Oates, Loo Olevo - CNLBR

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Oates, Loo Olevo 1963-1965 Carver High School

(Mt. Olive, North Carolina)

1962-1965 New Bern Bears (Legends League)

1964-1965 Try-out Camps

Milwaukee Braves

Philadelphia Phillies

St. Louis Cardinals

Raleigh Caps (Minor League)

1965 Try-out with Indianapolis Clowns

1965-1966 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

1967 Contract sold to Milwaukee Braves

1968 Milwaukee Braves Minor League Camp

(Waycross, Georgia)

1968 West Palm Beach (Florida State League)

1968 Austin (Texas League)

1968-1969 U.S. Army (Military Baseball)

1969 Milwaukee Braves Minor League Camp

(Spring Training - Waycross, GA)

1969 Indianapolis Clowns (Spring Training) (IND)

1969 Developed sore arm returned home to North

Carolina

1969 Drummondville (Canadian Provincial League)

Ochs, Diane (Business Manger - P.A. Announcer)

1985-1986 Ithaca College

1986 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

(College Internship)

1986-1988 Ithaca College

Odom, Eddie 1961-1964 Del Ray Beach All Stars (IND)

(Red) 1965 Signed by Washington Senators (MLBB)

1965 Wytheville Senators (Appalachian League)

1966 Geneva (New York Penn League)

1967 Del Ray All Stars (IND)

1968 Magic Valley (Pioneer League)

1968 Greenwood (WCRS)

1968 West Palm Beach (Florida State League)

1968-1970 Del Ray Beach All Stars (IND)

Odom, Johnny Lee 1962-1964 Ballard-Hudson High School(Macon, GA)

(Blue Moon) 1962-1964 Macon Braves (IND)

1962 Raleigh Tigers (NAL)

1963 Forrest Park (Ga) Braves

(All-Dixie Negro Tournament Champs)

(All-Dixie Tournament Team)

(National Baseball Congress: Wichita

Tournament)

1964 Birmingham (Southern League)

1964 Kansas City Athletics (ML)

1965 Lewiston (Northwest League)


1966 Mobile (Southern League)


1967 Vancouver (PCL)


1968-1975 Oakland Athletics (ML)

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1975 Cleveland Indians (ML)

1975 Atlanta Braves (ML)

1976 Iowa (AA)

1976 Chicago White Sox (ML)

1977-1978 Mexico City Tigers (Mexican League)

1978 Tabasco (Mexican League)

Major League Baseball All Star Team:

(1968 and 1969 - American League)

O'Farrill, Orlando 1949 Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)

(Chico) 1949 Philadelphia Stars (NAL)

1950 Atlanta Brown Crackers (NSL)

1950 Nashville Stars (IND)

1951 Baltimore Elite Giants (NAL)

1951 Eston Ramblers (Northern Saskatchewan League)

(D) (Won Saskatchewan Optimist Baseball

Tournament)

1953 Florida Cubans (IND)

1953 Indian Head Rockets (IND)

1954-1955 North Battleford Beavers

(Western Canada Baseball League)

1956 Boer (Nicaraguan League)

O'Kelley, Willie J. 1939 Genuine Parts (Atlanta, Georgia)

(Stretch) 1940-1941 Atlanta Braves

1946-1948 Atlanta Black Crackers (NSL)

(D) 1949 Cleveland Buckeyes

1951-1952 Cleveland Barons

Oliver, James (Jr) 1955-1958 St. Petersburg Braves (FWCNL)

1958-1962 Morehouse College (College Baseball)

1963-1967 Oliver Alouettes (Stan Musial League)

1967 Signed by Cincinnati Reds (MLBB)

1967 Tampa Tarpons (Florida State League)

Oliver, Nathaniel 1957-1958 St. Petersburg Black Pelicans (FSNL)

(Nate) 1959 Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (MLBB)

1959 Fox Cities Foxes (Three I League)

1959 Green Bay Blue Jays (Three I League)

1960 Great Falls Electrics (Pioneer League)

1960 St. Paul Saints (AA)

1961-1962 Spokane Indians (PCL)

1963 Los Angeles Dodgers (ML)

1963-1964 Spokane Indians (PCL)

1964-1967 Los Angeles Dodgers (ML)

1965 Spokane Indians (PCL)


1968 San Francisco Giants (ML)

1969 New York Yankees (ML)

1969 Chicago Cubs (ML)

1970 Hawaii Islanders (PCL)

1970 Tacoma Cubs (PCL)

1971 Tucson Toros (PCL)

1988 Reno Silver Sox (California League)(Manager)

1989 Arizona Angels (Arizona League) (Manager)

1990-1991 Palm Springs(California League) (Mgr)

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1998 Arizona Cubs (Arizona League) (Manager)

1999 Daytona Cubs (Florida State League) (Manager)

Winter Leagues:

1962-1963 Caguas Criollos (PWL)

1963-1964 Caguas Crillos (PWL)

O’Neal, Heron 1960-1964 Chicago – Sexton

(Washington Park League)

(Union Park League)


1965 Tryout with Chicago Cubs (Salt Lake City, UT)

1965-1972 Chicago – Sexton

O'Neal, Richard 1964-1967 Morrilton High School Devil Dogs

(Morrilton, Arkansas)

(Dick, Lefty) 1964-1967 Morrilton Dairy (American Legion)

1967 St. Louis Cardinals (MLBB) Prospect

1967 Tryout - Arkansas Travelers (Texas League)

1968 Conway (AR) Tastee Freeze

(Arkansas Semipro League)

1969-1971 University of Central Arkansas

(College Baseball)

1972-1973 U.S. Air Force

(Kessler AFB - Biloxi, MS)

(Military Baseball - Player/Coach)

1972-1973 Biloxi Dodgers (GCNL)

1974 Alamo Enterprises (Spanish American League)

1974-1975 San Antonio Black Sox (STNL)

Coaching Career:

1980-2006 Professional Pitching Coach

1995 National Christian University(Pitching Coach)

(San Antonio, Texas)

2001-present Major League Baseball Scout

Global Scouting Bureau (2001-2006)

Atlanta Braves (2006-2010)

St. Louis Cardinals (2011-present) O'Neil, John J. 1925-1927 Sarasota Tigers (IND)

(Buck) 1928-1931 Edward Waters College

(Jacksonville, Florida)

1933 Tampa Black Smokers (IND)

1933-1934 Miami Giants (IND)

(D) (Barnstorming Tour - Eastern U.S.)

