

Moore-Handley (2-3 years) (BIL)

Fairmont Foundry

Sumter Stars

1964 Stockham Valves and Fittings (BIL)

1965 Connor Steel (BIL)

Rigby, Charles B. 1946-1948 Washington Panthers (IND)

(Charlie) 1948-1950 Washington Black Sox (IND)




(D) 1954 Birmingham Black Barons (NAL)


1957-1961 Washington Black Sox (Tri-State League)

Rippy, Jeff 1978-1982 Scottsville (KY) High School

(High School BB, FB, Bskt & Track)

1982-1983 Trevecca Nazarene College

(Nashville, Tennessee)

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(College Baseball & Basketball)

1984 Western Kentucky University

1985-1988 Berea College (College Baseball and Basketball)

1985 Muscatine Red Sox (Mississippi Valley League)

(George Long - Owner)

1985-1987 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

(.340 - 1985, .380 - 1986 and .388 - 1987)

1988 St. Louis Cardinals (MLBB) Tryout (FL)

1992-present Trousdale County High School

(Head Basketball Coach)

Risher, Modie 1944-1946 Charleston Black Sox (IND)

Orangeburg Tigers (IND)

Sumter Tigers (IND)

Columbia All Stars (IND)

1946 Lakeland Tigers (FSNL)

1946 Newark Eagles (NNL)

(Did not report – went to college)

1947 South Carolina State College

1947-1948 Jacksonville Eagles (IND)

1948-1950 Allen University

(College baseball, football and track)

1948-1956 Columbia All Stars (IND)

1957 Lloydminster (Western Canadian League)

1957-1959 Columbia All Stars (IND)

High School Coaching Career:

1951-1984 Burke High School (Charleston, South Carolina)

(Coached – baseball, basketball, football & track)

Ritchey, John Franklin

(Hoss) 1940-1941 Gibson Tigers (IND)

1942-1943 San Diego State College (College Baseball)

1943-1945 U.S. Army (Combat Engineer) (Pacific Theater)

1946 Gibson Tigers (IND)

1946-1947 San Diego State College (College Baseball)

(D) 1947 Chicago American Giants (NAL)

1947 Topeka Giants (IND)

1947 San Diego Tigers (IND)

1948-1949 San Diego Padres (PCL)

(First black player signed by PCL)

1950-1951 Portland (PCL)

1951-1952 Vancouver (Western International League)

1953-1954 Sacramento (PCL)

1955 San Francisco (PCL)

1956 Syracuse (IL)

Winter Leagues:

1948-49 Magallanes (Venezuela)

1949-50 Magallanes (Venezuelan League Champions)

1949-50 Mexico

1950 Magallenes (Caribbean World Series)

1954 Estrellas Orientales (Dominican League)

1955 Pacific Coast All Stars (IND)

also played in Puerto Rico

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Negro American League Batting Title (1947 - Hit .378)

Negro League All Star Game: (1947-West)

Venezuelan League Runs Scored Leader

(1948-49 – 30 runs scored)

Venezuelan League Doubles Leader (1948-49 – 14 doubles)

Rivero, Carlos L. 1933 Cuban Stars (IND)

(Charlie) 1939 Baltimore Elite Giants (NNL)


1943-1944 New York Cubans (NNL)

1944 New York Black Yankees (NNL)

Winter League:

1938-39 Mayaguez Indios (Puerto Rico)

1938-39 Guayama Brujos (Puerto Rican League Champions)

1939-40 Guayama Brujos (Puerto Rico)



1941-42 Caguas (Puerto Rico)


Puerto Rican League All Star Team:

(1938-39, 1941-42 and 1949-50)

Roach, Charlie 1937-1942 Reidsville Black Lucky's (IND)

1942-1944 Winston-Salem State (College Baseball)

1943-1944 Goshen Red Wings (IND)

1944-1948 North Carolina A & T (College Baseball)

(D) 1944-1946 Goshen Red Wings (IND)


1948 Greensboro Red Wings (NAA)

1948 Winston - Salem Pond Giants (NAA)

1948 Asheville Blues (NAA)



1951-1952 Greensboro Red Wings

1952 New Bern Bears (NC) (Coastal Plain League)

1952 Danville (Carolina League)

1954 New Bern Bears (North Carolina)

1955 Durham Rams (IND)

1955 Roxboro Colts (North Carolina Semi Pro League)

Winter Leagues:

1952 Durham All Stars (IND)

(Willie Mays played on team)

National Baseball Congress (NBC) North Carolina All Star

Team (1951)

Roane, Alwin 1955-1957 A.T. Johnson High School (high school baseball))

(Al) (Westmoreland County, VA)

1955-1957 Various sandlot teams Westmoreland County, VA)

1957 Signed by Baltimore Orioles (MLBB)

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1958 Baltimore Orioles Minor League Spring Training

(Thomasville, GA)

1958 Released by Baltimore

1959-1960 Raleigh Tigers (NAL)

1961 Signed by Milwaukee Braves

1961 Newton-Conover Twins (Western Carolina League)

1961 Released by Milwaukee Braves

1962-1964 U.S. Army (Military Baseball) (Fort Polk, LA)

Roberson, Vincent 1978-1980 Eastside Astros (BIL)

1983-1986 Irondale Cubs (BIL)

1987-1999 Alden Cardinals (BIL)

2000 Talledega Blue Jays

2001-2015 Leeds Pirates (Coach) (BIL)

Roberts, Samuel 1937-1943 Swift Black Cats (IND)

(Sam) 1944-1946 U.S. Navy (Military Baseball - Hawaii)

1946-1949 East Point Tigers (IND)

East Point Bears (IND)

1950-1953 East Point Bears (Branch Rickey League)

1954 East Point Bears (Branch Rickey League Champions)

East Point Bears (Georgia State Champions)


Robins, Arzell 1958 Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

1958 Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (MLBB)

1959 Keokuk Cardinals (Midwest league)

1961 Winnipeg Gold Eyes (Northern League)

Robinson, Booker T. 1933-1934 Ft. Meade (FL)

(Little Book) 1935-1936 Conservation Corp BB Team

1939-1940 Pepsi Cola Giants (Tampa, FL)

1940-1942 Sarasota Tigers (FSNL)

(D) 1942-1943 Tampa Bay Rockets (FSNL)

1943 Arcadia (FL)

1944-1945 Lakeland Tigers (FSNL)

1944 Jimmy Hill's All Stars (IND)


1946 Raleigh Grays

1946 Raleigh Tigers


1947 Miami Braves

1947 Palm Beach Rockets (FSNL)


1949-1953 Ft. Meade (FSNL)

also played for: Miami Giants

Bradenton Nine Devils

Gadsden (Southern League)

Robinson, Elijah 1948-1960 Boca Raton Braves (IND)

Boca Raton Hurricanes (IND)

Opalocka Jets (IND)

Deerfield Beach Cardinals (IND)

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Robinson, Elloyd 1946-1947 Danville All Stars (NCL)


1948-1951 Danville All Stars (NCL)

1952 Jacksonville Eagles (IND)

1952 Indian Head Rockets (IND)

1952 Gene Bearden’s All Stars (IND)

1953 Sherman-Dennison Twins (Sooner State League)

1954 Signed by St. Louis Cardinals (MLBB)

1954 Hannibal (MO) (Mississippi-Ohio Valley League)

1955 Winnipeg Goldeneyes (Northern League)

1955 Decatur Commodores (Mississippi-Ohio Valley league)

1956 Saskatoon (Canada)

1958 Medicine Hat Superiors (Southern Alberta League)

1958 Saskatoon Commodores (Western Canadian League)

1959 Saskatoon Commodores (Canadian-American league)

1960 Danville All Stars (IND)

Robinson, Henry Frazier

(Slow) 1925-1927 Okmulgee (OK) (IND)

1927-1928 Tulsa Black Ballers (IND)

1929-1930 Goodyear Wingfoot Tigers

(Industrial League Team) (Akron, Ohio)

1930 Pittsburgh (IND)

(Bullock - Team Owner)(Team trying to get in NNL)

1930 Oklahoma (Sandlot Teams)

(D) 1930-1932 Abilene Eagles (TOL)

1932 Kansas City Monarchs (NSL)

(Tryout - Arkansas City, KS)

1932 Abilene Eagles (TOL)

1932-1933 Lubbock (TOL)

(Texas-Oklahoma-Louisiana League)

1934-1936 Abilene Eagles (TOL)

1935 San Angelo Sheepherders (TOL)

1935-1936 Abilene Eagles (TOL)

1936-1938 Odessa Giants

1939 Hobbs (New Mexico)

1939 Odessa Giants



1940 Baltimore Greys (IND)

1940 Turner Station White Sox (IND)

(Team was trying to get a franchise in the Negro

American League)


1941-1942 Baltimore Elite Giants (NNL)

1941-1942 Sparrows Point Giants (IND)


1943 Baltimore Elite Giants (NNL)


1943-1945 U.S. Navy


1946 Nashville Black Vols (NSL)


1949-1950 Baltimore Elite Giants (NAL)


1950-1951 Winnipeg Buffaloes (Mandak League)

1951 Turned down contract offer from Oakland Oaks of PCL

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1952 Brandon Greys (Mandak League)

Winter Leagues:

1932 Kansas City Monarchs Spring Training

(Game vs Wichita Watermen)

(Arkansas City, Kansas)

1935 San Angelo Sheepherders

(Two game series vs Boger Oilers w/ Hack Wilson)

1935 Abilene Eagles

(NBC - National Tournament-Wichita)

1936 Abilene Eagles

(NBC - National Tournament-Wichita)

1939 Kansas City Monarchs and Satchel Paige All Stars

(Spring Training - New Orleans, Louisiana)


(Southern & Midwest Barnstorming Tour)

(West Coast Tour vs Israelite House of David)

(West Coast Tour vs House of David w/ Grover Cleveland

Alexander)

(West Coast Barnstorming Tour)

(Barnstorming Tour vs Brooklyn Royal Giants)

1939 Phoenix (IND)

(Johnny Carter - Team Owner)(Phoenix, Arizona)

1940 Satchel Paige's All Stars Spring Training





(Negro League World Series)

(Monarchs defeated Homestead Grays in four games)

1946 Jacksonville (IND)

(Barnstorming Tour vs Indianapolis Clowns)


(Negro National League Playoff Series - Lost to

Homestead Grays - 3 games to 2)

1949 Baltimore Elite Giants (NAL)

(Negro American League Championship Series – Beat

Chicago American Giants 4 games to 0.

1950 Baltimore Elite Giants Spring Training

(Charlotte, North Carolina)

1950 Winnipeg Buffaloes (Mandak League Championship Series)

(Beat Brandon Grays for Title)

1951 Winnipeg Buffaloes Spring Training


(Barnstorming tour back to Canada)

1951 Winnipeg Buffaloes (Mandak League Championship Series)

(Lost to Brandon Grays)

1951 Negro All Star Team (IND)

(Two game series in Raleigh, NC vs Jackie Robinson's

All Stars)

Negro Southern League All Star Team (East-1946)

Robinson, Jack R. 1934-1937 John Muir Technical H.S.

