Copyright 2000-2022 Sports Reference LLC. A version of this story was first published in November, 2020, a few weeks before MLB announced that Negro League stats were being made part of the official record. This article originally appeared in the 1972 Baseball Research Journal. They also represent something else. They played during the decline of the Negro leagues, after the beginning of integration. After contacting Lester, co-founder of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum and chairman of SABR's Negro Leagues Research Committee, he provided data that was absolutely staggering. They played most of their careers in the organized Negro leagues before the Great Depression. Of these, nine have been inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame and two of them (Greason and Mays) are still alive. Charlie Neal Hank Aaron George Altman Maury Wills Donn Clendenon John Wyatt Blue Moon Odom Paul Casanova See also [ edit] List of starting black NFL quarterbacks List of black NHL players Born average. The SPORTS REFERENCE and STATHEAD trademarks are owned exclusively by Sports Reference LLC. But you've got to establish a basic record first.. RHP Satchel Paige: The most famous Negro Leagues player, the age-defying Paige stayed young long enough to pitch in the majors -- including the World Series -- as a 42-year-old rookie in 1948. Over at the Seamheads Negro Leagues database, a dedicated few have combed through newspapers and scorebooks, photo albums and microfiche to piece together the most complete statistical record of the Negro Leagues to date. An excellent all-round ballplayer and a teammate of such greats as Josh Gibson and Oscar Charleston, Jimmie is a Chicago resident where he is employed at the post office. pic.twitter.com/qiMXrVD4RB. List of Negro league baseball players (M-R) This list consists of players who have appeared in Negro league baseball . Chris Haughey is the last player alive from 1943 and Tommy Brown is the last player alive from 1944, 1945 and 1947. So the problem of whether Roosevelt Jackson is a veteran of the Negro Leagues is really one of semantics. He . I grew up with the distinct impression that no statistics could ever be compiled, that it was often unclear what happened at all, and that it was more or less impossible to find out anything for sure about many of the players., Our friends at Seamheads have added new 1926 statistics to their #SABR award-winning Negro Leagues Database, including a record-setting season by Mule Suttles: https://t.co/sCWIvkVMuB @scott_simkus @KJOKBASEBALL @DanHirsch pic.twitter.com/WlQhzB8q4u. Paige, now 65 and a Kansas City resident, is by far the best known of these old stars. Some high school data is courtesy David McWater. Mioso fell short on Golden Era votes in 2011 and 2014 . They went out and did something about it. Do you have a sports website? This List of Negro league baseball players who played in Major League Baseball is largely based on the research compiled by the Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. ","contextualCaption":null,"contextualAspectRatio":null,"credit":null,"format":"jpg","templateUrl":"https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/image/private/{formatInstructions}/v1605643461/mlb/lv9mhm1fsyjmr30kii4r","type":"photo"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"Thats the type of work that Ashwill, who currently works as a freelance academic editor and runs the Agate Type baseball blog, has done since he began researching the Negro Leagues 20 years ago. Foster still retains a strong interest in baseball. Although there are two players who played before 1946 none of them appeared in 1946, thus no players from 1946 are still alive. Nat Rogers: Now 78 years old and a waiter at Memphis Peabody Hotel, Nat writes that he played for 45 consecutive seasons in organized baseball, compiling a batting average of over .340. O'Neil also made history when the Cubs hired him as a coach in 1962, making him the first Black member of an AL/NL coaching staff as part of Chicago's "College of Coaches." The stories, however, keep alive the memory of a man who became bigger than the game. Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. ***** Logos were compiled by the amazing SportsLogos.net. Like O'Neil, Minnie Mioso was still alive when he was denied entry in 2006, mostly because his time was so short in the Negro Leagues. Chuck Harmon played under alias of Charlie Fine for the Clowns so as not to violate his college basketball eligibility. Satchel Paige, She lives in Grand Rapids, Mich. FORBES: The players traveled, and they had nowhere to stay because of the discrimination. The coming seasons brought many more signings. Suttles pictured back row, far left. As it stands, Newcombe is the oldest living man to play in the Negro Leagues at their major-league level. It was this sense of mystery combined with an increasing confidence that in fact all kinds of evidence was there to be found. March 16, 2007 - Hubert "Country" Glenn, passes away. Just having a few stories here and there was not remotely enough. Many thanks to him. One of two players in history to win the Rookie of the Year, Cy Young, and MVP in his career (Verlander being the other). The responsibility to elect Negro leagues players shifted to the Hall's Veterans Committee, but with Roy Campanella as the only Black member, the committee was hamstrung by its lack of knowledge . He now operates a sporting goods store on the South Side. Watch our How-To Videos to Become a Stathead, Subscribe to Stathead and get access to more data than you can imagine. They played primarily before the organized Negro leagues. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Black players earnedless because they were Jim Crow'd. cnlbr.org is using a security service for protection against online attacks. 555 N. Central Ave. #416 Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith. We present them here for purely educational purposes. He turns 100 on December 20th, 2017. They also decided not to count the interleague games which were an important part of Negro League seasons, especially in the 1940s. (Though many seasons featured approximately 50 league games, "Negro League teams played 150-175 games a year overall -- the rest of the schedule being filled up with games against white semi-pro teams, lower-level Minor Leaguers, minor Black teams, and other teams whose games we haven't counted yet," Ashwill explained.). Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Born May 6, 1931, Willie Mays is the youngest. By the 1950s, enough black talent had integrated into the formerly "white" leagues (both major and minor) that the Negro leagues themselves had become a minor league circuit. I wanted to see them as flesh and blood people, real players who had the same kinds of complex profiles we have for players today. Just think, he was playing baseball on a team that would become the Homestead Grays years before the US entered World War 1, but he lived long enough to become a fan of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. Though there is more information on the Negro Leagues just a click away than ever before, there is still plenty of work to be done. The service requires full JavaScript support in order to view this website. The complete list is divided into four pages to reduce the size: The players below are some of the most notable of those who played Negro league baseball, beginning with the codification of baseball's color line barring African American players (about 1892), past the re-integration in 1946 of the sport, up until the Negro leagues finally expired about 1962. **For the best user experience, we recommend disabling the Reddit redesign. Willie Wells: A .338 lifetime hitter, Willie Wells is often called the best shortstop to play in the black leagues. I believe the oldest living Negro League ballplayer is Roosevelt Jackson. 2006 Negro League Baseball News December 17, 2006 - Willard Brown inducted to LA. Data Provided By All logos are the trademark & property of their owners and not Sports Reference LLC. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The unparalleled Rube Foster started the first Negro League in 1920, with such dominant teams as the Chicago American Giants and the Kansas City Monarchs. The most important sources are the Black weekly newspapers (Chicago Defender, Pittsburgh Courier, Baltimore Afro-American, Kansas City Call, etc.) BOB KENDRICK: They had no idea they were making history. Josh Gibson holds the all-time home run record with 238 and Smokey Joe Williams struck out 1,571 batters in his 25-year career. That started to change in the 1980s and early 90s as researchers like Dick Clark, Larry Lester, John Holway, James Riley and Phil Dixon began assembling a more robust statistical record. Forbes is 88 and worries about being one of the last left to tell this story. What about the other great players? The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum estimates there are about 100 former players still alive. I remember reading about a living umpire from those times when he was interviewed, say, 3-5 years ago? the official stats partner of the NBA, NHL and MLB. At that meeting, they created the Negro National League. Mays played. Copyright 2000-2023 Sports Reference LLC. Some defensive statistics Copyright Sports Info Solutions, 2010-2023. Join our linker program. Accuracy and availability may vary. They didn't care about making history. You can't really settle on a few sacred numbers the way you can for MLB records.. The 1930 St. Louis Stars. Born September 3, 1924 Bill Greason is the oldest player on this list. The text below has been updated to reflect that. Now 71, and a Pittsburgh resident, Sam says that Smokey Joe Williams was the greatest pitcher he ever saw while slugger Mule Suttles gave him the most trouble at the plate. So you won't let me play with you. We will also be adding the Puerto Rican Winter League at some point.. Bill Evans: Bill (Happy) Evans enjoyed a brief career with the Homestead Grays in the early 1930s. "Going into the late 1930s and the early 1940s, we see player salaries jump to an average of $300 to $400 each month with the stars like Josh Gibson and Satchel Paige getting about $600-$700 a month. Suttles home run record isnt the only record theyve discovered. I knew about it. After spotting the Black newspaper The Chicago Defender in his universitys library stacks and knowing its historical importance, he dove into the reels for the 1920 season and was surprised to see incredibly thorough coverage and box scores for the Negro National League.