(Winter Barnstorming - Florida)

1935 New York Tigers (IND)

(Based out of Miami, Florida)

(Barnstorming - Louisiana & Texas)

1935 Denver White Elephants (IND)

(National Baseball Congress: Wichita Tournament)

1936 Shreveport Acme Giants (IND)

(Wingfield Welch - owner)

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(Unofficial farm club of the Kansas City

Monarchs)

(Barnstorming Tour: Western Canada)

1936 Texas Black Spiders (IND)

1937 Shreveport Acme Giants

1937 Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

(Spring Training Try-out)

1937 Memphis Red Sox (NAL)

1937 Zulu Cannibal Giants (IND)

(Abe Saperstein - Owner)

(Charlie Henry – Manager)

(Syd Pollock - Promoter)


1938-1943 Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

1943-1945 U.S. Navy (Military Service)


Winter Leagues:

1935 Joe Alpert Clothiers

(Denver Post Tournament)

1935 Denver White Elephants

(National Baseball Congress Tournament –

Semifinals – Wichita, Kansas)

(Midwest Barnstorming Tour)

1936 Mineola (Texas) Black Spiders (IND)

(Mexico Barnstorming Tour)

1941 Negro League All Star Team (IND)

(Series vs Bob Feller & Major League All

Stars)

1942 Kansas City Monarchs

(Negro League World Series)

(Monarchs beat Homestead Grays

Won 4 games - Lost 0)


(Series vs Dizzy Dean All Stars)


(Spring Training - Memphis, TN)


(Negro League World Series)

(Monarchs lose to Newark Eagles

Won 3 games - Lost 4)

1946 Satchel Paige's All Stars (IND)

(Eighteen Game Series vs Bob Feller's

Major League All Stars)

1946-1947 Almendares (Cuba)


(Negro American League Play-Off Series)

(Monarchs lost to Birmingham Black Barons

4-3 games)


(Several games in the Midwest)

1951 Obregon (Mexican Winter League)

1955 Major League All Stars (Manager) (IND)

(Negro Barnstorming Team)

(Series vs George Kell's All Stars)

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Negro American League Batting Titles:

(1940 – Hit .345 and 1946 - Hit .350)

Negro League All Star Team (Player)

(1942-West, 1943-West, and 1949-West)

Negro League All Star Team (Manager)

(1949-West, 1950-West, 1951-West, 1953-West,

1954-West and 1955-West)

Major League Baseball Scout:

Chicago Cubs (1953-1988)

Kansas City Royals (1989-1994)

(Signed Ernie Banks and Lou Brock)

Major League Coach:

Chicago Cubs (1962)

(First black coach in Major Leagues)

O'Neil, Warren 1932-1935 Sarasota 2nd Nine Team

(Dadd) Sarasota 1st Nine Team

Sarasota Tigers

Bradenton Nine Devils

1936-1937 Sarasota Tigers

1938-1939 Zulu Cannibal Giants (IND)

1940-1943 Sarasota Tigers

1943-1946 U.S. Marines (Military Baseball)

1946 Detroit Stars (IND)

1947 Detroit Wolves (IND)

1947-1948 Detroit Stars (IND)

1948-1951 Bradenton Nine Devils (FSNL)

1952-1955 Rochester (NY)

(Younger Brother of Buck O'Neil)

Orange, Calvin 1963-1974 Stockham (BIL)

Owens, Jackson 1946 James Millican University

(College Basketball)

(Jack) 1947-1948 United States Army

(Ft. Knox, KY - Military Baseball)

1949 Champaign Eagles (IND)

1950-1951 Chicago American Giants (NAL)

(D) 1951 Fargo-Moorehead (Northern League)

1952 Decatur (Midwest League)

1952 Chicago American Giants (NAL)

1953 Kitchener (Ontario, Canada)

1954-1955 Detroit Stars (NAL)

Winter Leagues:

1951 Harlem Globetrotters (IND)

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Owens, Walter 1951-1954 Western Michigan University

(Walt) (College Basketball and Track)


Detroit Stars (NAL)


1957 Detroit Pepsi Cola

Winter Leagues:

1955 Boston Whirlwinds (Basketball)

College Baseball and Basketball Coach:

1973 Northern Illinois University

College Baseball Head Baseball Coach:

1973-1976 Northern Illinois University

Owens, William J. 1920-1922 Indianapolis Westside

(Bill) (Games played @ Riverside Park)

1922-1923 Dayton Marcos (IND)

1923 Washington Potomacs

1924 Washington Potomacs (ECL)

1924 Providence (Rhode Island)

(D) 1925 Wilmington Potomacs (ECL)

1925 Indianapolis ABC's (NNL)

1925 Chicago American Giants (NNL)

1925 Indianapolis ABC's (NNL)

1926 Dayton Marcos (NNL)

1926 Kansas City Monarchs (NNL)

1926 Cleveland Elites (NNL)

1927 Cleveland Hornets (NNL)

1927 Harrisburg Giants (ECL)

1927 Brooklyn Royal Giants (ECL)

1927 Birmingham Black Barons (NNL)

1927 Memphis Red Sox (NNL)


1929 Memphis Red Sox (NNL)


1930 Indianapolis ABC's (IND)

1931 Detroit Stars (NNL)

1931 Cincinnati Giants (IND)

1932 Indianapolis ABC's (NSL)

1933 Detroit Stars (NNL)

Pae, Bobby 1949-1953 Dauphin Firemen

(Lower Dauphin Twilight League)

1953 PTF Baseball team


1954-1955 Harrisburg Giants (ENL)

(Richard Felton - Owner)

1955 Signed by Chicago White Sox (MLBB)

1955 Madisonville (KY)

1955 Released by Chicago White Sox

1955 Midland (PA)(NBC - Wichita Tournament)

1956 Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (MLBB)

1956 Waco (Texas League)

1956 PTF Baseball Team

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1957 Citizens (City Twilight League)