(Jackie) (Four Sport Letterman: baseball, football, basketball

and track)

1938-1939 Pasadena Junior College

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(Lettered: baseball, football, basketball and track)

(Junior College All-American in football,

All-Conference in basketball

and National Record Holder in track)

(Most Valuable Junior College Player in Southern

California - 1938)

(Most Valuable Junior College Baseball Player in

Southern California - Hit .417)

1939-1941 UCLA

(UCLA's first four sport letterman)

(College All-American: football, basketball and track)

(Conference basketball scoring leader:

1939 - 12.0 PPG and 1940 - 11.1 PPG)

(National Collegiate Championship - Track and Field)

(Tennis player - Won Negro Championship of Southern

California)

1941 National Youth Administration Camp Baseball Team

(Atascadero, CA)

(Assistant Athletic Director & played baseball)

1941 College Football All Star Team

(Chicago Tribune All Star Game vs Chicago Bears)

1941 Los Angeles Bulldogs (Semipro football team)

1941 Honolulu Bears (Semipro football team)

1942 Los Angeles Red Devils (Semipro basketball team)

1942 Black All Star Team (California)

(Exhibition game vs Major League All Star team

w/ Red Ruffing)

(Exhibition game vs Negro League team)

1942 Robinson and Nate Moreland (BEG) are granted a try out

with the Chicago White Sox (MLBB)

(Brookside Park, Pasadena, CA)

1942-1944 U.S. Army (Military Service)

761st Tank Battalion Baseball Team (Camp Hood, Texas)

(Military Baseball)

1944 Sam Houston College (Texas) (Basketball Coach)


1945 Harrisburg

(Played one game on loan from Kansas City)

1945 Tryout with Boston Red Sox with Sam Jethroe and Marvin

Williams

1945 Signed by Branch Rickey - Brooklyn Dodgers (MLBB)

to Major League Baseball contract

($3,500 bonus and $600 per month)

1946 Offered $6,000 per season to play for the Pasquel

brothers in Mexico

1946 Montreal Royals (IL)

(Little World Series Champions)


Spring Training Roster Only - Havana, Cuba

(Batted .625 in seven game series vs Brooklyn Dodgers)

1947-1956 Brooklyn Dodgers (ML)

1956 Traded to New York Giants for Dick Littlefield and

$30,000

1957 Retired

1966 Brooklyn Dodgers - General Manager

(Continental Football League)

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Winter Leagues:

1945 Kansas City Monarchs Spring

Training Camp - Houston, Texas


(California Winter League)

1945 Kansas City Royals

(Series vs Coast All Stars w/Bob Feller @ Wrigley

Field)

(Three game series vs Di Maggio's Major Leaguers

@ Wrigley Field)

1945 American National Negro League All Stars

(Caracas, Venezuela)

1946 Brooklyn Dodgers Spring Training

(Daytona Beach, Florida)

1946 Brooklyn Dodgers Minor League Camp

(Sanford, FL)

1946 Montreal Royals

(Little World Series. Defeated Louisville of American

Association 4 games to 3.)


(West Coast Tour vs Bob Feller's All Stars)

1946 Jackie Robinson's All Stars (IND)

(Four Game Series vs Bob Feller's All Stars)

(Game vs Chuck Dressen's All Stars @ Polo Grounds,

New York -10/1/46)

1946 Jackie Robinson's All Stars (CAWL)

1946 Los Angeles Red Devils (Professional Basketball Team)

1947 Brooklyn Dodgers Spring Training - Havana, Cuba

(Barnstorming tour of Venezuela)

(Twelve Game Series in Panama vs local teams inc.

Winter League Champions - General Electric)

1947 Montreal Royals - American Series

(Royals vs Cuban All Star Team) (Habana, Cuba)


1947 Jackie Robinson All Stars (IND)

1948 Brooklyn Dodgers Spring Training

(Ciudad Trujillo, Dominican Republic)

(Game vs Dominican All Stars)


1948 Jackie Robinson & Roy Campanella All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming Tour vs Memphis Red Sox)

1948 Bob Lemmon's All Stars (IND)

(Game vs Kansas City Royals w/ Satchel Paige in

Los Angeles)


(Three week Southern Barnstorming Tour)

(Barnstorming Tour vs Jacksonville Eagles)

(Barnstorming Tour vs New Orleans Creoles)


(Team also included a high school pitcher named

Maury Wills)

1951 Major League All Stars (IND)

(Tour of Japan)

(First post-WW II Tour by American baseball players)

(Tour also included: Joe Di Maggio, Ted Williams and

Stan Musial)


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1951-52 Caguas Criollos (Puerto Rico)


(Barnstorming Tour vs Indianapolis Clowns)

1952 Jackie Robinson's Major League All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming tour vs the Negro League All Stars)


(Barnstorming Tour vs Negro League All Stars)


California Winter League All Star Team (1945)


International League Batting Title (1946 - Hit .349)

International League MVP (1946)

National League Rookie of Year (1947)

National League Batting Title (1949 - Hit .342)

National League MVP (1949)

Major League Baseball All Star Team:

(1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, and 1954 - National League)

UCLA Sports Hall of Fame (1984)

International League Hall-of-Fame

National Baseball Hall-Fame (1962)

Robinson, Jacob 1946-1947 Chicago American Giants (NAL)

(Jake, Red) 1947 Topeka Giants (IND)



Robinson, James 1947-1948 New York Metros

(Jimmy) (Central Park Community League)

1947-1948 Commerce High School (Harlem, New York)

(High School Baseball – Team Captain)

1949 Brooklyn Royal Giants (IND)

1949-1952 North Carolina A & T


(All CIAA – second base)(1952)

1950-1951 Gooshen Red Wings (IND)

1952 Philadelphia Stars (NAL)

1953 Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)

1953 Signed by Quincy Trouppe of St. Louis Cardinals (MLBB)

1953 Lynchburg (Piedmont League)

(Did not report went to Army)


1956 St. Louis Cardinals Minor League Spring Training Camp

(Albany, GA)

1956 Allentown (Eastern League)

1956 Released by St. Louis Cardinals


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1959 Goya (Central Park League)

early 1960’s Club Cubano Interamericanos

(Hispanic Baseball League)(Central Park, NYC,NY)

1988-1994 South Carolina State (Head Baseball Coach)

Winter Leagues:

1953 Negro League All Stars (IND)

(Frank Carswell - Manager)

(Post Season Barnstorming Tour vs Indianapolis Clowns)


(Post Season Barnstorming vs Willie Mays All Stars)

(Played 35-40 games)


(1956-West, 1957-West and 1958-West)

North Carolina A & T State University Sports Hall of Fame

(1987)

Robinson, James 1951-1954 Booker T. Washington High School

(High School Baseball)

1952-1953 Shreveport (LA)(American Legion)


Robinson, Roosevelt 1944-1954 Stanford Sluggers (IND)

(Based out of Stanford, West Virginia)

(D)

Robinson, Samuel E. 1932-1940 Pontiac Giants (IND)

(Sammy) 1940-1946 Michigan Giants (IND)

(D) 1948-1953 Grand Rapids Black Sox (IND)


1955-1958 Grand Rapids Black Sox (Manager)

Winter Leagues:

1947-1951 Grand Rapids American Legion

(Basketball Team)



(Barnstorming tour vs Ned Garver's All Stars)

(Barnstorming tour vs Ray Herbert's All Stars)

Robinson, William 1920-1921 Mobile Black Bears (IND)

(Bobby) Mobile Red Sox (IND)

1921-1923 Pensacola Giants (IND)

1923-1926 Indianapolis ABC's (NNL)

1926 Cleveland Elites (NNL)

(D) 1927 Chicago American Giants (NNL)

1927 Birmingham Black Barons (NNL)

1927-1928 Memphis Red Sox (NNL)

1928 Birmingham Black Barons (NNL)

1929-1931 Detroit Stars (NNL)

1932 Baltimore Black Sox (EWL)

1932 Cleveland Stars (EWL)

1933 Cleveland Giants (NNL)

1934 Cleveland Red Sox (NNL)

1934-1935 St. Louis Stars (IND)

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1935 Nashville Elite Giants

1936 St. Louis Stars

1937 St. Louis Stars (NAL)

1938 Indianapolis ABC's (NAL)


1940 St. Louis Stars (IND)

1941 New Orleans - St. Louis Stars (NAL)

1942-1944 Mobile Black Bears (IND)

Mobile Red Sox (IND)

Mobile Black Shippers (IND)

1945-1946 Mobile Black Bears (NSL)

Mobile Black Shippers (NSL)

Negro Southern League All Star Team (South-1946)

Mobile Sports Hall of Fame (2000)

Rodriquez, Benevienido 1948 Chicago American Giants (NAL)

(Benny)

Winter Leagues:

1946-47 Caguas-Guayama (Puerto Rico)



Rodriquez, Hector A. 1936-1938 Alquisar (Cuba)- Semipro Teams

Chocolate Factory

Furniture Company

(D) 1938-1939 Regalias del Cuno (Alquisar, Cuba)

1940-1941 Orbay y Cerrato (Cuba)

1942 Cuban Semipro All Star Team

1943 Mexico City (Mexican League)

1944 New York Cubans (NNL)

1945-1946 Tampico Stevedores (Mexican League)

1946 Pastora de la Liga de Zulia (VL)

1947 Tampico Stevedores (Mexican League)

1947 Pastora (Liga de la Zulia)(VZ)

1948 Tampico Stevedores (Mexican League)



1948 Miami (Florida State League)


1949 San Luis Potsi (Mexican League)


1950 Gavilanes (Venezuelan League)

1950 Vera Cruz Blues (Mexican League)

1950 Pastora (Liga de la Zuila)(VZ)

1951 San Luis Potosi (Mexican League)


1952 San Luis Potosi (Mexican League)


1952 Monterrey (Mexican League)

1952 Chicago White Sox (ML)

1953 Syracuse Chiefs (IL)

1954-1959 Toronto Maple Leafs (IL)

1960-1961 San Diego Padres (PCL)

1962-1963 Mexico City Reds (Mexican League)

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1964 Campeche (Mexican Southeast League)

(Player-Manager)

1965 San Luis Potosi (Mexican Central League)

(Manager)

1966 Tabasco (Mexican Southeast League)

(Player-Manager)

1967-1969 Villa Hermosa

Campeche

Mexican Southern League

Yucatan Leones (Player-Manager)

1968 Saltillo (Mexican Central League) (Manager)

1970 Leon (Mexico) (Player-Manager)

1970 Club Aquila de Vera Cruz (Player-Manager)

(Mexican League)

1971-1998 Sindicato de Taxistas

(Baseball School - Instructor)(Cancun, Mexico)

Winter Leagues:

1942-1943 Almendares Alacranes (Cuba)





1947-1948 Alacranes (Cuban Players Federation League)


1949 Almendares (Caribbean Worlds Series Champions)

(Havana, Cuba)


1950 Almendares (Caribbean World Series - San Juan)

(Third Place with a 3-3 Record)


1951 Montreal

(Won Minor League - Little World Series)



1953 Cuban All-Stars

(American Series vs Pittsburgh Pirates

Pirates won series 6 games to 4 0


1954 Almendares (Caribbean World Series)


1955 Almendares (Caribbean World Series)


1956 Traded with Roman Mejas, Oscar Sardinas and Raul

Sanchez to Havana for Edmundo "Sandy" Amoros.