\n\nFrom there, he started collecting box scores and compiling statistics pretty much right away, Ashwill said. Major League Baseball announced this week the 1920-1948 Negro Leagues was recognized as major league, Families of Negro Leaguers rejoice in MLB's decision to recognize league, After vowing change, Black candidates shut out again of MLB front office jobs, Oscar Charleston who hit .400 multiple times, Your California Privacy Rights/Privacy Policy. Although Brown was never formally charged, there was not much question that the police suspected him. He jumped to the Lincoln Giants of the Eastern Colored League in 1923 and pitched with them for 2 years. Major League Baseball has a day to honor the leagues set for next month. Please enable JavaScript on your browser and try again. A great 3rd baseman, Dandridge compiled a .455 batting average in 3 Negro All-Star games. Pre-integration players. This process is automatic. This article was written byJohn M. Coates, This article was published in 1972 Baseball Research Journal, The recent election of Satchel Paige to the Hall of Fame brings back memories of the old Negro leagues and the men who starred in them. They receivedbetween $1 to $1.50 a day for meal money. Do you have a blog? Some defensive statistics Copyright Baseball Info Solutions, 2010-2022. Eventually, these two groups joined forces to create one comprehensive database. There was Oscar Charleston who hit .400 multiple times. Last I knew he was still alive but he is hard to contact sometimes. That mission continues today.\n\nAnd I really do mean today. List of Negro league baseball players who played in Major League Baseball. I heard about it, but I hadn't experienced it. Michigan Radio's Doug Tribou spoke to the only surviving team owner and others about the legacy of the legendary leagues. Major League Players. Players he signed as a scout with Chicago then the Royals included Lou Brock, Oscar Gamble, Lee Smith and Joe Carter. January 29, 2007 - Ralph "Big Cat" Johnson passes away. The list does not include Negro league players who only played in the minor leagues and White Hispanic players who played in both the Negro Leagues and MLB prior to full integration (ex. Our statistics are based on box scores and game stories found in contemporary newspapers, as well as the small number of scorebooks and filled-in scorecards that can be tracked down, Ashwill wrote. When the book was being put together, the Negro Leagues weren't even considered for inclusion. An additional 35 or so players played on a Negro league team after 1950. "Well, in the case of the Negro leagues the historical record is (and in many cases always will be) incomplete, Ashwill wrote. Frank Duncan: A Kansas City native, Frank, 69, now operates a tavern in his home town. He is Dean of Men at Alcorn College in Lorman, Mississippi, and also serves as baseball coach. . Major League Baseball was segregated from 1887 through 1946. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. December 15, 2006 - Medal of freedom awarded to Buck O'Neil. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. You knew the disparity in pay would be bad, but that gap is embarrassing for baseball. SIERRA: The Clowns are paid a hundred dollars a month. WANTED: INFORMATION ON DAVE BROWN. Josh Gibson. NPR transcripts are created on a rush deadline by an NPR contractor. Leroy "Satchel" Paige was bigger than mere numbers. Ray Brown, , 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords, I have always been drawn to blank spaces on maps, blank spaces in record books, Ashwill said. Contact SABR, https://sabr.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/research-collection4_350x300.jpg, /wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sabr_logo.png. To this day, no one apparently has any idea of his whereabouts or even whether he is still living. That means numbers are always changing here and there. An additional 35 or so players played on a Negro league team after 1950. MINNIE. Use without license or authorization is expressly prohibited. FORBES: And I just wonder if I'm worthy of representing, speaking about the Negro League because when I got involved, things was easier for me than it was for the one before me. Or write about sports? Larry Doby debuted with the Cleveland Indians on July 5. Its also why there are always new updates. There are a variety of reasons for that, Ashwill said, including a lack of capital and other resources, looser organization and less of a press infrastructure covering them.. Cronkite School at ASU And in 2021, Baseball Reference, a trusted source for baseball stats, expanded its coverage of the Negro Leagues and integrated Negro League data from 1920 to 1948 into its record books. At their high point in mid-1930s, the team starred such greats as Biz Mackey, Jud Wilson, and Dick Lundy. Silas Simmons played in the pre-Negro League era, and he passed away just a decade ago. Center for Negro League Baseball Research. Dennis Biddle lives down the street from my grandparents. Following the 1924 season, he disappeared after a homicide in New York. His biggest thrill came in the 1924 Negro World Series when he shut out the Kansas City Monarchs for 7 innings in relief. Apocryphal stories surround Paige, who was born July 7, 1906 in Mobile, Ala. Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Hidden Game Sports. They are symbols for what should happen next. So, for example we've put together the first comprehensive analysis of Negro League park effects, and incorporated that into our metrics, Ashwill wrote. Pittsburgh soon produced two of the greatest teams of all time, the Homestead Grays and the Pittsburgh Crawfords, featuring such stars as Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson, Cool Papa Bell, Hank Aaron, Willie Mays, and many more. He cites being selected to manage the East All-Star team in 1939 as his biggest moment. The list includes those who played on major Negro league teams prior to integration (and any caliber Negro league team after integration) as well as in Major League Baseball. At 5'3", she hit .273 and pitched to a 33-8 record for the Indianapolis Clowns from 1953 to 1955. SIERRA: Yeah, a hundred dollars a month. He was known to be a great hitter, but I don't think it was fully appreciated how pivotal he was to the Monarchs' defense.. Remembered as one of the few hurlers Josh Gibson had trouble hitting against, Lee writes that Martin Dihigo was the greatest player he ever saw. We have tools and resources that can help you use sports data. "I always really, really wanted to get the full workup for those guys -- walks, on-base percentage, fielding stats, home runs allowed by pitchers -- so you could tell what kind of players they were, how they fit into their teams, how the teams compared to each other. Pedro Dibut). The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. He continued his research with others like Kevin Johnson, Dan Hirsch, and Scott Simkus. \n","providerName":"Twitter","providerUrl":"https://twitter.com","type":"rich","width":550},"type":"oembed"},{"__typename":"Markdown","content":"That started to change in the 1980s and early 90s as researchers like Dick Clark, Larry Lester, John Holway, James Riley and Phil Dixon began assembling a more robust statistical record. The list includes those who played on major Negro league teams prior to integration (and any caliber Negro league team after integration) as well as in Major League Baseball. At the onset of the digital age, enough now-aging players were still alive to share their experiences. There's a huge amount of information about Latin American baseball that still needs to be processed -- Black Americans played professional baseball in Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Venezuela, Ashwill said. An outfielder and a solid hitter, Page resides in Pittsburgh, where he operates a bowling alley. Copyright 2020 NPR. But Minnie Forbes sympathizes with the many athletes who were good enough to play in the major leagues but never got a shot. Question, Comment, Feedback, or Correction? Rogers was one of the few players, black or white, who hit Satchel Paige consistently well. Newt still makes Kansas City his home. 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His career was spent almost entirely playing in all black minor or semi-pro leagues, most of which were located in southern Florida. They played most of their careers in the organized Negro leagues after the Great Depression. But more interesting, in my opinion, are some of the larger patterns we've found. The leagues were full of talent and it went beyond the names you may know like Mays or Satchel Paige. America is about democracy and opportunity but it's also just as much about cash. During his long career, Frank played on 7 pennant-winners with the Kansas City Monarchs. Use Mays, Greason, Golden and Teasley as the faces of a compensation plan, like lead plaintiffs in a lawsuit, and account for what was a wide disparity in pay between Black and white players during those 28 years. For NPR News, I'm Doug Tribou in Ann Arbor, Mich. (SOUNDBITE OF A FOREST MIGHTY BLACK'S "REBIRTH"). In 1924, the first year of the Colored World Series, the share of the winners, the Kansas City Monarchs, was $307.96, says Lester. Buck lives in Rocky Mount, N.C., where he owns a realty agency. But you dont know their numbers -- at least, not with the same devotion baseball fans have to statistics like Ted Williams .406 batting average or Hank Aarons 755 home runs. America's Pastime. We know which were the pitchers' parks (Chicago's Schorling Park, for example) and which were the hitters' parks (Stars Park in St. Louis and the Catholic Protectory Oval in the Bronx, home of the New York Lincoln Giants). Bill Greason, Clyde Golden, Ron Teasley and Willie Mays. 65 In 2000, Major League Baseball supplied a grant to the Baseball Hall of Fame to conduct .
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