1958 PTF Baseball Team (City Twilight League)

1958 City Twilight League All Stars

(Series vs West Shore All Stars)

1957-1962 Dauphin (PA)

Halifax

Millersville

Page, Theodore R. 1923 Toledo Tigers (NNL)

(Ted) 1924-1925 Buffalo Giants (IND)

1924-1925 Breakers Hotel (IND)

(Palm Beach, Florida)

(Homerun Johnson - Manager)

(D) 1926 Newark Stars (ECL)

1927-1928 Chappie Johnson's Stars (IND)

1928 Mohawk Giants (IND)

1929 Baltimore Black Sox (ANL)

1930 Baltimore Black Sox (IND)

1929-1930 Brooklyn Royal Giants (IND)

1930 Homestead Grays (NNL)

1931 Homestead Grays (IND)

1932 New York Black Yankees (EWL)

1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords (EWL)

1933-1934 Pittsburgh Crawfords (NNL)

1935 Newark Eagles (IND)

1935-1937 Philadelphia Stars (NNL)

Paige, Leroy Robert 1924 Mobile Tigers

(Satchel) 1924-1926 Numerous Mobile Semipro Teams

Mobile Dodgers

Mobile Tigers

Mobile Black Bears

(D) Down the Bay Boys

Numerous "Bar" Teams

1926-1927 Chattanooga Black Lookouts (NSL)

(Alex Herman - Owner)

1926 New Orleans Black Pelicans (NSL)



1927 Talladega (Alabama) (Town Team)

1927-1930 Birmingham Black Barons (NNL)

1930 Baltimore Black Sox (ANL)




1931 Nashville Elite Giants (NNL)

1931 Cleveland Cubs (NNL)

1931 Pittsburgh Crawfords (IND)

1931 Crawford Colored Giants (IND)


(Game vs Baltimore Black Sox)


1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords (NSL)

1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords (EWL)

1932 Gilkerson Union Giants (IND)

(Council Bluffs Tournament – won game)

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1933 Pittsburgh Crawfords (NNL)

1933 Bismarck (North Dakota)

(Neil Churchman - Owner)

(Game vs Sioux City Stockyards w/Hack Wilson)

(Game vs Abe Saperstein's Cleveland All-

Nations)

(Series vs Jamestown, North Dakota

Won series for North Dakota State Champions)

(Game vs American Association All Stars – Won 15-2) (Wichita Tournament Champions- NBC)

1933-1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords (NNL)

1934 Colored House of David (IND)

Denver Post Tournament Champions

(Grover Cleveland Alexander – Manager)

1934 City of David Baseball Team (IND)


1934 Sold by Gus Greenlee (owner) of Pittsburgh

Crawfords to the Newark Eagles for $5,000.

(Did not report)

1934-1935 Bismarck Giants (Bismarck, ND) 1934 Bismarck Giants

(Paige's pitching record: Won 104 and Lost 1)

1935 Bismarck Giants (Team Record won 96 Lost 8)

1935 Canadian Tournaments

1935 Exhibition series vs Kansas City Monarchs

(Winnipeg, Canada)

1935 Manitoba Tournament Champions

1935 Denver Post Tournament Champions

1935 National Baseball Congress

Wichita Tournament Champions

Wichita Tournament MVP


1935 Kansas City Monarchs (IND)

(Exhibition game vs Major League All Stars

w/Charlie Gerhinger, Schoolboy Rowe and

Tommy Bridges)


1936 Valencia (Venezuela)



1937 Ciudad Trujillo Los Dragones

(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic)

(Dominican League Champions)

1937 Dominican Republic

(Numerous pitching exhibitions around the

Country after the Dominican League season)

1937 St. Louis Stars (NAL)


1938 Newark Eagles (NNL)

1938 Club Agrario (Mexican League)

1939-1940 Kansas City Monarchs (IND)

Kansas City Travelers (IND)

Kansas City All Stars (IND)

Kansas City Traveling Monarchs (IND)

(Barnstorming-Traveling "B" Team)

(Game vs Kansas City Monarchs @ Ward Field in

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Kansas City, Kansas. Lost 11-0)


(Barnstorming Tour - U.S. & Canada)

(Midwest Barnstorming Tour vs Kansas City

Monarchs and Chicago American Giants)

(Barnstorming Tour vs House of David)



Negro American League Champions (1940, 1941 and 1942)


1941 New York Black Yankees (NNL)




(Game vs Dizzy Dean's All Stars @ Griffith

Stadiumin Washington, DC)



1943 Barnstorming: Numerous one game pitching

performances for semipro teams.

1944 Toledo Cubs (IND)


1945 Harrisburg

1945 East Chicago Giants

(Game vs Dizzy Dean Sportsmen @ Block Stadium

In East Chicago)

1946 Philadelphia Stars (NNL)


1947 Omaha Rockets (IND)

1948 Midwest Barnstorming Tour


1948-1949 Cleveland Indians (ML)


1950 Minot Mallards (Mandak League)

1950 Toured with Homestead Grays and pitched for

the team they opposed

1950 Grand Rapids Black Sox (IND)

1950 Raleigh Clippers (IND)

1950 Philadelphia Stars (NAL)

(Northeastern U.S. Tour)


1950 Turned down major league contract offers

from the New York Giants and Boston Braves

1950 Omaha Rockets (IND)


1951 Winston Salem Pond Giants (IND)

1951-1953 St. Louis Browns (ML)

1953 Greensboro Red Birds (IND)


(Baseball Team: pitched 148 games)

(Barnstorming vs House of David w/ Manager

Ed Walsh)

1954 Harrisburg Giants (ENL)

(Pitched one game vs Shamokin Krebs in

Pennsylvania)


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1955 Greensboro Patriots (Carolina League)

1956 Birmingham Black Barons (NAL)

1956-1958 Miami Marlins (IL)

(Philadelphia Phillies Organization)

1958 Cuban All Stars (IND)

(Game in Canada vs Saskatoon Commodores)

1958 Havana Cubans (IND)

1959-1961 Barnstorming (United States)

Harlem Globetrotters (IND)

Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

1960 Caribbean Kings (IND)

Caribbean All Stars (IND)

(Dempsey Hovland – Promoter)

(United States & Canadian barnstorming team)