1956-1957 Havana (Cuba)

1957 All-Cuban All Stars

(Game vs All-American All Stars. All players had

competed in Cuban Winter League)

1957 Valencia (Venezuelan League Champions)



1960-61 Valencia (Venezuela)

1962-63 Martinez de la Torre (Liga Invernal Vercruzana)

Mexican League Stolen Base Leader:

(1943 - 22 SB and 1947 - 36 SB)

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Cuban Winter League Stolen Base Title:

(1946-47 - 15 Stolen bases)

Caribbean Series Batting Title (1950 - Hit .474)

Cuban Winter League RBI Title (1950-51 - 51 RBIs)

International League Rookie-of-Year (1951)

Cuban Winter League All Star Team

(1942-1943 (South), 1944-45, 1945-1946 (North), 1948-49,

1950-1951, 1951-52, 1954-55 and 1955-56)

Cuban Players Federation League All Star Team (1947-48)

Cuban Baseball Hall-of-Fame (1974)

Mexican Baseball Hall-of-Fame

Venezuelan Baseball Hall-of-Fame

Rogers, Jesse 1949-1951 Kansas City Cardinals (IND)

1952-1953 Kansas City Bulldogs (IND)

1953 Helzburg Jewelry (Ban Johnson League)

(Kansas City, Missouri)

1953 Signed by Gene Thompson of New York Giants (MLBB)

1953 Oshkosh Giants (Wisconsin State League) (Class D)

(New York Giants Organization)


1954 St. Cloud Rox (Northern League)

1955 Sioux City Soos (Western League)

1955 Wilkes-Barre Johnnies (Eastern League)

1955 Johnstown Johnnies (Eastern League)(Class A)

1956 Injured - Back Surgery

1957 Reading Indians (Eastern League)

1957 Minot Mallards (Mandak League)

(14 HR 66 RBI and .363 BA)

1957 Signed by Buck O'Neil of Chicago Cubs (MLBB) for

a $4,000 bonus

1958 Pueblo Dodgers (Western League)

1959 Fort Worth Cats (AA)

1959 Lancaster Red Roses (Eastern League)

1960 Chicago Cubs Spring Training Camp

1960 San Antonio Missions (Texas League)

1960-1962 Kansas City Giants (Jay Hawk League)

Winter Leagues:

1955-1959 Kansas City Giants

Wisconsin State League All Star Team (1953)

Northern League All Star Team (1954)

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Romby, Robert 1937-1940 Lion Oil Refrinery (Arkansas)

(Bob) 1941-1942 Cincinnati Buckeyes (IND)

(Barnstorming Team booked by Abe Saperstein)

(Toured - Shreveport to West Coast)

(D) (Barnstormed vs Satchel Paige's All Stars)

1942 Collindale Brown Bombers

(International Paper Mill Team)(AR)

1943-1945 Fort Benning (GA) (U.S. Army Baseball Team)

1943-1944 Atlanta Black Crackers (NSL)

(Played selectively while in army)

1945 Fort Bliss (El Paso, Texas)

(U.S. Army Baseball Team)



Winter Leagues:

1946-47 Aguadilla Tiburones (Puerto Rico)

1947-48 Aguadilla Tiburones (Puerto Rico)

1948-49 San Juan Senadores (Puerto Rico)

Negro League All Stars (1947-East and 1948-East)

Roscoe, Johnny 1942-1943 Collegeville Clowns (IND)

(Johnny Boy) (Willie C. Young - Coach)

1946-1950 U. S. Pipe (BIL)



(Ft. Riley, Kansas and Korea)


(Red Stone Arsenal - Huntsville, AL)

Rose, Edward 1960-1962 Booker T. Washington High School

(High school baseball) (Dallas, Texas)

1962 Northside Dodgers (Hamilton Park League)

Northside Dodgers (IND)


1964-1968 Northside Dodgers (Hamilton Park League)

Northside Dodgers (IND)

Rosenburg, J.B. 1958-1959 Cairo (Town Team - Georgia)

1960-1961 Did not play

1962-1969 St. Petersburg Black Pelicans (FWCNL)

St. Petersburg Braves (FWCNL)

1970-1975 St. Petersburg

Oliver Alouettes

Ross, Andy 1964-1969 Grand Bay High School (High School Baseball)

1970-1971 Young State Junior College (College Baseball)

1971 Signed by San Francisco Giants (MLBB)

1971 Mesa (AZ) – San Francisco Minor League Team

1971 Released – Tendonitis

1971-1973 Pascagoula Merchants (GCNL)

1974 Injured

1975 Pascagoula Merchants (GCNL)

All American – Baseball Team (1971)

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Voted Number 1 Junior College Baseball Player in the United

States (1971) – 0.48 ERA

Ross, Grady 1943-1949 Atlanta Tigers (IND)

(Baby Boy, Suitcase) Atlanta Black Crackers (NSL)

Atlanta Braves (IND)

Atlanta Braves (GAL)

Rowe, Thomas 1957-1961 Alden Clippers (BIL)

Alden Cardinals (BIL)

1964 White Sox (Sarasota Rookie League)

1965 Sarasota White Sox (Florida State League)

1965 White Sox (Florida Instructional League)

1966 Lynchburg White Sox (Carolina League)

1966 Evansville White Sox (Southern League)

1966 Indianapolis Indians (Pacific Coast League)

1966 White Sox (Florida Instructional League)

1967 Appleton Foxes (Midwest League)

1967-1969 Lynchburg White Sox (Carolina League)

(also played for Sherbrooke in Canada and winter ball in

Nicaragua)

Rucker, Joseph Player

1949-1953 Mobile Black Shippers (IND)

Mobile Black Bears (IND)

1954-1955 Uniontown Black Steers

1956-1957 ACIPCO (BIL)

Owner

1974-1986 Sloss Eagles (BIL)

Rushing, Vanity 1956-1957 Midlothian White Sox (Chicago, IL)

(Van) 1957 Scouted by Boston Red Sox (MLBB)


1959 Georgia Flyers (IND)


1960 Contract sold to Boston red Sox for $ 22,100

(record paid for a Negro League ball player)

1961-1962 Waterloo Hawks (IA) (Midwest league)

1962 Knee Injury

1963 Wellsville (New York Penn League)

1964 Seattle Rainers (PCL)

1964 Hawaii Islanders (PCL)

1965 Winston Salem (Carolina League)

1966-1985 Midlothian White Sox (Chicago City League)

(Midlothian won several national championships)

also played for Saskatchewan in late 1960’s

Russell, Charles 1932-1935 Garfield High School

(Baseball, Football & Basketball)

1934 Seattle American Legion (Washington State Champions)

1934-1936 Seattle Royal Giants (IND)

1936-1937 University of Washington (College Football)

1937-1938 Seattle American Giants (IND)

1937-1938 Seattle American Giants (Pugent Sound League)

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Rutledge, Ferdinand 1957-1961 Fairfield Stars (BIL)

(Chico) Powderly Stars

Westfield (BIL)


1963 Birmingham Black Barons (IND)

1963-1966 United States Army

1966-1967 Fairfield Stars (BIL)

Safford, Clifford 1980-2000 Powderly Stars (BIL)

2001-2004 Bessemer Blues (BIL)

(also played baseball at Stillman College)

Salazar, Lazaro 1924 Cuban Stars (West) (IND)

(El Principe Belen) 1930 Cuban Stars (West) (IND)

1932-1934 Cuban Stars (West) (IND)


1937 Truijillo – Santo Domingo (Dominican League)

(D) 1938-1939 Cordoba (Mexican League)

1940-1941 Vera Cruz (Mexican League)

1942-1952 Monterrey (Mexican League)

1957 Mexico City Reds (Mexican League) (Manager)

Winter Leagues:

1930 Santa Clara (Cuba)



1934-1935 Marianao (Cuba)




1937-1938 Santa Clara (Cuban League Champions)

(Player-Manager)

1938-1939 Santa Clara (Cuban League Champions)

(Player Manager)


1941-1942 Almendares (Cuba) (Player-Manager)


1943-1944 Marianao (Cuba) (Player-Manager)

1944-1945 Marianao (Cuba) (Player-Manager)

1945-1946 Maraianao (Cuba)


1947-1948 Santiago (Players Federation – Cuba)

(Player – Manager)


(Manager-Player)


(Manager-Player)

1951 Magallanes (Caribbean World Series)


1955 Magallanes (Caribbean World Series)

1956-57 Magallanes (Venezuelan League)

Negro National League Batting Title: (1936 - .367 BA)

Cuban League Hits Leader (1932-33 – 30 hits)

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Cuban League RBI Leader (1932-33 – 15 RBI)

Cuban League Stolen Bases Leader (1932-33 - 13 SB)

Cuban League Batting Title (1934-35 - .407 BA

1940-41 - .316 BA)

Cuban League Best Pitcher Award (1934-35 – record of 6-1)

Cuban League Runs Leader (1936-37 – 47 runs)

Cuban League Triples League (1937-38 – 5 triples)

Cuban League Most Valuable Player Award (1937-38)

Cuban League Doubles Leader (1938-39 – 12 doubles)

Cuban League All Star Team (1940-41 and 1941-42)

Mexican League Baseball Hall of Fame (1954)

Cuban Baseball Hall of Fame

Venezuelan League Baseball Hall of Fame

Sampson, Freeman 1960-1969 San Angelo Rockets (IND)

Sampson, Tommy 1929-1935 Scarborough White Sox (IND)

(Toots) 1935-1938 Raleigh Clippers (IND)

(Raleigh, West Virginia)

1939 Bellville Grays (NIL)

(Portsmouth, Virginia)

(D) 1939 Bellville Grays (ECL)

1940 Bellville Grays (ISL)


1947 Jacksonville Eagles (NSL)

1948 Birmingham All-Stars (Manager) (NSL)

1948 Birmingham Clowns (Owner-Manager) (NSL)



Winter Leagues:


(Negro American League Champions)



(West Coast Tour vs Buck Newsom's All Stars)

1943 Baltimore Elite Giants (CAWL)


(Negro American League Champions)


Negro League All Star Team

(1940-West, 1941-West, 1942-West and 1943-East)

(Sampson & Harry "Mooch" Barnes discovered Willie Mays

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in 1948)

Samuels, Edward L. 1962-1963 Hooper City White Sox (BIL)

1964-1965 Woodard (BIL)

1966-1972 Southside Dodgers (BIL)

Samuels, William 1944 Stoner Hill (Louisiana) (IND)

1945-1946 U.S. Army

1946-1948 Stoner Hill Sports (IND)

East Side Tigers (IND)

1947-1948 Shreveport Dodgers (IND)

1948-1949 Shreveport Tigers (NTL)


Sanders, Bobby 1953-1958 Centure Blue Box (IND)


1959 Signed by Philadelphia Phillies (MLBB)

1960 Elmira Pioneers (New York-Penn League)

1961 Magic Valley Cowboys (Pioneer League)

1962 Williamsport Grays (Eastern League)

1963 Chattanooga Lookouts (Southern League)

1964 Williamsport Mets (Eastern League)

Sanders, James 1952-1954 Fairfield Stars (BIL)

(Jake) 1955 Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)



1957 Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (MLBB) Organization

1958 Kokomo (Three - I League)(Spring Training)

1958 Released by Brooklyn Dodgers Organization


1957 Mobile Bears (NAL)

1957 New Orleans Crescent Bears (NAL)

1958 Raleigh Tigers (IND)




Fairfield Stars (YMCA League)

