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Peanuts Davis
When baseball fans first encountered Ed “Peanuts” Davis,…
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Andy Cooper
“In my estimation, the greatest black pitcher ever to pitch…
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Phil Cockrell
“If you were to ask me who is the smartest hurler in our league,…
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Dewey Creacy
In 13 of his 15 seasons in Negro Leagues baseball, Dewey Creacy…
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Porter Charleston
Porter Riley Charleston was born in Mexia, Limestone County,…
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Homer “Goose” Curry
This biography is published in SABR’s The Baltimore Elite…
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Leon Childress
This biography is published in SABR’s The Baltimore Elite…
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Frederick Coleman
Frederick Davis “Fred” Coleman began his baseball career…
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Johnnie Dawson
Johnnie Dawson’s life was bookended by unknowns. His early…
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Russ Cowans
Russell J. “Russ” Cowans was known in Detroit as the “Dean…
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Jimmie Crutchfield
The 1935 East-West All-Star Game at Comiskey Park in Chicago,…
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Earl Chase
Earl "Flat" Chase, ca. 1947-1954. (Archives and Special…
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Bingo DeMoss
He was, by wide acclaim, one of the finest second basemen to…
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Roosevelt Davis
The June 6, 1945, headline in The Dispatch (Moline, Illinois)…
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Luther Clifford
Luther Clifford grew up in an atypical town for the Depression-era…
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Johnny Davis
Hall of Famer Monte Irvin, speaking to Negro League historian…
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Cecil Cole
After his playing days, Cecil Cole watched a lot of baseball…
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Saul Davis
“Saul was a great man and one of my best friends. He was a…
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Piper Davis
On June 12, 1996, the Birmingham Barons returned to historic…
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George Crowe
George Crowe was Indiana’s first Mr. Basketball and became…
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Leon Day
"If we had one game to win, we wanted Leon to pitch." — Monte…
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Martin Dihigo
A league pennant was squarely on the line under the brutal Mexican…
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Jimmy Claxton
On the morning of May 28, 1916, a lean, lefthanded pitcher took…
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Webbo Clarke
A five-year veteran of the Negro Leagues, Ernesto Vibert Clarke…