1960 Salina Blue Jays (Kansas) (Victory League)

(Kansas Non Pro Baseball Tournament)

(Voted Most Popular Player and Most Effective

Pitcher for the tournament)

1960 Wichita – Weller Indians

NBC Semi-pro State Champions (Kansas)

NBC Wichita Tournament

1960 Brooklyn Cuban Giants (IND)

1960 Winston-Salem Giants (IND)


1960 Satchel Paige All Stars (IND)

(Northern California Tour)

(Johnny Burton – Promoter)


1961 Portland Beavers (PCL)

1961-1962 Satchel Paige's All Stars (IND)

1962 Harlem Stars (IND)


(Northern United States & Canadian

Barnstorming Tour)

1962 Kansas City Giants (IND)


(Arthur Dove - Owner)

(Based out of Raleigh, NC)


(Barnstorming Team)



1966 Peninsula Pilots (Carolina League)

1966 Anchorage Earthquakers

(Barnstorming Semipro Team)



1967 Satchel Paige’s All Stars (IND)

1967 New York Stars (IND)

1968-1969 Atlanta Braves (ML)

(Coach & Pitched 1 exhibition game)

1976 Tulsa Oilers (Coach)

late 1970's - Executive

Springfield Redbirds (AA)

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Louisville (AA)

New Orleans Pelicans

1980 Springfield Redbirds (AA)

Winter Leagues:

1929-1930 Santa Clara (Cuba)

1930 Baltimore Black Sox

(Barnstorming series vs Major League All Star

team w/ Hack Wilson and Babe Herman)

1930 Jamestown (North Dakota)

(Game vs World Series Champion Philadelphia

Athletics)

(Paige won the game 9-0)

1930-1931 Caribbean

1931-1932 Philadelphia Giants (CAWL)

1931 San Diego

(Played for local high school team vs area's

top white team)

1932 Independent barnstorming games w/Josh Gibson

1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords (Barnstorming Tour)

(Seven Game Series vs Casey Stengel's All Stars)

1932-1933 Nashville Elite Giants (CAWL)

California Winter League Champions

(Record 7-0 with 91 strikeouts)

1932-1933 Puerto Rican Winter League

1933-1934 Wilson's Elite Giants (CAWL)

1933 Venezuela (South America)

1934 Pittsburgh Crawfords

(Exhibition game in York (PA) vs Dizzy Dean's

All Stars - Paige struck out 16 of first 18

batters as Crawfords won 11-1)

1934 Crawfords-Stars All Stars

(All-star team from Pittsburgh Crawfords and

Philadelphia Stars)

(East Coast Tour Barnstormed vs Dizzy Dean's

All Stars)

(Games in Philadelphia, Cleveland, Pittsburgh

and York, Pa.)

1934-1935 Tom Wilson's Elite Giants (CAWL)

1935 Bismarck (ND)

(Canadian barnstorming tour vs Earl Mack's

Major League All Stars w/ Jimmy Foxx, Heinie

Manusch and Earl Averill)

(Exhibition game vs America Association

Champions - St. Paul)

(Barnstorming Series vs House of David)

1935 Colored League All Stars (IND)

(Series vs Dizzy Dean All Stars w/ games in

Shibe Park, Yankee Stadium and Forbes Field)


(West Coast Tour vs Dizzy Dean's All Stars)

(Two week Midwest barnstorming tour through

Oklahoma, Missouri and Ohio vs Dizzy Dean's

All Stars)

1935 Candy Jim Taylor's Negro League All Star Team

(IND)

1935-1936 Wilson's Royal Giants (CAWL)

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1935 El Paso Mexicans (CAWL)


(Barnstormed vs Bay Area All Stars)

1936 Minor League All Stars

(Played Dick Bartell's Major League All Stars

in Oakland, California)

1936 Negro League East All Stars (IND)

(Denver Post Tournament Champs)


(Barnstorming Tour vs Rogers Hornsby's All

Stars w/ Bob Feller)

1936 "Southern Pacific" All Star Team

(Johnny Burton Promotion vs St. Louis Blues)

1936 North-South All Star Game

(Scoreless 15 inning contest vs Double Duty

Radcliffe)

1937 Pittsburgh Crawfords Spring Training

(New Orleans, Louisiana)

1937 Santo Domingo All Stars (IND)

Trujillo All Stars (IND)

Santo Domingo Negro Stars (IND)

Satchel Paige's Negro All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming Tour - United States)


(Barnstorming Tour vs House of David)

(Denver Post Tournament Champions)


(Two Game Series at Yankee Stadium vs Tom

Wilson's Negro League All Stars)

1937 Numerous one game pitching performances

booked by Abe Saperstein

1937 Caracas (Venezuela)

1937 Brooklyn Eagles (IND)

1938-1939 Caribbean (numerous teams)

1938-1939 California Winter League

1939 Valencia (Venezuelan League)


(Show-casing Paige's recovery from arm

problems)

(Game in Chicago White Sox Park vs Palmer

House Indians w/ Roosevelt Davis.

Paige won the game 1-0.)

(Game in New York City vs New York Cubans.

Satchel pitched shutout.)


(Southern and Midwest Barnstorming Tours)

(West Coast Tour vs House of David w/ Grover

Cleveland Alexander)

(West Coast Barnstorming Tour)

(California Winter League)

1939-1940 Guayama Brujos (Puerto Rico)

(Puerto Rican League Champions)

(Puerto Rican League - MVP)


1940-1941 Guayama Brujos

(Puerto Rican Winter League)

1941-1942 Tom Wilson's Negro All Stars (CAWL)

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1941 Santo Domingo Stars

(United States Barnstorming Tour)

1941-1942 Puerto Rican Winter League


(Barnstormed w/ Dizzy Dean's All Star Team)


(Game at Wrigley Field in Chicago vs Dizzy

Dean’s All Stars w/ Cecil Travis, Zeke

Bonura & Henie Manush. Monarchs won 3-1)


(West Coast tour vs Buck Newsom's All Stars)

(Eighteen game series - Paige's All Stars

won 13 and lost 5)

1943-1944 Baltimore Elite Giants (CAWL)


(Exhibition series vs Major League All Stars

@ Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, California)

(Exhibition series vs Pacific Coast League

All Stars)