(East-West All Star Game – 1957)

Santiago, Carlos 1945-1946 New York Cubans (NNL)

1948-1949 Stamford Pioneers (Colonial League)

1950 Farnham Pirates (Canadian Provincial League)

1950 Poughkeepsie Chiefs (Colonial League)

1953 St. Petersburg Saints (Piedmont League)

1954 Duluth Dukes (Northern League)

1954 Tallahassee Rebels (Florida International League)

1954 Colonial Heights-Petersburg Colts (Piedmont League)

1954 Lincoln Chiefs (Western League)

1955 Mexico City Diablos Rojos (Mexican League)

Winter Leagues:

1944-45 Mayaguez (Puerto Rico)


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1954-55 Mayaguez-Aguadilla (Puerto Rico)


1955-56 Ponce (Puerto Rico)






1958-59 San Juan (Puerto Rico) )

1959-60 Mayaquez (Puerto Rico)


1961-62 Arecibo Lobos (Puerto Rico)

1962-63 Arecibo Lobos (Puerto Rico)

1967-68 Arecibo (Puerto Rico) (Manager)

1968-69 Arecibo (Puerto Rico) (Manager)


(1949-50, 1950-51, 1953-54 and 1955-56)

Puerto Rico Hall of Fame (1993)

Santiago, Jose Guillermo

(Pants) 1946 Randalls Island (New York City)


1948 Sold by Alex Pompez (owner) w/ Minnie Minoso

to the Cleveland Indians Organization for $25,000

1949 Dayton (Central League)

1950 Wilkes-Barre (Eastern League)

1951 San Diego (PCL)

1951 Wilkes-Barre (Eastern League)

1952-1953 Dallas (Texas League)

1954 Cleveland Indians (ML)

1954 Escogido (Dominican Summer League)

1954 Indianapolis (AA)



1956 Columbus (IL)

1956 Kansas City Athletics (ML)

1957 Buffalo (IL)

1957-1958 Havana (IL)

1958-1959 San Antonio (Texas League)

Winter Leagues:

1946-47 Ponce Leones (Puerto Rico)

(Puerto Rican League Champions)


1948 Cleveland Indians Spring Training

(Tucson, Arizona)


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1951 Santurce Cagrejeros(Puerto Rico)

(Caribbean World Series Roster)

(Caribbean World Series Champions)



1952 San Juan (Caribbean World Series)

(Panama City, Panama)


1953 Santurce (Caribbean World Series Champions)

(Habana, Cuba)



1955-56 San Juan Sendaores (Puerto Rico)

1956-57 San Juan Senadores (Puerto Rico)

1957 Mayaguez (Caribbean World Series Roster)

(Havana, Cuba)


1958 Caguas Criollos (Caribbean World Series Roster)

(San Juan, Puerto Rico)

1958-59 Santurce (Puerto Rico)

1959-60 San Juan (Puerto Rico)


1960 Caguas (Caribbean World Series Roster)





1967-68 San Juan (Puerto Rico) (Manager)

Puerto Rican League Rookie of Year (1946-47)



(1949-50, 1953-54 and 1955-56)

Puerto Rican Hall of Fame (1993)

Saunders, Augustus L. 1930-1931 Detroit Stars (NNL)

(Gus) 1932-1938 Monroe Monarchs (NSL)

Winter Leagues:

(D) 1932 Monroe Monarchs (NSL)


(Negro Southern League considered a "major" league)

(Monroe defeated Chicago American Giants for

championship)

Saunders, Bill 1950 Baltimore Elite Giants (NAL)

Saunders, Les 1950 "Y" Mustangs (YMCA League - Kansas City, MO)

1950 Sheffield Eagles (Bat Boy) (IND)

(Hilton Smith - Manager)

1951 Carver Club Eagles (Basketball)

1951 Carver Club Eagles (Jackie Robinson League)

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1952 Kansas City Bulldogs (T. B. Watkins League)

(Buedell Williams - Owner)

1953 Mc Guire Clothiers (American Legion League)

1953 The Bachelors Club (Jackie Robinson League)

(Hilton Smith - Manager)

1954 Mc Guire Clothiers (American Legion League)

(Don Motley - Coach)

1954-1955 Lincoln High School

(High School Football & Basketball)

1955 Offered professional contract to go to Venezuela to

play for $ 100 month. Parents wouldn't let him go.

1955 Muelhlebach Braves (American Legion League)

1955 United States Air Force (Military Baseball & Boxing)

American Legion League All Star Team (1954)

Saverson, Henry L. 1946 Jess Elster's Colored Athletics (IND)

(Grand Rapids, Michigan)

1947-1949 Central High School

(Grand Rapids, Michigan)


1949 Franklin Fuels (Midwest League)

1950-1951 Grand Rapids Junior College (College Baseball)

1951-1953 U.S. Army (Alaska - Military Baseball)

1953 Grand Rapids Black Sox (IND)



Scantlebury, Patricio

(Pat) 1944-1948 New York Cubans (NNL)

1949-1950 New York Cubans (NAL)

1950 Fort Wayne (Indiana) Capeharts

National Baseball Congress (NBC)

Wichita Tournament Champions

Wichita Tournament MVP


1953 Texarkana (Big State League)

1954 Dallas (Texas League)

(D) 1954-1955 Havana Sugar Kings (IL)

1955 New York Cubans (IND)

1956 Cincinnati Reds (ML)

1956 Havana Sugar Kings (IL)

1956 Seattle (PCL)

1957 Havana Sugar Kings (IL)

1958-1961 Toronto (IL)

Winter Leagues:

1941 Panama National Baseball Team (Amateur World Series)

1943 Panama National Baseball Team (Amateur World Series)


1947-1948 Habana Leones (Cuba)

1948 Jackie Robinson & Roy Campanella All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming Tour vs Memphis Red Sox)

1948-1949 Spur Cola (Panama)


(Barnstorming Tour vs New Orleans Creoles)

1949 Spur Cola (Caribbean World Series)

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1949 New York Stars All Star Team (IND)

(Barnstorming tour from New York City to Wichita

Falls, Texas)

(South American Tour - Caracas, Venezuela)

1949-1950 Carta Vieja (Panama)

1950 Luke Easter' All Stars (IND)

(Series vs Danny Lithwhiler's Major League All Stars)

1950 Carta Vieja (Caribbean World Series)

1950-1951 Spur Cola (Panama)

1951 Spur Cola (Caribbean World Series)

1952-1953 Chesterfield (Panama)

1953 Chesterfield (Caribbean World Series)

1953 Roy Campanella All Stars (IND)

(Southern Tour - Seven game series vs Birmingham

Black Barons)

1956 Cincinnati Reds Spring Training

1957-1958 Cienfuegos (Cuba)

Big State League Pitching Wins Leader (1953 - 24 Wins)

Big State League Strikeout Leader (1953 - 177 Strikeouts)

International League ERA Leader (1955 - 1.90 ERA)

Negro League All Star Team

(1946-East, 1948-East, 1949-East and 1950-East)

Scott, Edward 1935-1938 Stewart (Florida)

(Ed, Scotty) Hobe Sound (Florida)

1939 Miami Clowns (IND)

(Predecessor to Indianapolis Clowns)

(player) 1939-1940 Norfolk Stars (IND)

(Bunny Downs - Manager)

1940-1945 Mobile Black Shippers (IND)

1941 Mobile Black Cubans (IND)

1946-1947 Pritchard Athletics

(owner) 1948-1952 Mobile Black Bears (IND)

(Willie Davis - Owner)

1952-1953 Biloxi Tigers (IND)

(Biloxi, Mississippi)

(officer) 1952-1955 Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)

(Officer)

Negro League & Major League Scout:

Indianapolis Clowns (1951-1955)

Pittsburgh Pirates (1955-1960)

Boston Red Sox (1961-1991)

(Discovered Hank Aaron in 1952; also signed George Scott,

Oil Can Boyd, Andre Dawson, Lynn McLaughlin, and

Amos Otis)

Scott, George 1944 Greenville (Texas) - Town Team

(Sonny) 1948-1961 Dallas Brown Bombers (IND)

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(Willie Richardson - Manager)

Scott, Joe 1938 Shreveport Black Sports

1939 Texas Black Spiders (IND)

1939 Dunsieth Giants (North Dakota)

1939 Muskegon Reds

(D) 1940 Shreveport Black Sports


(350th Field Artillery – 46th Brigade)

1945 Los Angeles Winter League

1946 California State League

1947 Detroit Senators (IND)



Winter Leagues:


Satchel Paige's All Stars (IND)

(Game vs Bob Feller All Stars in San Diego, CA)


(Denver Post Tournament - 2nd Place)

Scott, Joe Burt 1936 Zulu Giants (IND)

1936-1937 Tilden Tech High School (High School Baseball)

(D) (Chicago, Illinois)

(City Baseball Champions - 1937)




1938 Nuevo Laredo (Mexico)

1938-1939 Bacharach Giants (IND)

1938-1940 Palmer House All Stars (IND)

National Baseball Congress Tournament - Wichita, KS


1939 Palmer House Indians (IND)

(Played under name: Sandy Thompson)


1940 Philadelphia Stars (NNL)

1940-1941 Pittsburgh Crawfords

1942 Armour and Company (Chicago Industrial League)

(Batted .714 - League MVP)


(Wright Field Kitty Hawks)

(Great Lakes Team)

(Dayton, Ohio)


1944-1945 Wright Field Kitty Hawks

(Dayton, Ohio - Hit .629)


1945 Philadelphia Stars (NNL)


1946 Pittsburgh Crawfords (USL)


1950-1951 Farnham (Canadian Provincial League)

1951 St. Hyacinthe (Canadian Provincial League)

1952-1956 Barnstorming Teams

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Satchel Paige's All Stars (IND)

Zulu Giants (IND)

1954 Hot Springs Bathers (Cotton States League)

1956 Knoxville Smokies (Southern League)

1956-1957 Klondike Athletics (Memphis, Tennessee)

Winter Leagues:

1938-1939 Mexico City Reds (Mexico)


(Barnstorming vs Dizzy Dean's All Stars)

1945-1946 San Juan (Puerto Rico)

Canadian Provincial League Batting Title (1950 - .390)

Scott, Robert 1941-1943 Macon Braves (IND)

(Bob) 1943-1945 Macon Cardinals (GAL)


1946 Boston Blues (USL)

1947-1948 New York Black Yankees (NNL)

1948-1950 New York Black Yankees (IND)

1951 Turned down contract to play in South America

1951 Signed by George Sisler of Pittsburgh Pirates (MLBB)

1951 Pittsburgh Pirates Spring Training

1951 Assigned to Grand Forks (North Dakota)

(Pittsburgh Pirates Organization)

(Refused to report it was too cold)


1952-1954 Macon Cardinals (GAL)

1955 Sandersville Giants (Georgia State League)

(New York Giants Organization)

Winter Leagues:


(Barnstorming Tour vs Negro League All Stars)


(Barnstorming tour vs Jackie Robinson's All Stars)

Scott, Roosevelt 1963-1970 Cordova Braves (BIL)

1973-1975 Birmingport Pirates (BIL)

1975-1993 Jasper Jets (BIL)

