Bullet Rogan (Trading Card DB)

Bullet Rogan

“I have never seen a pitcher like him, and I have caught some…
Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe (SABR-Rucker Archive)

Ted ‘Double Duty’ Radcliffe

“‘Double Duty’ Radcliffe—he was a good one. Pitched and…
John Reese (NoirTech Research)

John Reese

As his nicknames, Speed Boy and Sparkplug,1 suggest, John Edward…
Dick Redding (BASEBALL-REFERENCE.COM)

Dick Redding

Dick “Cannonball” Redding pitched professionally from 1911…
Arvell "Bill" Riggins (NoirTech Research)

Bill Riggins

Arvell “Bill” Riggins, a shortstop-third baseman who played…
Country musician Charley Pride performs at the Capital Centre on Inauguration Day on January 20, 1981. (US DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE)

Charley Pride

Charley Pride, the son of a Mississippi sharecropper, dreamed…

Frazier Robinson

Henry Frazier Robinson was born on May 30, 1910, in Birmingham,…

Norris Phillips

Norris Phillips may have had a short-lived career in the Negro…
William "Cy" Perkins (NOIRTECH RESEARCH, INC.)

Bill Perkins

“My catcher was George Perkins, who handled a pitcher like…

Art Pennington

The story is almost apocryphal, existing somewhere on that boundary…

William Ross

Leon Ruffin

A superior defensive catcher, the well-traveled Leon Ruffin was…

Lennie Pearson

Lennie Pearson was one of the mainstays of the Newark Eagles…

Bruce Petway

In 1952, a panel of 31 Negro baseball experts selected the greatest…

Bill Powell

William H. Powell is not a household name like Jackie Robinson,…
Willie Pope (SEAMHEADS.COM)

Willie Pope

On September 19, 1988, the Pittsburgh Pirates paid tribute to…

Ethel Posey

Ownership in the Negro Leagues was a tough and sometimes precarious…

Bobby Robinson

Norman “Bobby” Robinson was the starting center fielder on…

Nat Pollard

The year was 1865, and the Civil War had ended. Northern and…

Alonzo Perry

Alonzo Perry had a successful Negro League career primarily as…

Cum Posey

Although his fame rests with his relationship with the great…

Alex Pompez

Alex Pompez, a Cuban American, was among the most influential…

Charlie Peete

In the autumn of 1956, slightly more than three years after his…

Jackie Robinson

Jackie Robinson is perhaps the most historically significant…