(Ohio Barnstorming Tour vs Dizzy Dean's All

Star Team)

1944-1945 Numerous Barnstorming Teams

(United States)

1944 Louisville Black Colonels

(Barnstorming game vs Freeman Field –

military team)

(Freeman Field had Dizzy Dean pitching)


1945 Kansas City Royals (CAWL)

(Series vs Coast All Stars w/Bob Feller @

Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, CA)

(Three game series vs DiMaggio's Major

Leaguers @ Wrigley Field)

1945-1946 West Coast All Stars

(Barnstorming Team)

1946 Cincinnati Crescents (IND)

1946 Satchel Paige's All Stars


(Eighteen Game Series vs Bob Feller's Major

League All Stars)


(Three Game Series vs Bob Feller's Major

League All Stars)

(Two game series @ Wrigley Field in Los

Angeles vs Major League All Stars w/ Ralph

Kiner & Bob Lemon)

(Series vs Robinson's All Stars)

1946 Kansas City Royals (IND)


(Barnstorming Tour vs Bob Fellers All Stars)


(West Coast Tour vs Bob Feller's Major League

All Stars)

(Barnstormed vs Ewell Blackwell's All Stars)

1947-1948 Santurce (Puerto Rico)

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(U.S. Barnstorming Tour)


(Barnstorming Tour vs Gene Bearden's All Star

Team)


1948 Kansas City Royals (Game vs Bob Lemmon All Stars in Los Angeles)

1949 Cleveland Indians Spring Training

(Tucson, Arizona)


1949 Caracas (Venezuela)


1951 Winston Salem Pond Giants (IND)



(Barnstorming Tour vs Israelite House of

David)

1953 Major League All Stars

(Kiwanis charity game @ Gilmore Field vs

Hollywood Stars of Pacific Coast League)

(Ty Cobb managed Major League All Stars –

Paige & Bob Feller played on the same team

on this rare occasion)



(Barnstorming Basketball Team)

(Performed in their "baseball" routine.)

1955 Major League All Stars (IND)



1959 Satchel Paige & Cuban All Stars (IND)

1960 Winston-Salem Giants (IND)

(Barnstorming Tour vs Joe Black's All Stars)

1960 Weller Indians (Kansas)

(NBC Tournament – Wichita, Kansas)


1962 Major League All Stars (IND)


1962-1963 Satchel Paige’s All Stars (IND)

1963 Satchel Paige's Brooklyn All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming Basketball Team)

(Road team for Harlem Road Kings)

Plus Barnstorming in: Puerto Rico, Mazatlan,

Mexico, Hawaii, South America, Panama,

Argentina, Alaska, Dominican Republic,

Manitoba and Canada.

Plus Pittsburgh Crawfords and Kansas City Monarchs

used to book Paige out for one game at a time

to teams like Homestead Grays, Memphis Red

Sox, etc.

(Note: It has been estimated that Satchel Paige

played for as many as 250 different teams

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during his career. Many of these teams were

for only one game – usually 3 innings

contracts.

Pitched in an estimated 2,600 + games with over

2,000 wins, 300 shutouts and 55 no-

hitters.)

California Winter League Wins Leader:

(1932-33 - Record 7-0

1933-34 - Record 16-2

1935-36 - Record 13-0)

California Winter League Strikeout Leader

(1933-34 - 245 strikeouts)

California Winter League All Time Wins, Strikeout

and Shutouts Leader (56-7, 770 strike outs &

17 shutouts)

California Winter League All Star Team

(1937-38, 1943-44 and 1945)

Negro League All Star Team

(1934-East, 1936-East, 1941-West, 1942-West, 1943-

West, 1955-West, 1960-West & 1961-West)

(In 1944 - voted to All Star team but did not play

due to a financial disagreement)

National Baseball Congress Tournament Most

Valuable Player: (935)

Puerto Rican Winter League Strikeouts Leader:

(1939-40 – 208 strikeouts)

Puerto Rican Winter League MVP (1939-40)

Pro All-American Team (1942)

Major League Baseball All Star Team

(1952-American & 1953-American)

Kansas NBC Tournament All Star Team (1960)

Major League Baseball Coach:

Atlanta Braves (1968-1969)

National Baseball Congress (1964)

(Named Most Outstanding Player in History of

the National Baseball Congress)

National Baseball Congress Hall of Fame (1964)

National Baseball Congress Managers Hall of Fame

(1967)

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Missouri Sports Hall-of-Fame (1979)

International League Hall-of-Fame

Puerto Rico Baseball Hall-of-Fame (1996)

National Baseball Hall-of-Fame (1971)

Paige, Leroy S. Jr. (player was actually Leroy Miller)

1963 Philadelphia Stars (IND)

(Game played in the state of Washington)

Paige, Robert (Real Son of Satchel Paige)

Painter, Paul 1976-1977 Clayton (New Jersey) High School

(High school baseball)


1978 Clayton High School

1979-1980 Muscatine Community College

(College baseball)

1981-1982 Glassboro State College

1983-1985 Petin Cubs

Tryout – Pittsburgh Pirates (MLBB)

Palmer, Ralph L. 1943-1946 Hope (Arkansas)

1946-1949 Philander Smith College

(College Basketball & Football)


(Spring Training Roster)


(Spring Training Roster)

1949 Kansas City Stars (IND)

Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

1950 Morris (Canada)

1950 Saskatoon (Saskatchewan, Canada)


1951 Signed by St. Louis Browns (MLBB)

1951 Aberdeen (Northern League)

1952-1953 Out of Baseball


1954-1956 Grand Rapids Black Sox

(Southwest Michigan League)

Grand Rapids Black Sox (IND)

Palmer, Vernon 1957-1960 Muskogee Cardinals (IND)

(Wolf) 1960 Wilson Blue Jays (IND)

1960-1962 Muskogee Cardinals (IND)

Palmore, Robert 1952-1961 Edgewater (BIL)


1963 Edgewater (BIL)

late 1950’s tryout with the Baltimore Orioles (MLBB)

Birmingham Industrial League All Star Team:

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(1958 – Western Division)

Parker, Ellis 1946-1947 Miami Giants (bat boy) (IND)

1948-1953 Miami Giants (IND)