Scruggs, Eugene 1952-1955 Moores Mill Red Sox (IND)

(Dick, Willie) 1956 Detroit Stars (NAL)










1959-1969 Moores Mill Red Sox (IND)

(Five time city champions)

Madison County Athletic Hall of Fame (2002)

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Seaman, Tommy 1960-1961 Pascagoula High School (High School Baseball)

1962-1963 Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College

(College baseball)

1972-1986 Pascagoula Merchants (GCNL)

Sedberry, Carl (Owner – Manager)

(Junior) 1957-1962 Wichita Falls Stars (WTCL)

Graham Stars (WTCL)

(D) 1963-1980 Graham Junk Yard Dogs (IND)

Seldon, Clarence 1956 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)


Also played for the Ford All Stars

Serrell, William 1930's Abilene Eagles (TOL)

(Barney, Bonnie) 1939-1940 Satchel Paige's All Stars (IND)



1945-1947 Tampico (Mexican League)



(D) 1949-1951 Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

1951 Yakima (Western International League)

1951 San Francisco Seals (PCL)

1952 Escogido (Dominican Summer League)

1952-1957 Nuevo Laredo (Mexican League)

1957 Monterrey (Mexican League)

1958 Nogales-Juarez (Arizona-Mexican League)

Winter Leagues:

1943-1944 Kansas City Royals (CAWL)




1946-1947 Matanzas (Cuban Federacion Nacional)



1955-1956 Culiacan (Mexican Pacific Coast League)

1957-1958 Mexican Pacific League


Mexican Pacific Coast League All Star (1955-1956)

Hit .376 in his final season in baseball

Shamberger, Cecil 1956-1959 Robbins (NC) (Town Team)

1957-1959 Carthage High School (High School Baseball)

(Carthage, North Carolina)

1959-1960 Woodland Giants (IND)

(Fairmont Park, Philadelphia)

1960-1962 Philadelphia Stars (IND)

1962 Signed by New York Yankees (MLBB) for $ 10,000 bonus

(First real bonus baby of Yankees)

1963 Spring Training New York Yankees (MLBB) Organization

1963 Harlan Yankees (Appalachian League)

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1963 Shelby Colonels (Western Carolina League)




1967 Binghamton Triplets (New York-Penn League)

1967 Released by New York Yankees

1967-1972 Woodland Giants (Philadelphia City League)

Sharpe, Robert 1938 Wilson Meat Packing Co.

(Pepper) 1939-1942 Memphis Stars (IND)



(D) 1944 Memphis Red Sox (NAL)




1949 Bridgeport (Connecticut)


Winter Leagues:


(Barnstorming series vs Memphis Red Sox)

Shaw, Robert B. 1971-1974 Beeville (Town team)

Junior Mustangs (San Antonio, TX)

1975-1979 San Antonio Yankees (STNL)

1980-1990 San Antonio Yankees

(Spanish American League)

Shelby, Fleming 1961-1965 Robinwood Blue Stars (BIL)

1966-1969 Moore-Handley (BIL)

Ketona

Shelby, Sammy 1954-1996 Warrior A’s (BIL)

1960-1963 Hooper City High School Hurricanes

Sheelor, James 1947 Carver High School

(Pee Wee, Willie) (Kanapolis, North Carolina)

1948-1949 Kanapolis Blues (IND)

East Spencer Giants (IND)

Salisbury (IND)


1950 Winston-Salem Pond Giants (NCL)

Charlotte Black Hornets (NCL)

1951 Winston-Salem Pond Giants (IND)

Charlotte Black Hornets (IND)

Richmond Giants (NCL)

1952 Signed by Wingfield Welch for Chicago American Giants


1952 Chicago American Giants sold his contract to

Milwaukee Braves (MLBB)organization

1953 Tucson (AZ) - released

(Milwaukee Braves organization)

1953 Try-out with Washington Senators (MLBB)



Kanapolis Cannon Towels (IND)

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Winter Leagues:

1955 Negro American League All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming tour vs Major League All Stars

managed by Monte Irvin)

Shepard, Freddie 1935-1936 Continental Gin

(Shepherd) (Prattville, Alabama)

1940-1941 Prattville (Alabama)

1942-1943 Ingell Iron Works (Industrial - Y.M.C.A. League)

1943 Atlanta Black Crackers (IND)

(D) 1945 Atlanta Black Crackers (NSL)

1945 Knoxville Grays (NSL)


1947 Chattanooga Choo-Choos (NSL)

1947 New Orleans Creoles (NSL)


1947-1948 Stamford (Colonial League)


1948 Birmingham All Stars (NSL)


1949 Stamford (Colonial League)


1949 New Orleans Creoles (IND)

(Canadian barnstorming tour)

1949 New Orleans All Stars (IND)

New Orleans Creoles All Stars

(Series vs Jackie Robinson All Stars)

1949-1950 Louisiana Travelers (IND)

(Based out of Monroe, Louisiana)

1950-1951 Minot Mallards (Mandak League)

1951 Estevan Maple Leafs (Western League) (Canada)

1951 Swift Current Indians (Western League) (Canada)

1951 Indian Head Rockets (Western League) (Canada)

1951 Dauphin Redbirds (Manitoba-Saskatchewan League)

1954 Stockhan Valves and Fittings (BIL)

11th Annual North-South All Star Game (South team) (1949)

Sheppard, Freddie L. 1941-1945 U.S. Army (Military Baseball)

1946-1950 College Park Indians (IND)


Sherrill, Earnest 1955-1958 Covington (TN) (Town Team)

(Ernie) 1959-1960 Memphis Red Sox (NAL)


1960-61 Grand Rapids Black Sox

(Southwest Michigan League)

Sherrod, Clayton 1957 Birmingham Black Barons (Bat Boy) (NAL)

(Butch)

Shine, Marvin 1974-1978 Connors Steel (BIL)

(Jack) East Thomas Red Sox (BIL)

1979-1980 Stockham (BIL)

1981-1987 East Thomas (BIL)

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Shine, Willie 1969 Dolly Madison Bakers (BIL)

1973-1979 Stockham Valves and Fittings (BIL)

1979-1986 Dolly Madison (Y.M.C.A. Industrial League)

Sloss Eagles (Jake Swain – Manager)

Birmingham Industrial League All Star Team (1969)

Shoffner, Thomas 1943-1946 Goshen Red Wings (IND)

(Tom) 1947 Greensboro Red Wings (NCL)



Siddle, Joseph J. 1937-1942 Goshen Red Wings (IND)

(Jumping Joe) 1942-1944 U.S. Army - 92nd Division (Military Baseball)



(Spring Training Roster)

1946 Goshen Red Wings (NAL)



1952 Winston-Salem Twins

1953-1955 Oak Ridge (NC) (Community Team)

Sierra, Pedro 1953 Havana Cuban Sugar Kings (IL)

(Baseball Academy)



1957 Habana Leones (Cuban Winter League) (Reserve Squad)

1958 Marianao Tigers (Cuban Winter League)

1959 Signed by Joe Cambria of Washington Senators (MLBB)

1959 Lynchburg Senators (Appalachian Rookie League)

1959 Sanford Greyhounds (Florida State League)


1960-1961 Fort Hood Tankers (Texas)

(Fourth Army Champions)

(1961 - Record 17-5 - 1.75 ERA)

(No hitter and four shutouts)

1962 Signed by Minnesota Twins (MLBB)

1962 Erie Sailors (New York - Penn League)

1963 Bismarck-Mandan Pards (Northern League)

1964 Wisconsin Rapids Twins (Mid-West League)

1965-1966 High Point-Thomasville Hi-Toms

(Western Carolina League)

1967 Coaticook (Quebec, Canada)(Canadian Provincial League)

1968-1969 Sherbrooke (Canadian Provincial League)

1969 Signed by Washington Senators(MLBB) upon

recommendation by Zolio Versalles

1970 Washington Senators Spring Training Roster

(Pompano Beach, Florida)

1970 Pittsfield Senators (Eastern League)

1970 Washington Senators (ML)

(Roster player but didn't get in game)

1971 Washington Senators Spring Training

1971 Burlington Senators (Carolina League)

1971 Pittsfield Senators (Eastern league)

1971 Panama National Guard BB Team (Panamanian League)

1972-1973 Puebla (Mexican League)

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1973 Tampico (Mexican League)

1973 Diablos (Mexican League)

1973-1974 Chihuaha (Mexican League)


1974-1975 Aquascalientes (Mexican League)

1976 San Francisco de Macoris (Dominican League)

1976 Ciabo (Dominican Summer League)

1976 Puerto Plata (Dominican League)

Coaching Career

1989 Conducted baseball clinics in Havana, Cuba with

Zoilio Versalles

1994-2002 Essex Community College (Maryland)

2002-2003 Pennsylvania Road Warriors

(Atlantic League of Professional Baseball)

2004 Newark Bears

(Atlantic League of Professional Baseball)

2005 LaNew Bears (Taiwan)

(Chinese Professional Baseball League)

2006-2007 Sussex Skyhawks (Can-Am League)


4th United States Army Championship

Canadian Provincial League ERA Title (1967 - 1.76 ERA)

Canadian Provincial League Wins and Shut-outs Leader:

(1969 - 14 Wins & 4 Shutouts)

Canadian Provincial League All Star Team

(1967, 1968 and 1969)

Panama Winter League All Star Team (1971)

Silva, Roderick 1938-1939 Clark University (College Baseball and Football)

(SIAC Conference) (Atlanta, Georgia)

1938-1940 West Indies Royals (IND)

1941 Miami Giants (Owner) (FSNL)

1942-1957 Miami Giants (Owner) (IND)

(Toured Cuba and Nassau)

(Played one season in Cuban League)

Negro League Scout:

Cincinnati Clowns (NAL)

Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)

Simmons, Arthur L. 1951-1955 Lynch Grays (IND)

(Big Art) (Small coal mining community in Kentucky)

1955-1957 U.S. Air Force (Military Baseball)

(Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, Al)


1960-1965 Douglas White Sox (IND)

Douglas White Sox (Douglas Park League)

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(Chicago, Illinois)

(Two time Douglas Park Champions)

Simmons, Bart 1958 Oklahoma City (OK)

(Country) 1959 Enid (OK)


1961-1962 Guthrie Black Spiders (IND)

(Guthrie, Oklahoma)

1964 Kansas City Monarchs (IND)

1965 Oklahoma Furniture Company

Simmons, Hubert 19141 Civilian Conservation Corp.

