Minnesota's Black Baseball Players



Download 292.47 Kb.
Page2/6
Date18.10.2016
Size292.47 Kb.
#1317
1   2   3   4   5   6

(HOF) Smokey Joe Williams. Pitcher. In 1910, he defeated the St. Paul Colored Gophers as a pitcher for the Chicago Giants, 5-1.416
Webster McDonald. Pitcher. In 1920, P, Detroit Stars, with teammates Bill Gatewood and Louis "Dicta" Johnson; Norfolk All-Stars.417 1921, P, Madison Stars.418 1922, P, OF, Philadelphia Giants.419 1923: ?. 1924, P, Philadelphia Giants.420 1925, Chicago American Giants, P.421 1926, P, Chicago American Giants.422 1927, Chicago American Giants, P.423 1928, he pitched for Little Falls, MN, with 17 W, 4 L, from May 13-Sept. 9;424 also listed as: P, Homestead Grays.425 1929, from May 12 -September 15, P, Little Falls, MN, semi-pro team (record: 19 W, 3 L, 1 Tie) with teammate Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman;426 also listed with: Chicago American Giants as P.427 1930, he pitched from May 25- September 1 for Little Falls, MN, semi-pro team with teammate Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman at C, and Lefty Wilson (AKA Dave Brown), P;428 but also listed as: P, Baltimore Black Sox, on the same team with Satchel Paige; also Chicago American Giants, P, again with Satchel Paige listed on the team; also Hilldale team.429 1931, he pitched for Little Falls, MN, semi-pro team from May 24-August 23, with a record of 11 W, 2 L (his batterymate was Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman);430 also listed as: P, Hilldale team; New York Black Yankees, P.431 1934, Philadelphia Stars, P, Manager.432 1935, Manager, Philadelphia Stars.433 1936, P, Manager, Philadelphia Stars.434 1938, P, Manager, Philadelphia Stars.435 1939, Manager, P, Philadelphia Stars.436 1940, Manager, P, Philadelphia Stars.437 1941, Otto Briggs All-Stars, P.438 1942: ?.
Ted Double-Duty Radcliffe. 1942 Twin Cities Colored Gophers. P/C
Black players on white teams.

Dave Brown. Pitcher, threw left-handed. Chicago American Giants, 1918, P.439 In 1919, P, Chicago American Giants.440 1920, P, Chicago American Giants (11 W, 4 L).441 1921, (11 W, 3 L), P, Chicago American Giants; member of West All-Star Team.442 1922, Chicago American Giants, [16 W, 7 L], P.443 1923, P, New York Lincoln Giants.444 1924, New York Lincoln Giants, P, [22 W, 11 L].445 1925, P, New York Lincoln Giants.446 AKA Lefty Wilson. 1928, Bertha [MN] Fishermen, P, with teammate Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman, C.447 1930, hired as a backup pitcher on August 1, 1930, for Little Falls, MN, semi-pro team, with teammates Webster McDonald, P, and Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman, C.448


Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman. Catcher. 1920, C, RF, Kansas City Monarchs, with teammates John Donaldson and Hurley McNair.449 1921, C, Kansas City Monarchs, with teammates John Donaldson & Hurley McNair.450 1922, C, Kansas City Monarchs, with teammates John Donaldson & Hurley McNair.451 1923, C, Milwaukee Bears, with teammate Bill Gatewood.452 1924, C, Cleveland Browns; & Homestead Grays, C.453 1925, C, Kansas City Monarchs, with teammate Hurley McNair.454 1926, C, Indianapolis ABCs.455 1927, C, Bertha, MN, semi-pro team, with teammate John Donaldson.456 1928, Bertha, MN, semi-pro team, with teammate Lefty Wilson.457 1929, C, Little Falls, MN, semi-pro team, with teammate Webster McDonald as pitcher.458 1930, entire season, C, Little Falls, MN, semi-pro team with teammates Webster McDonald, P: and Lefty Wilson (AKA Dave Brown), P.459 1931, entire season, C, Little Falls, MN, semi-pro team; with teammate Webster McDonald, P.460 1932, C, Washington Pilots; with teammates Webster McDonald and Chet Brewer;461 then with John Donaldson's All-Stars team of Fairmont, MN, with teammates John Donaldson and Hurley McNair.462 1933, C, Kansas City Monarchs, with teammate Chet Brewer.463
Touring Teams/ Players.