Cuban Giants (IND)

Florida Grays (IND)

1949-1955 Dania Red Birds (IND)

1953-1955 Southern University (College football)

1956 Addicks High School (coach)

Parker, William D. 1961-1964 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

(Billy) 1968 Signed by California Angels (MLBB)

1969 Quad Cities Angels (Midwest League)

1970 El Paso Sun Kings (Texas League)

1971 Salt Lake City Angels (PCL)

1971 California Angles (ML)





1973 Drafted by New York Yankees from Salt

Lake City

1974-1976 Syracuse Chiefs (IL)

Parker, W.G. 1934-1937 Langston College

(College Basketball and Football)

1940-1944 Perry Aggies (Owner) (IND)

1945-1949 Muskogee (OK) (Player) (IND)

Parris, Jonathan 1946-1948 New York Cubans (NNL)

(Clyde) 1949 Louisville Buckeyes (NAL)

1951 St. Jean Braves(Canadian Provincial League)

1952 Pueblo Dodgers (Western League)

1953 Miami Sun Sox (Florida International League)

1954 Elmira Pioneers (Eastern league)

1955-1959 Montreal Royals (IL)

1950 Dallas-Ft. Worth Rangers (AA)

1960 Toronto Maple Leafs (IL)

1960 Monterrey Sultanes (Mexican League)

Eastern League Bating Title:

(1954 - .313 BA)

Eastern League Doubles Leader:

(1954 – 40 doubles)

Eastern League Runs Batted In Leader:

(1954 – 90 runs batted in)

Eastern League Most Valuable Player (1954)

International League Batting Title:

(1956 - .321 BA)

Panamanian League Batting Title:

(1959-60 - .434 BA)

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Winter League:

1944 Panama National Baseball Team

(World Amateur World Series)

1945 Panama National Baseball Team

(World Amateur World Series)

1945-46 General Electric (Panama)

1946-47 General Electric (Panama)

1947-48 Chesterfield (Panama)

1948-49 C.N. (Panama)


1950-51 C.N. (Panama)

1951-52 C.N. (Panama)

1952-53 C.N. (Panama)

1952-53 Chesterfield (Caribbean World Series)


1953-54 Carta Vieja (Caribbean World Series)


1954-55 Carta Vieja (Caribbean World Series)

1955-56 Chesterfield (Panama League Champions)

1955-56 Chesterfield (Caribbean World Series)

1956-57 Chesterfield

1956-57 Cerveza Balboa (Caribbean World Series)

1958-59 Cerveza Balboa (Panama)

1959-60 Comercios (Panama)

Patkin, Max (The Clown Prince of Baseball)

1936 Mc Call Post (American Legion)

1936-1938 Frankford High School Speedboys

(West Philadelphia, PA)

(Public League Champions - 1938)

(D) (Patkin had 16 SO in title game)

1938-1940 Wentz-Olney (IND)

1938 Tryout with Cincinnati Reds (MLBB)

(Hank Gowdy - Pitching Coach)

1939-1940 Brown Prep School

(College Baseball & Basketball)

(Muggs Groff - Baseball Coach)

1939 Tryout with Brooklyn Dodgers (MLBB)

1939-1940 Stonehurst Hills (IND)

1940 Tryout with Boston Red Sox (MLBB)

1941 Tryout with Chicago White Sox (MLBB)

(Jimmy Dykes - Manager)

1941 Signed by Chicago White Sox & given contract

w/ Waterloo (IA)

1941 Chicago White Sox Minor League –

Spring Training (Jonesboro, AR)

1941 Waterloo (Three - I League)

1941 Contract sold by Joe E. Brown Jr. to

Wisconsin Rapids for $100

1941 Wisconsin Rapids White Sox

(Wisconsin State League)

1942 Green Bay Bluejays (Wisconsin State League)

1942 Tryout with Philadelphia Phillies (MLBB)

(Hans Lobert (Manager)

1942 Wisconsin Rapids White Sox

298

(Wisconsin State League)

1942-1945 U.S. Navy

(Camp May, New Jersey)

(Great Lakes Naval Training Station)

(AIEA Hospital - Pearl Harbor)

(Navy Baseball Team w/ Pee Wee Reese, Hugh

Casey, Mickey Vernon, Gene Woodling and

Pinky May)

1946 Signed by Cleveland Indians (MLBB)

1946 Wilks-Barre Barons (Eastern League)

1946-1947 Cleveland Indians (Coach) (ML)

(Bill Veeck - Owner)

1951 St. Louis Browns (Coach) (ML)

1951 Enos Slaughter's All Stars (IND)

1953 Baseball Celebrities troupe

(Performed for GI's in Europe)

1946-1995 Professional Baseball Clown and Coach

Chicago White Sox (ML)

Cleveland Indians (ML)

St. Louis Browns (ML)

Harlem Globetrotters (IND)

Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

Kansas City Monarchs (IND)

Satchel Paige's All Stars (IND)

Bob Feller's All Stars (IND)

Harlem Globetrotters Basketball Team (IND)

Philadelphia SPHAS Basketball Team

(Road Team for Globetrotters)

Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame

Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame (1985)

Clown Hall of Fame (1991)

Patterson, Bertrand 1941-1943 Shreveport Black Sports (IND)

(Packinghouse) 1943-1946 U.S. Army (Military Baseball)

(Amphibs - 43rd Trk Bn)

(Iwo Jima League - South Pacific)

(D) 1945 Pacific All Stars

(Series vs Major League All Stars w/

Joe Di Maggio, Kirby Higbe and Johnny Mize)

1947-1948 Los Angeles (CA) area

(Numerous Sand lot teams)

1949 Shreveport Tigers (TNL)

(Dr. N.L. Lacey - Owner)

1949-1954 Grambling University (College Baseball)


1954 House of David (IND)


(Wingfield Welch - Manager)

Patterson, Russell 1955-1960 Savannah Bears (GA) (IND)

(Crazy Legs) 1958 Detroit Tigers Tryout (Lakeland, Florida)

1959 Detroit Tigers Tryout (Lakeland, Florida)


299

1961 New York Royals (IND)

1961 Released – Hurt Arm

1961 Patterson Invaders (New Jersey)

1961 Metropolitan League (New Jersey)

(Several teams)