(Bert) 1941-1942 Raleigh Tigers (IND)

(Willie Foster - Manager)

1943-1945 United States Army

1946 Goshen Red Wings (IND)

1946-1949 North Carolina A&T Aggies (College Baseball)

(All-Conference - four years)


Asheville Blues (NCL)


1949 Farley Stars (IND)

(Based - Atlantic City, NJ)

(Managed by John Henry Lloyd)


1951-1952 Yokely Stars (IND)

(Managed by Laymon Yokely)

North Carolina A & T Sports Hall-of-Fame (1978)

Simmons, Silas 1910 Murdock Grays

(Si) 1912-1913 Homestead Grays

1915 Hilldale (IND)

1915-1918 Blue Ribbons of Germantown

1918 Philadelphia Quaker Giants (IND)

(D) 1918 Camden Black Sox

1926 New York Lincoln Giants (IND)

1929 Cuban Giants (IND)

Simms, Willie 1923-1927 Shreveport Black Gasers (IND)

(Bill) 1928-1931 Shreveport (TNL)

Leesville (LA)

1932-1933 Alexandria Giants (IND)

1934 Monroe Monarchs (IND)

(D) 1935-1936 Cincinnati Tigers (IND)




Winter Leagues:



Simms Jr., Willie 1947-1948 Derkyville Projects (IND)

(School Boy) (Jacksonville, Florida)

1949 Edward Waters University

(College Baseball & Football)

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1949-1950 Jacksonville Eagles (IND)

(Jim Mitchell - Owner)

Simpson, Herbert 1933-1934 Winfield Devils

(Herb, Briefcase) (Wesley Barrows - Manager)


1938-1942 Dr. Nut Algiers Giants (IND)

(Wesley Barrows - Manager)




1943-1945 U. S. Army Air Force

(U.S. Army 2057 Quartermaster Corps attached to

8th Air Force Battery)

(Will Rogers Field - Oklahoma)

(Stationed in France and England)



(Barnstorming Team based in Chicago)

(Barnstorming Tour of Hawaii Record 15 - 1)

1946 Abe Saperstein's Negro All Stars (IND)

(Hawaiian Barnstorming Tour)


1949 New Orleans Black Pelicans (NSL)



1952 Spokane Indians (Western International League)

1952-1953 Albuquerque Dukes (West Texas-New Mexico League)

1954 Oakland Oaks (PCL)

1954-1955 Albuquerque Dukes (West Texas-New Mexico League)


1956-1963 New Orleans Pelicans (IND)

Genie's Bar (New Orleans)

Dooky Chase (New Orleans)

Winter Leagues:


(California tour vs Major League All Stars)

Negro League North-South All Star Game:

(1951 - South and 1952 - South)

Sims, David 1940-1941 Charlotte Red Sox (IND)


1946-1949 North A & T University

(D) (College Baseball - Captain)

1946 Goshen Red Wings (IND)


1948 Greensboro Red Wings (NSL)




1951-1952 Greensboro Red Wings

1953-1957 Greensboro Red Sox (IND)

(Herman Taylor - Manager)

1957-1963 Greensboro All Stars (IND)

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Sims, Edward 1936-1938 Charlotte Black Hornets (NCL)

(Pete) 1938 St. Louis Black Cardinals (IND)

1938-1940 Charlotte Black Hornets (NCL)


1945-1946 Charlotte Red Sox (IND)

(Sam Douglas - Owner)

1946 Knoxville Giants (NSL)

(Nate Rogers - Manager)

Sims, Fate 1945-1946 Charlotte Black Hornets (NSL)

1946 East Baltimore (IND)

1947 Out of Baseball

1948-1949 Columbia Red Sox

(D) 1949 St. Louis Black Cardinals (IND)

1950 Albany Giants

1950 Tryout with St. Louis Cardinals (MLBB)

1950 Dauphin Redbirds (Northern Senior League)

(Manitoba, Canada)

1950 Charlotte Black Hornets (NCL)

1951-1952 Philadelphia Stars (NAL)


1955 Injured - Lung Operation - Retired

Winter Leagues:

1949 St. Louis Black Cardinals (IND)

(Canadian Barnstorming Tour)


(Barnstorming after regular season)





Sims, Walter 1954-1963 Overton Smokies

Overton Braves

Birmingham 78 All Stars (IND)

Skelton, O’Neal Ensley Steel (BIL)

Skipwith, Charles 1964-1965 Birmingport (Town Team)

(Skip) 1966-1980 Birming Port (Y.M.C.A. Industrial League)

1981-1984 Birming Port (Coach)

(Y.M.C.A. Industrial League)

Skipwith, Nathaniel 1941-1942 Birming Port (Town Team)

1942-1943 Mobile Black Shippers (Willie Davis – Owner)(IND)

Mobile Braves (IND)

1943-1948 Daphune Tigers

1949-1974 Birming Port (Metro Industrial League)

Birming Port (Y.M.C.A. Industrial League)

Slack, Milton III 1962-1976 Lindale Dragons (IND)

1962-1976 Lindale Dragons (Josh Gibson League)

Slade, James 1931 Danville Quick Steps (IND)

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(Wimp) (Danville, Virginia)

1932-1936 Danville All Stars (IND)

1936-1940 Virginia State College

(D) (College Basketball)

1936-1948 Danville All Stars (IND)

1949-1950 Danville All Stars (NCL)

Coaching and Officiating Career:

1940-1981 John B. Langston High School

(Football and Basketball Coach)

1952-1972 CIIA - Game Official

(Football, Basketball and Track)

also played for Goshen Red Wings and Roanoke Red Caps

Sledge, Julius 1960-1961 Various Sandlot teams Chicago Area

(Satchel) 1962-1963 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

1964 Brooklyn Stars (IND)


Smalls, Nathaniel 1963-1965 Beach House High School (High School Baseball)

(Lefty, Bobo) 1963-1965 Savannah Bears (IND)


1965 New York Stars (IND)

(Travelling Team for Clowns)


1967 Signed by Kansas City Royals (MLBB) Organization

1967 Kansas City Royals Spring Training



1970 Offered contract by Kansas City Monarchs


1981 Traveling Jets (IND)

(Barnstorming Baseball Team)


(Player - Manager)


1970-1990 Vermillion Merchants (Twilight League)

Laura Lee (Twilight League)

St. Joseph (Twilight League)

Danville Jets (Twilight League)

Danville Boosters

1986 Danville Bullets (Player-Coach) (Twilight League)

1987 Danville Bullets (Player-Manager)

(Twilight League Champions)

1994-1998 Bobo Smalls and the Danville Stars (IND)

Winter Leagues:

1968 California Cuties (IND)

(Barnstorming team that played in women's dresses)





1969 San Jose

(Kansas City Royals - Class A Team)

(Assigned but did not report - because he was still

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under contract to Indianapolis Clowns)

1973 St. Joseph (Twilight League)

mid 1970's Royal (Eastern Illinois Baseball League)

1981 Danville Jets (Twilight League)

1982 Danville (Eastern Illinois Baseball League)

Smallwood, De Witt 1951-1952 Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)

(Woody) 1952 New York Black Yankees

1953 Philadelphia Stars

(D) 1953 Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)


1954 St. Jean's (Quebec)


Winter Leagues:


(Post season barnstorming tour vs Indianapolis Clowns)

Smart, Rueben 1943-1946 Knoxville College


1947 U.S. Marines


(Turned down contract to do post graduate work at

University of Michigan)

1947-1953 Grand Rapids Black Sox(Southwest Michigan League)


1952 Dallas Eagles (Texas League)

1953 Greenville Majors (Big State League)

1955 Tyler Tigers (Big State League)

1956 Wilkes-Barre (Class A)


also played in Victoria, Texas

Winter Leagues:

1947-1951 Grand Rapids American Legion (Basketball Team)

Smith, Alphonse 1944-1945 East St. Louis Colts (Tandy Park League)

(Al) 1946-1948 Cleveland Buckeyes (NAL)

1948-1949 Wilkes-Barre (Eastern League)

1950-1951 San Diego (PCL)

1952-1953 Indianapolis (AA)

(D) 1953-1957 Cleveland Indians (ML)

1958-1962 Chicago White Sox (ML)

1963 Baltimore Orioles (ML)


1964 Boston Red Sox (ML)

Winter Leagues:

1947 Cleveland Buckeyes

(Negro League World Series - lost to New York Cubans

4 games to 2)






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1954 Cleveland Indians (World Series)

1954 Roy Campanella's Negro Major League All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming tour of California)

(Game at Lane Field in San Diego vs Kent Parker's

Major League All Stars)

1956 Willie Mays All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming Series vs Negro American League

All Stars)

1959 Cleveland Indians (World Series)

1959 Hank Aaron's All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming series vs Harmon Killebrew's All Stars)

Puerto Rican League Homerun Title:

(1951-1952 - Hit 9 Homeruns)

Puerto Rican All Star Team: (1951-52 and 1953-54)

Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year (1959)

Major League Baseball All Star Team

(1955-American and 1960-American)

Smith, Amos 1947-1951 Hazen Red Sox (IND)

(Selma, Alabama)

1951-1955 U. S. Army

1955-1961 Detroit Motor City Red Caps (IND)

Smith, Demorris 1946-1948 Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

(Mickey) (Bat Boy - Son of Hilton Smith)

1951 Kansas City Bulldogs

(T. B. Watkins League Champions)

1952-1956 Sheffield Eagles (IND)

(Team coached by Hilton Smith)

1954 Mc Guire's Clothiers (American Legion League)

1954-1955 Lincoln High School (High School Football)

1955 Muelhlebach Braves (American Legion League)

(Sponsored by Muelhlebach Brewing)

1956 Millgrams (Ban Johnson League)

(Kansas City, Kansas)

1956-1958 Texas Southern University (College Baseball)

1958 Signed - St. Louis Cardinals (MLBB)

1959 Daytona Beach Islanders (Florida State League)

1959 Wyhteville Cardinals (Appalachian League)

1960 Keokuk Cardinals (Midwest League)

1961 Billings Mustangs (Pioneer League)

1961 Winnipeg Goldeyes (Northern League)

1962-1965 U.S. Army

1965-1972 Kansas City Giants (Jay Hawk League)

Smith, Eugene 1938 Atlanta Black Crackers (NAL)

(Gene) 1939 Monterrey (Mexican League)



1940 New Orleans-St. Louis Stars (IND)

1941 New Orleans-St. Louis Stars (NAL)


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1947 Havana La Palomas (IND)


1949 Louisville Buckeyes (NAL)



1950 Rochester (Minnesota)


1951 Carman Cardinals (Mandak League)

1953 Manitoba (Canada)

1954 Wisconsin State League

Winter Leagues:


1947-48 Caguas-Guayama (Puerto Rican Winter League)



also played in Canada and Mexico

Puerto Rican Winter League Wins Leader:

(1947-48 – 10 wins)

Negro National League All Star Team (1942 - West)


St. Louis Amateur Baseball Hall of Fame (1984)

Smith, George 1946-1948 Princeton (KY) (IND)

(Sonny) 1946-1948 Dotson High School Bearcats

(High School Baseball & Basketball)

1948 Tennessee A & I (College Basketball)


(Barnstorming Baseball Team)


1952-1953 Thetford Mines (Canadian Provincial League)

Winter Leagues:



Smith, James T. 1948-1949 Carver A.C. (Pugent Sound League)

(D) 1949 Zulu Cannibal Giants (IND)

1949-1955 Carver A.C. (Pugent Sound League)

Smith, John A. 1940-1946 St. Louis Sportsmen (IND)

(Beach) Emerson Electric (St. Louis Industrial League)

Syracuse Red Sox (IND)

Scullins Steel (Tandy League)

East St. Louis Colt (Tandy League)


1946-1948 East St. Louis Colts (Tandy League)

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1946-1967 East St. Louis Colts (Tandy League)

Scullins Steel (Tandy League)

St. Louis Black Yankees

St. Louis Dodgers

St. Louis Orioles

St. Louis Braves

Smith, Jules Walter 1942-1946 Ponchatoula White Sox (bat boy)