  1. French Lick, Indiana, Black Plutos. The team played against Brainerd, Little Falls, and Superior, Wisconsin, in August, and a 4-game series against St. Cloud in August , 1913, thence to Albert Lea, MN, then Buxton, IA,.

Line-up of French Lick Black Plutos vs. St. Cloud Pretzels [with Bobby Marshall, RF on the St. Cloud team]. August 24, Sunday, 1913, game.464

Cunningham, SS

Hannan, CF

[Thomas] Lynch, 2B [P or RF in other games]

Norman, 3B

[Sam] Gordon, 1B and MGR

W. Cobb [listed as Cobbs], C

[Dan] Kennard, RF

Patten, LF

McLaughlin, P [2B in the other games]

[Also [Albert] Gillard, RF, P in other games.465] Note: first names in brackets above are from Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book (Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research, 1994), p. 64.


1914, the French Lick, Indiana, Black Plutos, played against Sauk Rapids, MN, and St. Cloud, MN, in July, 1914.
Line-up. July 26, 1914, Sunday game in St. Cloud, with Bobby Marshall playing for St. Cloud Pretzels team, at 2B.

[Elwood "Bingo"] DeMoss, 2B

[Todd] Allen, 1B

Kennard, C

Norman, J. 3B

Hannon, CF

["Quack"] Davis, LF

Heath, SS

Norman, P

McLaughlin, RF466

Lynch, P467

Note: first names in brackets come from Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book (Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research, 1994), p. 67.




  1. All-Nations touring team in Minnesota. On July 29, a double-header in Little Falls, MN.

In the first game the Little Falls Blues lost to the great All-Nations pitcher Mendez, 7 to 5; in the second game, John Donaldson won a 4-0 game versus Little Falls.468
*John Donaldson. Pitcher. In 1912, P, All Nations team, he pitched at Deerwood, MN, in early August, winning 20-0, striking out the first 12 batters he faced; and at Little Falls on August 2, 1912.469 1913, All Nations, P, played in MN at Good Thunder in August, 1913.470 In 1914, P, with Des Moines, IA, All Nations, playing in MN at Barnesville, McIntosh, Little Falls, Anoka, and New Ulm.471 1915, P, with Des Moines, IA, All Nations.472 In 1916, with Kansas City All-Nations, P; a West team All-Star; and Florida resort baseball with the Poinciana team.473 1917, P, All Nations [with Hurley McNair].474 1918, P, Indianapolis ABCs [with Candy Jim Taylor]; Brooklyn Royal Giants, P; and New York Lincoln Giants.475 In 1919, P, Detroit Stars, with teammates Louis "Dicta" Johnson and Hurley McNair.476 1920, Kansas City Monarchs, P, CF, with teammates Hurley McNair and Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman.477 1921, P, CF, Kansas City Monarchs [teammates: Hurley McNair and Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman].478 1922, P, OF, Kansas City Monarchs, [teammates: Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman and Hurley McNair].479 1923, with All Nations team in MN versus Hibbing [played in Duluth], and Paynesville;480 also, OF, Kansas City Monarchs, teammate: Hurley McNair.481 1924, May 4-September 15 with Bertha, MN, semi-pro team, P;482 also OF, Kansas City Monarchs, with teammate Hurley McNair.483 1925, P, Bertha, MN, semi-pro team; and some games for Plentywood, Montana, team; one game for Lismore, MN, team; one game for Clarkfield, MN, team; and 2 games for Minneota, MN, team.484 1926, May-October, P, Lismore [MN] team.485 1927, P, Bertha, MN, semi-pro team, May-September, with teammate Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman, C.486 1928, P, Scobey, Montana; the bulk of the season with Melrose, MN, team, P; Arlington, MN, team, P.487 1929, P, Colored House of David team, playing in MN in Granite Falls, Little Falls, and Marshall.488 1930, P, St. Cloud Saints team. 1931, Colored House of David, P, then he joined the Kansas City Monarchs traveling team on July 19, 1931 and played in Crookston, MN; RF, CF, Kansas City Monarchs, in Black World Series; with teammate Chet Brewer.489 1932, P, CF, and operated his own team in Fairmont, MN, the John Donaldson's All-Stars, with teammates Hurley McNair, Sylvester "Hooks" Foreman, Chappie Gray, Robert "Piggy" Hawkins, Bill Freeman, Joe "Jellyroll" Barker, Charley Hancock, Luther "Old Soul" McDonald, "Peewee" Dwight, [Clarence] Everett at SS, S. Thompson at P; D. Thompson at 1B, Charlie Hilton (2B), James Starks, J. Moore Allen, Buzz Boldridge at 3B, Cunningham at 1B, George Jones at P.490 1934, P, Kansas City Monarchs, with Hurley McNair and Chet Brewer.491
[HOF] Leroy "Satchel" Paige.