1962 Patterson Invaders

1962-1964 U.S. Army

1964-1978 Patterson Invaders

Newark (Spanish American League)

Patterson Black Sox (Garden State League)

1974-1985 Patterson Orioles

(Garden State League) (Mgr)

Patterson Black Sox

(Spanish American League)

also coached baseball and football in high school

2010 TSA – State Football Champions (13-1)

Patterson, Willie 1936-1941 Republic Steel (BIL)

(Roy, Pat) (Birmingham Industrial League)

1942-1943 Ford Motor Company

(Detroit Industrial League)

1944-1945 Pittsburgh Crawfords (IND)

1946 Nashville Elite Giants (NSL)

1946-1947 Birmingham Black Barons (NAL)

Louisville Black Colonels



1950 New York Cubans (NAL)

1950 Winnipeg Elmwood Giants (Mandak League)



1952 Philadelphia Stars (NAL)


1954 Louisville Clippers (NAL)

1954 Detroit Stars (NAL)


1955 Minot Mallards (Mandak League)




1957 Detroit Stars (NAL)

1957 Mobile Bears (NAL)

1957 New Orleans Crescent Bears (NAL)

1958-1960 Mobile Black Shippers (IND)

1960 Detroit-New Orleans Stars (NAL)

1960-1961 Mobile Black Shippers (IND)


(1952-West, 1953-West and 1955-East)

Peace, Warren 1941-1944 Paige's All Stars (IND)

(Bill) (Team owned by Charlie Paige)

1945-1948 Newark Eagles (NNL)

1949-1950 Richmond Giants (IND)

Winter Leagues:

300

1945 Newark Eagles Spring Training

(Richmond, Virginia)

1946-1948 Newark Eagles Spring Training

(Jacksonville, Florida)

Pearson, Frank 1944 Little Rock Black Travelers (NSL)

(Wahoo) 1945-1948 Memphis Red Sox (NAL)


1949 New York Black Yankees (IND)

1949 New York Cubans (NAL)


(D) 1950 Ligon's All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming Team - Hondo, Texas)


1951-1952 Leseur Giants (Minnesota League)

1954 Louisville Black Colonels (NAL)


Peatross, Maurice 1943-1944 Homewood Monarchs

(Babyface) (Greater Pittsburgh League)

1944-1945 Pittsburgh Crawfords (USL)

1946 Tampico (Mexican League)

1946-1947 United States Air Force

(Air Force All Star Baseball Team)

(Athletic Instructor)

(Meade AFB, Stewart AFB-West Point &

Mitchell Field)

(Athletic Director - Enid AFB)


1947 Atlanta Black Crackers (NSL)


1948 Drummondville (Quebec Provincial League)

1948 Recruited by Pie Traynor of Pittsburgh

Pirates (MLBB)

1948 Brooklyn Dodgers Tryout - Ebbetts Field

(New York)

1948 Signed by Brooklyn Dodgers (MLBB)

1949 Geneva (Border League)

1950 Fargo-Moorhead (Northern League)

1951 Erie (Mid-Atlantic League)

1952 Magic Valley Cowboys (Pioneer League)

1953 Drummondville (Canadian Provincial League)

1954-1955 Terrace Village

(Greater Pittsburgh League)

(Player - Manager)

Winter Leagues:

1946 Satchel Paige's All Stars IND)

(Thirteen Game Series vs Bob Feller's All

Stars)

1946 Jackie Robinson All-Stars (IND)

(Three game series vs Ewell Blackwell

All Stars in Oklahoma City and Omaha, NB)

1947 Homestead Grays Spring Training

(Atlanta, Georgia)

1948 Halifax Wanderers (Professional Football)

301

(Nova Scotia, Canada)

1949 Winnipeg Blue Bombers (CFL)

(Full back and Linebacker)

Peeples, Nat 1948 Memphis Red Sox (NAL)

1950 New Orleans Creoles (NSL)


1950-1951 Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)

1951 Atlanta Crackers (Southern League)

1951-1952 Elmira Pioneers (Eastern League)

(D) 1952 Santa Barbara (California League)

1953 Keokuk (Three I League)

1953 Evansville (Three I League)

1953 Pueblo (Western League)

1954 Atlanta Crackers (Southern League)

1954 Jacksonville (Sally League)

1955 Evansville (Three I League)


1956 Austin Senators (Texas League)


1957 Corpus Christi (Big State League)

1958 Mexico City Reds (Mexican League)

1958-1959 Austin (Texas League)

1959 San Antonio (Texas League)

1959 Louisville (AA)


Winter Leagues: 1950-1951 Spur Cola (Panamanian League)

1951 Spur Cola

(Caribbean World Series)

(Caracas, Venezuela)

1952 Negro League Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming tour vs Jackie Robinson's

Major League All Stars)

1953 Chesterfield (Panamanian League)

1953 Chesterfield

(Caribbean World Series - Habana, Cuba)

1954 Negro American League All Stars (IND)

(First black player in AA – Southern Association)

Peloquin, Larry 1984-1987 Plainwell High School

(High School Baseball)

1988 Ocala Baseball Camp (Player)


1988 Hamilton Red Birds (Canadian League)

(St. Louis Cardinals - AA Team)

1989 Retired - Hurt Arm Lifting Weights

1994-1995 Plainwell High School (Baseball Coach)

1999 Otsego High School (Coach)

Pendleton, James 1946-1948 Asheville Blues (NSL)

(Jim) 1948 Chicago American Giants (NNL)


302

1949-1951 St. Paul Saints (AA)

1952 Montreal Royals (IL)

(D) 1953 Traded to Milwaukee Braves (MLBB)

1953-1956 Milwaukee Braves (ML)

1955 Toledo Sox (AA)

1956 Wichita Braves (AA)

1957 Traded by Milwaukee to Pittsburgh Pirates for

Dick Cole

1957-1958 Pittsburgh Pirates (ML)

1958 Columbus Jets (IL)

1959 Traded by Pittsburgh with Whammy Douglas,

Johnny Powers and Frank Thomas to Cincinnati

Reds for Smoky Burgess, Harvey Haddix and Don

Hoak

1959 Cincinnati Reds (ML)

1960 Havana Sugar Kings (IL)

1960-1961 Jersey City Jerseys (IL)

