
Jake Stephens
“You were a good man to have on a team. You kept the spirits…

Dick Seay
“Nobody’s a better second baseman than Dick.” – Satchel…

Ed Gottlieb
Eddie Gottlieb was primarily known as the organizer of the SPHAS…

Lefty Holmes
The 1934 Philadelphia Stars, champions of the second iteration…

Johnny Hayes
From 1934 to 1951, the name Johnny Hayes appeared in newspaper…

Ameal Brooks
Ameal Brooks played for semipro and Negro League teams from the…

Clifford Irons
Clifford Calvin Irons appeared in only one documented game for…

Jake Dunn
Jake Dunn was a versatile middle infielder and outfielder who…

Rocky Ellis
Rocky Ellis is one of the many Negro League players whose statistics…

Mickey Casey
Mickey Casey was a stout, 5-foot-7½-inch, 200-pound journeyman…

Phil Cockrell
“If you were to ask me who is the smartest hurler in our league,…

Dewey Creacy
In 13 of his 15 seasons in Negro Leagues baseball, Dewey Creacy…

Porter Charleston
Porter Riley Charleston was born in Mexia, Limestone County,…

Webster McDonald
I was strictly a submarine pitcher, a lot of junk. I had a good…

Granville Lyons
Rookie Granville Lyons received his first shot in the Negro Leagues…

George Carr
“It is very doubtful if colored baseball has known a more dangerous…

Slim Jones
The legend of Slim Jones has loomed large over the history of…

Armon Stovall
It would not have been surprising if Armon Stovall had wished…

Bernard Blackwell
During the Philadelphia Stars’ 1934 championship season, a…

Frederick Coleman
Frederick Davis “Fred” Coleman began his baseball career…

Paul Carter
Paul Carter was a late bloomer as a professional pitcher with…

Passon Field (Philadelphia, PA)
Passon Field has been renamed Pollock Field and is still…

Biz Mackey
In the summer of 1946, Pittsburgh Courier columnist Wendell Smith…

Ed Bolden
Before Ed Bolden began his career in baseball, he was a domestic…