Minneapolis Colored Keystones. 1921.

Ramsey, CF

Bradley, LF

Williams, 3B

Jones, 1B

Lewis, SS

Carey, 2B

Kay, RF

Jackson, C



Davis, P

Allen, P, CF, RF492


Sandon's Colored Tigers from Mankato, Minnesota. 1926

Ausley RF Ousley, RF

Roy Wright, C & Manager. Roy Wright, C

Charles Hilton, SS Charles Hilton, SS

Williams, CF Williams, LF

Burke, 1B Burke, CF

English, 3B English, 3B

Lewis, 2B Lewis, P

Parks, RF Parks, 2B

Jackson, P493 W. Sandon, 1B494


Integrated Baseball Era. 1947-1960.

[HOF] Roy Campanella. St. Paul Saints, 1948. C

[HOF] Ray Dandridge. Minneapolis Millers. 3B. 1950-1952.

[HOF] Willie Mays. Minneapolis Millers. OF. 1951.

David Barnhill. P. Minneapolis Millers, 1949, 1950.495



Touring teams/players.

[HOF] Leroy "Satchel" Paige.
Major League Baseball in Minnesota, Minnesota Twins, 1961-present.

[HOF] Kirby Puckett. OF

[HOF] Dave Winfield. OF


1 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 16.

2 "Base Ball Notes," Stillwater Messenger, August 2, 1884, p. 4; Bob Tholkes, "Bud Fowler, Black Pioneer, and the 1884 Stillwaters," Baseball Research Journal 15, January 1, 1986, p. 11, 12, 13; BA in John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 18.

3 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 30.

4 Thomas E. Powers, "The Page Fence Giants Play Ball," Chronicle [Historical Society of Michigan], Spring 1983, p. 15.

5 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 31; game in St. Paul in "Today's Game, Comiskey's Organization Will Play the Page Fence Giants," St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 23, 1895.

6 Thomas E. Powers, "The Page Fence Giants Play Ball," Chronicle [Historical Society of Michigan], Spring 1983, p. 18.

7 Thomas E. Powers, "The Page Fence Giants Play Ball," Chronicle [Historical Society of Michigan], Spring 1983, p. 14, 18; John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 32.

8 Jerry Malloy, ed., Sol White's History of Colored Baseball, With Other Documents on the Early Black Game 1886-1936 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995), p. xxxv; Thomas E. Powers, "The Page Fence Giants Play Ball," Chronicle [Historical Society of Michigan], Spring 1983, p. 14.

9 Wilson is listed as a pitcher for 1899 and 1900 with the Chicago Columbia Giants in Frank Leland, Frank Leland's Chicago Giants Base Ball Club, (Chicago: n.p., 1910), p. 3, photocopy.

10 "Algona Beats Waseca," Upper Des Moines [Algona, IA] Republican, August 20, 1902, p. 1.