1947-1956 Ponchatoula Pirates (Town Team)

Ponchatoula Hawks (Town Team)

1957-1958 New Orleans Creoles (IND)

Also had tryouts with Houston-New Orleans Eagles (NAL),

Baltimore Orioles (AL) and St. Louis Cardinals (NL)

Smith, Larry 1964-1965 Hillsdale High School (OK)

(Smitty) (High School Baseball)

1966-1970 Northwestern Oklahoma State University

(College Baseball)

1969 Ponca City Cubs (Jay Hawk League)

1970 Great Bend Cardinals (Jay Hawk League)

1971-1974 Kessler Air Force Base Tarpons

(Military Baseball)

1972-1974 Biloxi Dodgers (GCNL)

1974 Winfield-Arkansas City (KS)

1974 Tryout with New York Mets

1974 Developed arm trouble and retired

1975-2005 Tonkawa High School (OK) (Head Baseball Coach)

Smith, Leroy 1963-1967 San Antonio Black Sox (STNL)

Smith, Michael 1972-1973 George Washington Carver High School

(Birmingham, AL)

1973-1974 Hooper City Cardinals

1974 Signed by the Chicago White Sox (MLBB)

1974-1975 White Sox (Gulf Coast league)

1976 Appleton Foxes (Midwest league)

1977-1985 Hooper City Royals (BIL)

Hooper City Cardinals (BIL)

Smith, Milton 1948 Raleigh Tigers (NSL)

(Milt) 1948 New Orleans Creoles (NSL)

1949 Charlotte (NSL)

1949 Philadelphia Stars (NAL)


1950-1951 Philadelphia Stars (NAL)

1952 Lewiston (Western International League)

(D) 1952 San Diego (PCL)

1953 Salem (Western International League)



1955 San Diego (PCL)

1956 Seattle (PCL)

1956 Traded to St. Louis Cardinals for Paul La Palme

1957 Omaha (AA)

1958 Toronto Maple Leafs (IL)

1959-1960 Sacramento (PCL)

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1961 Hawaii Islanders (PCL)

1961 Tri Cities (Northwest League)

1961 Raleigh Tigers (NAL)

Winter Leagues:

1951-52 Culican (Mexican Pacific Coast League)

1952 Negro League Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming tour vs Jackie Robinson's Major League

All Stars)

1955-56 Culiacan (Mexican Pacific Coast League)

1955-56 Cienfuegos (Cuba)

1955-56 Cienfuegos (Caribbean World Series)




1958 Marianao (Caribbean World Series)

(San Juan, Puerto Rico)

1959-60 Estrellas (Dominican Republic)

1960-61 Cervbalboa (Panama)

Negro League All Star Team (1951-East)

Mexican Pacific Coast league All Star Team (1955-56)

Cuban Winter League Batting Title (1957-58 Hit - .320)

Cuban Winter League All Star Team (1957-58)

Smith, Quincy 1943 Cleveland Buckeyes (NAL)



1946 Chicago Brown Bombers (USL)



1949 Belleville (Mississippi-Ohio Valley League)

1950 Vincennes (Mississippi-Ohio Valley League)

1951 Centralia-Paris (Mississippi-Ohio Valley League)

1952-1954 Paris (Mississippi-Ohio Valley League)

Smith, Robert late 1940's Birmingham Black Barons

(Rooster) 1952-1954 Detroit Speed Kings (IND)


(D) 1956-1957 Detroit Speed Kings (IND)

Smith, Roger 1966-1968 Biloxi Dodgers (GCNL)

1968-1972 U.S. Navy

1972-1977 Hanesboro Hawks (MS)

1974-2007 Umpire

Smith, Ron 1956 Atlanta Yankees (GAABL)

(Ronny) 1957 Lockheed (Rube Foster League - Atlanta)

1957-1960 Rockdale Rawhides (GAABL)

1960 Signed by San Francisco Giants (MLBB)

1961 San Francisco Giants Minor League Spring Training Camp

(Casa Grande, Arizona)

1961 Salem Rebels (Appalachian League)

1962 Belmont Chiefs (Western Carolina League)

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1963 San Francisco Giants Minor League Spring Training Camp

(Casa Grande, Arizona)

1963 Released - San Francisco Giants


(Arthur Dove - Owner)

1964 Atlanta Yankees (GAABL)

1965-1988 Atlanta Cardinals (GAABL)

(Frank Anthony - Manger)

Smith, Stanley 1947 Durham Trojans (IND)

(Booge) 1947-1951 Durham Eagles (NCL)

1951 Roy Campanella's All Stars (IND)

1951-1952 Durham Eagles (NCL)

also played against Satchel Paige's All Stars

Smith, Taylor 1948 New Orleans Creoles (NSL)


(Jitterbug) 1950-1951 Winnipeg Buffaloes (Mandak League)




(D) 1959 Medicine Hat Superiors (Southern Alberta League)


Winter Leagues:

1949 New Orleans All Stars (IND)

New Orleans Creoles All Stars

(Series vs Jackie Robinson All Stars)

1950 Winnipeg Buffaloes - Brandon Tournament Champions

1961-1962 Kansas City Monarchs

(Barnstorming Team w/Satchel Paige)

11th Annual North-South All Star Game (South team) (1949)

Smith, Willie 1957-1960 Birmingham Black Barons (NAL)

1960 Contract sold to Chicago White Sox for $ 10,000

1960 Duluth-Superior (Northern League)

1961-1962 Knoxville (Southern Atlantic League)

1963 Syracuse (IL)

1963 Detroit Tigers (ML)

(D) 1964 Syracuse (IL)

1964 Los Angeles Angels (ML)

1965-1966 California Angels (ML)

1967 Portland (PCL)

1967-1968 Cleveland Indians (ML)

1968-1970 Chicago Cubs (ML)



1972-1973 Nankai Hawks (Japan)

Winter League:

1963-1964 Mayaguez Indios (Puerto Rico)


(1958 - East, 1959 - East and 1960 - East)

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Sol, Nicholas 1945-1949 Juvenil de Beisbol de Cuba

Casino Espanol

1950 Havana Cuban Stars (IND)

1951-1955 Havana Cuban Giants (IND)

1954-1955 Yankton (SD)

Souire, Fred 1945-1946 Muskogee Cardinals (IND)


(D) 1948-1950 Muskogee Cardinals (IND)

1951-1953 U.S. Army (Military Baseball - California)

Spann, Lee 1965 Dick Howser Baseball School (Florida)

(Little Boy) 1965 Tryout with West Palm Beach Braves


1966-1967 New York Stars (IND)

Sparks, Ted 1948-1950 Little Rock Tuxedo Tigers (IND)

Simms Red Sox (IND)


(Fort Eustis, Virginia)

1952-1956 Moorehouse College (College Baseball)


(Played weekends & summers)

1957-1959 Atlanta Stars (IND)

Spearmen, Alvin 1940 Chicago - Golden Gloves Champion

(Al) (160 pound weight class)


1948 Wilson Stock Yards (Industrial League - Chicago)



1949-1950 Pipe Stone (Minnesota)


1951 Carman Cardinals (Mandak League)


1952 Lewiston Broncos (Western International League)

1953 Danville Dans (Mississippi-Ohio Valley League)




1955 Hankyu Braves (Japanese League)

1956-1957 Stockton Ports (California State League)

1956-1957 Brookings (South Dakota)

1957 Colorado Springs Sky Sox(Western League)

1958 Stockton Ports (California League)

1959 Houston Buffaloes (Texas League)

California League All Star team (1956 and 1958)

Spencer, Joseph B. 1937-1940 Algiers Giants (Louisiana)

(Joe) 1941 Gilbert Academy (New Orleans, Louisiana)


1943 Newark Eagles (NNL)

(D) 1943 Baltimore Elite Giants (NNL)




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1949 Elmwood Giants (Mandak League)

1949-1950 New York Black Yankees (IND)


1951 Pittsburgh Crawfords


1951 Sweetwater (Longhorn League)


Winter Leagues:

1952 Negro League Stars (IND)

(Series vs Jackie Robinson's Major League All Stars)

Spillman, Josh 1978-1984 Dania Red Birds (IND)

Spivey, Allen 1962 Raggedy Nine

1962-1976 Lindale Dragons (IND)

1962-1976 Lindale Dragons (Josh Gibson League)

Spottsville, Walter Ray

(Balsey Ray) 1945-1949 Natchitoches Red Sox (IND)

1950 Houston Eagles (NAL)

1951 New Orleans Eagles (NAL)

1951-1952 Natchitoches (IND)

Spraggins, Dr. Stewart

1950-1958 West Point (MS) Packers (IND)


(Offered contract – declined to go to college)

1958-1959 Mary Holmes College (College Baseball)

(West Point, Mississippi)

1959-1961 Bearden Tigers (IND)

1960-1961 Knoxville College (College Baseball)

(Knoxville, Tennessee)

1961 Knoxville Smokies (South Atlantic League)

1961-1962 Out of Baseball

1963-1965 Vargas Bustellos Cardinals

(Spanish American League)

(Bridgeport, Connecticut)

Spriggs, George Herman

1953-1958 Owens Eagles (IND)

(Calvert County, Maryland)

1959 Baltimore Elite Giants (IND)


1959 Brooklyn Cuban Giants (IND)

(Brady Johnson - Owner/Manager)

1960 Detroit-New Orleans Stars (NAL)



(3rd Infantry Division - Germany)

1962 Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (MLBB)

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1963 Reno (California League)

1964 Ashville (Southern League)

1965 Columbus (IL)

1965 Pittsburgh Pirates (ML)

1966 Columbus (IL)

1966-1967 Pittsburgh Pirates (ML)

1968 Columbus (IL)

1968 Traded to Kansas City Royals (MLBB)

1969 Omaha (AA)

1969-1970 Kansas City Royals (ML)

1971 Traded to New York Mets (MLBB)

1971 Tidewater Tides

1971 Broken Leg - Forced Retirement

Negro League All Star Team (1960 - West)

Southern League Stolen Base Title (1964 - 33 SB)

International League Stolen Base Titles:

(1965 - 66 SB, 1966 - 34 SB and 1968 - 46 SB)

American Association Stolen Base Title (1969 - 46 SB)

American Association League MVP (1970)

Springer, Ralph R. 1961-1965 Zion City Braves

(also had a tryout with the Birmingham Black Barons)

Stalbird, David 1981-1982 Corning Community College (College Baseball)

(Dave, Stubby) 1984 Ocala Baseball Camp


1987 Out of Baseball


Stallworth, Robert 1971-1986 Pascagoula Merchants (Manager) (GCNL)

Stanfield, Emanuel A.1954-1956 Jacksonville Eagles (IND)

(Brown Mule) (Jim Williams – Manager)

1956-1960 Langston University (Oklahoma)

(College Baseball)

1961 Scouted by Minnesota Twins


1961-1964 U.S. Army

(Military Baseball) (Frankfurt, Germany)

Staton, Ollie 1944-1947 Okmulgee Drillers (IND)


1949 Regina (Saskatchewan Southern League)

(D) 1950 Muskogee Cardinals (IND)

1950 Brandon (Western Canada Baseball League)





(Barnstormed vs Roy Campanella All Stars)


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1954-1960 Boeing Aircraft (Industrial League Team)

(Wichita, Kansas)

