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Jimmie Crutchfield
The 1935 East-West All-Star Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago,…
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Oscar Charleston
“Charleston not only has the speed of a Carey, the arm of a…
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Cool Papa Bell
“He was a beautiful person. Yes he was. Cool Papa Bell. He…
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Roy Sparrow
Roy Sparrow was a likable hustler, huckster, and self-promoter…
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Spoony Palm
With both Josh Gibson and Bill Perkins, the 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords…
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William Bell
The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords are often considered to be the…
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Greenlee Field (Pittsburgh)
Greenlee Field, located in the 2500 block of Bedford Avenue,…
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Chester Williams
Over the years, the Pittsburgh Courier, one of the nation’s…
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Sam Streeter
In 1981 the Smithsonian Institution hosted an exhibition called…
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Bill Perkins
“My catcher was George Perkins, who handled a pitcher like…
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Leroy Matlock
Fittingly, pitcher Leroy Matlock was called “the Black Carl…
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Harry Kincannon
In the 1920s, Harry Kincannon left the coalfields of southern…
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Bert Hunter
Often referred to as the Pittsburgh Crawfords’ “normal…
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Carl Howard
Among potentially awkward encounters between semipro baseball…
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Bill Harvey
Bill Harvey was a left-handed pitcher and outfielder who played…
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Curtis “Popeye” Harris
During the Great Depression of the 1930s, a time when black baseball…
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Roosevelt Davis
The June 6, 1945, headline in The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois)…
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Spoon Carter
Although Ernest “Spoon” Carter was never in the top tier…
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Ted Bond
“What did I do to deserve this?” If Theodore Bond had asked…
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Andrew Patterson
Andrew Lawrence Patterson was born on December 19, 1911, in Chicago.1…
Sam Bankhead
Hall of Famer and Negro League legend Judy Johnson called Sam…
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Josh Gibson
"There is a catcher that any big league club would like to buy…
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Judy Johnson
“Judy Johnson was the smartest baseball player I ever came…
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Gus Greenlee
Gus Greenlee, famed owner of the Pittsburgh Crawfords, came…