11 "St. Cloud Nine Wins," Minneapolis Tribune, July 13, 1903, p. 3, Wilson struck out 17 Eau Claire, WI, batters, giving up 3 hits.

12 "Renville Wins By Small Margin [over Chippewa Falls, WI]," St. Paul Pioneer Press, August 7, 1905, p. 3; "Base Ball Doings," Renville Star Farmer, September 8, 1905, p. 4; "Base Ball Doings," Renville Star Farmer, July 7, 1905, p. 8; "Base Ball Doings," Renville Star Farmer, August 4, 1905, p. 4; "Chippewa Also Goes Down," Renville Star Farmer, August 11, 1905, p. 1.

13 Larry Lester, Sammy J. Miller, and Dick Clark, Black Baseball in Chicago (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2000), p. 14; John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 31, 32, 34, 35, 36. James A. Riley, Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1994), p. 872-873.

14 Jerry Malloy, ed., Sol White's History of Colored Baseball, With Other Documents on the Early Black Game 1886-1936 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995), p. xxxv; 64, 65.

15 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 30.

16 Frank Leland, Frank Leland's Chicago Giants Base Ball Club, (Chicago: n.p., 1910), p. 2, photocopy; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book (Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research, 1994), p. 55.

17 "Today's Game, Comiskey's Organization Will Play the Page Fence Giants," St. Paul Pioneer Press, April 23, 1895.

18 Larry Lester, Sammy J. Miller, and Dick Clark, Black Baseball in Chicago (Chicago: Arcadia Publishing, 2000), p. 11; Clark and Lester, The Negro Leagues, p. 55.

19 Frank Leland, Frank Leland's Chicago Giants Base Ball Club, (Chicago: n.p., 1910), p. 2, photocopy; 1899 season also listed in Jerry Malloy, ed., Sol White's History of Colored Baseball, With Other Documents on the Early Black Game 1886-1936 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995), p. 37. Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 55-56.


20 Frank Leland, Frank Leland's Chicago Giants Base Ball Club, (Chicago: n.p., 1910), p. 3, photocopy; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 56.

21 David Kemp and Roger Wilden, "The Algona Brownies, Champs of the West," Baseball Research Journal116, (January 1, 1988), p. 76.

22 "Baseball Games This Week," Upper Des Moines Republican [Algona, IA], May 13, 1903, p. 4; "Too Much Johnson," Upper Des Moines Republican [Algona, IA], July 9, 1902, p. 1.

23 "The Algona Brownies: Most Famous Afro-American Team," Appeal [St. Paul], September 19, 1903, p. 3; David Kemp and Roger Wilden, "The Algona Brownies, Champs of the West," Baseball Research Journal116, (January 1, 1988), p. 78-79. "Brownies Are Supreme," Upper Des Moines Republican [Algona, IA], September 9, 1903, p. 4; "Brownies Down the Leaguers," Upper Des Moines Republican [Algona, IA], September 23, 1903, p. 4; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 57.

24 Frank Leland, Frank Leland's Chicago Giants Base Ball Club, (Chicago: n.p., 1910), p. 3, photocopy; and John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, p. 48. Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 58.

25 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, p. 55. Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 58, 59.

26 "George Johnson, Catcher of the Long Prairie 1909 Baseball Team," Long Prairie Leader, July 16, 1909, p. 5.

27 Frank Leland, Frank Leland's Chicago Giants Base Ball Club, (Chicago: n.p., 1910), p. 5, photocopy; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 55.

28 Jerry Malloy, ed., Sol White's History of Colored Baseball, With Other Documents on the Early Black Game 1886-1936 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995), p. 28; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 56.

29 Frank Leland, Frank Leland's Chicago Giants Base Ball Club, (Chicago: n.p., 1910), p. 3, 5, photocopy.

30 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, p. 41; and Frank Leland, Frank Leland's Chicago Giants Base Ball Club, (Chicago: n.p., 1910), p. 5 photocopy.

31 Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 56.