Steed, Robert 1957 Fairfield Stars (BIL)

(Mom Mee) 1958-1960 U.S. Army


Connor Steel (BIL)

Ensley (BIL)

Westfield (BIL)

(in the mid 1960’s the Birmingham Industrial League changed

it’s name to the Y.M.C.A. Industrial League)

Stephens, Robert 1943-1946 U.S. Army

1946 St. Louis Stars (IND)

(Sandlot Team - St. Louis, MO)


1948 Norfolk Royals (NSL)

Winter Leagues:


Stephens, George 1933-1934 Winfield Devils (IND)

(Tex) (Wesley Barrows - Manager)

1935-1943 Algiers Giants (IND)

(Wesley Barrows - Manager)

(D) Gretna All-Stars (IND)

1955-2002 Sports Writer

Sports Announcer

(First African American in Louisiana Sports Writers

Association and Pioneer of Black Radio)

Stevenson, James E. 1947-1953 North Greenwood Ramblers (IND)

Stevenson, Samuel 1947-1953 Guthrie Greenwood Ramblers (IND)

Stewart, Bill 1930-1948 Algiers Giants

New Orleans Crescent Stars

Lincoln Giants

Ferriday All-Stars

New Orleans Black Pelicans (NSL)

1937-1942 Algiers Giants (IND)

1946 Portland Rose Buds (NPCL)


1949-1951 Gretna Greystones

Stewart, Riley A. 1934-1936 Benton Eagles (IND)


1940-1942 Bishop College (College Baseball and Football)

(Marshall, Texas)

(D) 1943 Leland College (College Baseball & Football)

(Team mate of Eddie Robinson)


1943-1944 Sioux Falls Raiders (Little Sioux League)

1945 Sioux Falls Marauders

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1950 New York Cubans (NAL)


1956-1957 Brookings Cubs (South Dakota)

Sioux Falls (South Dakota)

1958-1959 Waseca Braves (Minnesota)

Rochester (Minnesota)


Winter Leagues:

1945 Sioux Falls Marauders

(NBC Tournament - Wichita, KS)

1948 Ponce (Puerto Rico)

1949 Caracas (Venezuela)

High School Coach & Administrator (1955-1983)

Martin High School (Plain Dealing, LA)

Charlotte Mitchell High School

Airline High School (Bossier City, LA)

College Football Official (1966-1980)

Southwest Athletic Conference

Little Sioux League Batting Title (1944 - Hit .526)

Stokes, J.V. 1959-1968 San Antonio Black Sox (STNL)

Kerrville All Stars (IND)

Comfort Cats (IND)

Stone, Marcenia Lyle 1933-1936 Catholic Midget League

(Toni) 1935-1936 St. Paul Highlex Softball Club

1935-1936 St. Paul Meat Packing League

1936 Gabby Street Baseball School

(D) (St. Paul Saints, St. St. Paul, MN)

1936-37 Hammond Junior High School

1937 Twin Cities Colored Giants (IND)

1938-1940 Mechanic Arts High School

Roosevelt High School

(Girl's Athletic Association)

(Swimming, Tennis, Track and Softball)

1943-1947 A.H. Wall Post # 435 (American Legion team)

1948 Peninsula Baseball League

1949 San Francisco Sea Lions (IND)


1953 Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)


Also played for the House of David, New Orleans Black

Pelicans and numerous other teams

(1 of only 3 women to play Negro League baseball)

Women's Sports Hall of Fame (1993)

Stone, Nathaniel 1953-1954 Grand Rapids Black Sox

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(Nat) (Southwest Michigan League)

(Team owned by Ted Rasberry)



1957-1958 Tupelo All Stars


(roommate of Charlie Pride)

Stone, Raymond 1965-1973 Ensley (BIL)

Stapleton, Dave 1972-1974 Faulkner State Junior College

University of South Alabama

Pascagoula Merchants (GCNL)

1975 Selected by Boston Red Sox 10th Round Free Agent Draft

1975-1976 Winterhaven (Florida State League)

1977 Bristol (Eastern League)

1977-1980 Pawtucket (IL)

1980-1985 Boston Red Sox (AL)

1985 Pawtucket (IL)

1986 Boston Red Sox (AL)

1986 Granted free agency by Red Sox

1986 Signed by Seattle Mariners as free agent

1987 Released by Seattle Mariners

Winter Leagues and Post Season Play:

1986 Boston Red Sox - American League Championship Series

1986 Boston Red Sox – World Series

International League Most Valuable Player (1979)

American League Rookie of Year (1980 – second place)

Stephens, B.G. 1952-1955 Pullman Stanley (BIL)


1955-1958 Pullman Stanley (BIL)


1959-1965 Pullman Stanley (BIL)

Stewart, Shelley 1962 Birmingham Black Barons (Player) (NAL)

Announcer – Birmingham Black Barons games

(mid 1950’s – early 1960’s)

Stoves, Merritt 1938-1939 Fairmont (BIL)

(Pee Wee) 1940-1943 L & N Railroad (Industrial League team)

1944-1962 Stockham Valve & Fitting (BIL)

24th Street Red Sox (BIL)

Birmingham All Stars (IND)

mid to late 1940’s and early 1950’s (fill-in player)

Birmingham Black Barons (NAL)

late 1940’s - Canadian All Stars (IND)

Stoves, Walter 1956 Stockham (BIL)

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1957 U.S. Pipe Shop (BIL)

1958 Stockham (BIL)


1961-1974 Stockham (BIL)

Negro American League All Star Team (1960)

Birmingham Industrial League All Star Team (1969)

Strawser, Timothy Lyle 1984-1989 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

(Socko the Clown,

Indy Chicken & Imperial Indy Idiot)

Stubblefield, Mickey 1942-1944 Mayfield Blackhawks (IND)

(Little Satch) 1944-1946 U.S. Navy (Military Baseball)

(Great Lakes Naval Training Center)

(Corpus Christi Naval Base - Texas)

1946 Mayfield Blackhawks (IND)


(Will Calhoun - Owner)


1949-1950 Kansas City Stars (IND)

Kansas City Travelers (IND)

Kansas City Monarchs (IND)

(Cool Pappa Bell - Manager)


1952 Signed by Frank Rickey of Pittsburgh Pirates (MLBB)

1952 Mayfield Clothiers (Kitty League)

1953 Duluth Dukes (Northern League)

1953-1954 Mayfield Black Hawks (IND)

1955-1956 Mc Cook (NB) (Nebraska State League)

(Kitty League's first Afro American baseball player)

Stubbs, Lafayette 1948-1951 U.S. Army

(Larry) (Won Far East Command Championship)

1952 Allen University (College Baseball)

1952 Columbia Reds

1952 Spartanburg

1953 Allen University (College Baseball)

1953 Asheville Blues (NSL)

1953 Charlotte Black Hornets

(Played weekends during college)

1953-1954 Raleigh Tigers (NSL)

1954 Signed by Philadelphia A's (MLBB)

1954 Philadelphia A's Spring Training

(Savannah, Georgia)

1954 Drummondville (Canadian Provincial League)

1955 Columbus

1955 Drummondville (Canadian Provincial League)

1955-1957 Raleigh Tigers

1958 Raleigh Tigers (NAL)

1959 Rockingham Giants (IND)

1960 Brooklyn Giants (Jackie Robinson League)

(New York City, New York)

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Sullivan, Dennis 1981-1984 Addison High School (Addison, New York)

1984 Alfred Tech (College Baseball)

(Alfred, New York)


Summers, Lonnie 1938 Baltimore Elite Giants (NNL)

(Carl) 1939-1941 Semipro Ball – California

1940 Nuevo Laredo (Mexican League)


1940 Santa Rosa (Mexican League)

(D) 1940 Chihuahua (Mexican League)

1940-1941 Tampico (Mexican League)

1942-1945 U.S. Army

(614th Tank Destroyer Battalion)(Service Baseball)


1946-1948 Tampico (Mexico)

1947 Caracas (Venezuela)




1950 Pastora (Venezuelan League)

1950 Caracas (Venezuelan League)


1952 Boise (Pioneer League)


1953 Lincoln (Western League)

1953 Oklahoma City (Texas League)

1954 Yakima (Western International League)

1956 Yakima (Northwest League)

Winter Leagues:

1935-1936 Royal Giants (CAWL)

1937-1938 Detroit Stars (CAWL)

1938-1939 Philadelphia Royal Giants (CAWL)

1939-1940 Philadelphia Royal Giants (CAWL)

1940-1941 Baltimore Elite Giants (CAWL)

(California Winter League Champs)

1949-1950 Ponce Leones (Puerto Rican Winter League)




Negro League All Star Team (1949-West and 1951-West)


Surratt, Alfred 1937-1939 Danville Tigers (Arkansas)

(Slick) 1939-1943 Numerous Kansas City Teams

Westsiders

Local 41

Jackson Motors

Westside Stars

Lead's Clowns


(New Guinea and Philippines)

1947 Nine Mile Road Tigers

(Detroit, Michigan)

1947-1948 Detroit Stars (IND)

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1949 Cuban All Stars (IND)


1950 Winnipeg Buffaloes (Mandak League)


1952-1962 Kansas City Giants (IND)

1963-1970 Kansas City Giants (Manager) (Jay Hawk League)

Winter Leagues:

1949 Cuban All Stars (IND)

1949-1952 Satchel Paige All Stars (IND)

1949-1950 Panama All Stars (IND)

1950 Mexican Sox (Mexico)

1951 Puerto Rican Reds (Puerto Rico)


1960 Kansas City Giants

(NBC District Champions - Kansas)

(NBC State Tournament - Kansas)

(NBC National Tournament - Wichita)

Suttles, Al 1935-1936 New York Black Yankees (IND)


1937-1938 Park Rats (IND)

(New York City, New York)


Swain, Jake 1962-1963 Parker High School (high school baseball)

(Birmingham, AL)

1963-1966 U.S. Army (military baseball)

(Alaska and Honolulu, HI)

1966 Southside Dodgers (sandlot team)

1967 Fairfield Stars (BIL)

1973-1978 Connor Steel (player-manager) (BIL)

1978-1984 Sloss Eagles (Manager) (BIL)

1985-2006 East Thomas (Manager) (BIL)

Swain, Nelson 1964-1979 San Antonio Black Yankees (STNL)

Swinson, Charles 1944-1951 Atlanta (PACO) Paper Co. (IND)

1947-1951 David T. Howard High School

(George Gray - Coach)

1951-1952 Atlanta Black Crackers (NSL)

1952 Atlanta Stars (IND)

1952-1955 U.S. Army (Military Baseball & Basketball)

1955-1959 Atlanta Stars (IND)

Sykes, Franklin 1913 Philadelphia Giants (IND)

(Doc) 1914-1916 Brooklyn Royal Giants (IND)

1915-1917 New York Lincoln Giants (IND)

1917-1918 Hilldale Daisies (IND)

1920-1922 Baltimore Black Sox (IND)

1922 Hilldale Daisies (IND)

1923-1924 Baltimore Black Sox (ECL)

(D) 1923 Hilldale Daisies (ECL)

1926 New York Lincoln Giants (ECL)

Sykes, Leroy 1965-1989 Plant City Pirates (FWCNL)

Haines City Hornets (FWCNL)

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Bartow All Stars (FWCNL)

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