32 "Too Much Johnson," Upper Des Moines [Algona, IA] Republican, July 9, 1902, p. 1; "Baseball Games This Week," Upper Des Moines [Algona, IA] Republican, May 13, 1903, p. 4; "Brownies Playing Ball," Upper Des Moines [Algona, IA] Republican, May 20, 1903, p. 1; "Brownies Win the Title," Upper Des Moines [Algona, IA] Republican, August 12, 1903, p. 4; "The Algona Brownies: Most Famous Afro-American Team," Appeal [St. Paul], September 19, 1903, p. 3. David Kemp and Roger Wilden, "The Algona Brownies, Champs of the West," Baseball Research Journal116, (January 1, 1988), p. 77, 78, 79. John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 43; Frank Leland, Frank Leland's Chicago Giants Base Ball Club, (Chicago: n.p., 1910), p. 5 photocopy; Jerry Malloy, ed., Sol White's History of Colored Baseball, With Other Documents on the Early Black Game 1886-1936 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995), p. xl.

33 Jerry Malloy, ed., Sol White's History of Colored Baseball, With Other Documents on the Early Black Game 1886-1936 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995), p. 40; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book (Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research, 1994), p. 57.

34 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, p. 46, 47; Jerry Malloy, ed., Sol White's History of Colored Baseball, With Other Documents on the Early Black Game 1886-1936 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995), p. xl, 44, 45; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 58.

35 "Base Ball Doings," Renville Star Farmer, September 8, 1905, p. 4; "Base Ball Doings," Renville Star Farmer, July 7, 1905, p. 8; "Base Ball Doings," Renville Star Farmer, August 4, 1905, p. 4; "Chippewa Also Goes Down," Renville Star Farmer, August 11, 1905, p. 1.

36 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, p. 48, 49; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 58.

37 Jerry Malloy, ed., Sol White's History of Colored Baseball, With Other Documents on the Early Black Game 1886-1936 (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1995), p. xli, 147. Frank Leland, Frank Leland's Chicago Giants Base Ball Club, (Chicago: n.p., 1910), p. 5 photocopy; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 58.

38 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, p. 55; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 59; according to "Independents Notes," Minneapolis Tribune, February 2, 1908, p. 3, Sports, Rat played with the Brooklyn Royal Giants in the 1907 season.

39 "Colored Gophers Are Ready for First Game," Minneapolis Tribune, March 1, 1908, p. 2, Sports; "Gophers And Lunds to Play at Minnehaha," Minneapolis Tribune, June 14, 1908, p. 4, Sports section; "Locals Have Bad Inning," Stillwater [MN] Daily Gazette, June 8, 1908, p. 4. Captain in "Lunds Will Face Clever Team Today in Gophers," Minneapolis Tribune, May 24, 1908, p. 4, Sports.

40 "News from the Independents," Minneapolis Tribune, May 2, 1909, p. 3, Sports.

41 "George Johnson, Catcher of the Long Prairie 1909 Baseball Team," Long Prairie Leader, July 16, 1909, p. 5.

42 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, p. 62, 64.

43 "Crack Chicago Colored Team," Twin City Star [Minneapolis & St. Paul], July 21, 1910, p. 1; John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues, p. 74; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book, p. 61.

44 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 82, 88; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book (Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research, 1994), p. 63.

45 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 88; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book (Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research, 1994), p. 63.

46 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 94; Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book (Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research, 1994), p. 64, 65

47 John Holway, The Complete Book of Baseball's Negro Leagues (Fern Park, FL: Hastings House Publishers, 2001), p. 98, 99.

48 Dick Clark and Larry Lester, The Negro Leagues Book (Cleveland: Society for American Baseball Research, 1994), p. 66.

49 James A. Riley, Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1994), p. 433.

50 James A. Riley, Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues (New York: Carroll & Graf Publishers, 1994), p. 433-434; Dick Clark and Larry Lester,

Download 292.47 Kb.

Share with your friends:
1   2   3   4   5   6




The database is protected by copyright ©ininet.org 2024
send message

    Main page