1961 Purchased by Houston from Cincinnati Reds

1962 Houston Colt 45's (ML)

1963 Oklahoma City 89ers (PCL)

1963 San Antonio Bullets (Texas League)

1964 Wichita Rapid Transit Dreamliners

National Baseball Congress –

(Wichita Tournament)

1965 Wichita Rapid Transit Dreamliners

National Baseball Congress –

(Wichita Tournament National Champions)

Winter Leagues:

1948-49 Magallanes (Venezuelan League)

1949-50 Magallanes (Venezuelan League Champions)

1950 Magallanes (Caribbean World Series)

1950-51 Magallanes (Venezuela League Champions)

1951 Magallanes (Caribbean World Series)

1951-52 Magallanes (Venezuela)

1952-53 Cienfuegos (Cuba)

1952 Roy Campanella All Stars (IND)

1953 Roy Campanella All Stars (IND)

(Southern Tour - Seven game series vs

Birmingham Black Barons)

(Game vs Major League All Stars Wrigley

Field, Los Angeles, CA)

1954 Roy Campanella's Negro Major League All Stars

(IND)


(Game vs Kent Parker's Major League All Stars

at Lane Field San Diego)

1959 Hank Aaron's All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming series vs Harmon Killebrew's

All Stars)

Venezuelan League Homerun Title

(1948-49 – 8 homeruns)

Venezuelan League Batting Title

(1949-50 – Hit .387)

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Venezuelan League Runs Scored Title

(1949-50 – 47 runs)

Venezuelan League Doubles Title

(1950-51 – 18 doubles)

Venezuelan League Triples Title

(1950-51 – 5 triples)

Venezuelan League Stolen Bases Leader

(1951-52 – 12 steals)

Pendleton, Oscar H. 1936-1939 Newellton (Louisiana)

1939-1942 Tuskegee College (College Baseball)


Ft. Benning All-Star Team

1946 Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)

1946 Tuskegee College (College Baseball)

Pennington, Art D. late 1930’s Hot Springs Langston High School (AR)

(Superman) 1938 Zulu Clowns (IND)

(Happy Foreman - Manager)

1939 West Indian Royals (IND)

(Miami, Florida)





1946 Pittsburgh Crawfords

1946 Monterrey Vera Cruz (Mexican League)

1946-1948 Puebla (Mexican League)

1948-1951 Culiacan (Mexico)


1949 Portland (PCL)

1949 Salem (Western International League)


1952 Keokuk Kernels (Three-I League)

1953 Keokuk Kernels (Three-I League)

1953 Cibaenas (Dominican Summer League)

1953-1954 Cedar Rapids (Three I League)

1955-1956 Bismarck Barons (Mandak League)

1955 St. Petersburg (Florida State League)

1956 Modesto (California League)

1957 Mason City (Southern Minnesota League)

1958 St. Petersburg Saints (Florida State League)

1959 Modesto Reds (California League)

Winter Leagues: 1945 Birmingham Black Barons

(Barnstorming series vs Joe Sprinz's Major

and Minor League All Stars in California)

1947-1948 Habana Leonas (Cuba)

1948 Venezuela (Caracas, Venezuela)

1948 Barranquilla (Colombia)

1948-1951 Mexico

1949 New York Stars All Star Team (IND)

(Barnstorming tour from New York City to

304

Wichita Falls, Texas)

(South American Tour - Caracas, Venezuela)

1952 Culiacan (Mexican Pacific Coast League)

Three - I League Batting Title (1952 - Hit .349)

Three I League All Star Team (1952)

Outstanding Hitter:

.336 Negro League Career Average

.300 Mexican League Career Average

.322 Minor League Career Average

California Winter League All Star Team (1945)


(1942-West & 1950-West)

Pennington, Robert 1947-1953 Durham Eagles (NCL)

Durham Eagles (IND)

1954-1958 Durham Rams (IND)

Perkins, John 1961-1962 Chicago Maroons (Chicago, IL)

1961-1962 High School baseball – Chicago

All City Selection both years


Satchel Paige All Stars (IND)


1965-1966 Dubuque Packers (Midwest League)

1966 Broke ankle - Retired

Perkins, Sandy 1959-1962 Crane Tech High School

(Chico) (Chicago, Illinois)

1961-1966 Douglas Park Sox

1962-1965 Midlothian White Sox

(Greater Semipro Baseball League)

(Chicago, Illinois)

1966 Dick Howser Baseball School

(D) 1966 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

1966 Los Angeles Dodgers (MLBB) Try Out Camp

(Leon Hamilton -Scout)

1966 Cut by Los Angeles Dodgers

early 1970's Major League Baseball Scout

Los Angeles Dodgers

National Baseball Placement Bureau

Peraino, Tim 1979-1982 North Central College

(College Baseball)


(George Long - Owner)


(Dave Clark - Owner)

(Lead team in hitting - .470)

1984 Tryout - New York Yankees (MLBB)

(Yankee Stadium - New York)

305

1985 Metro Yankees

1985 Napierville Suns

1985 Signed by Chicago White Sox (MLBB)

1985 Chicago White Sox Spring Training

1985 Hurt Shoulder - Released

1986-1988 Sunshine Eagles

(Australian Baseball Federation)

(Victoria - Australia)

1988 Sunshine Eagles (Grand Finals Champions)

Pereira, Jose 1947 Baltimore Elite Giants (NNL)

(Pepin)

Winter Leagues:




Pernell, Howard 1938-1939 C.C.C. Camp (Oklahoma)

1942-1946 U. S. Army (Military Baseball)

(Bremerton, Washington)

(Bremerton Naval Yards)

1946-1948 Tulsa Black Oilers

1948-1950 Detroit Stars (IND)

(C.L. Wilson - Owner)

1951-1955 Ford All Stars (NABF)

(1951 - NABF League Champions)

(1951 - Undefeated Season)

1956 Detroit Speed Kings (DBF)

(Detroit Baseball Federation Champions)

1956-1961 Detroit Speed Kings (DBF)

1956-1971 Ford All Stars (NABF)

Winter Leagues:

1950 Detroit Stars

(NBC State Tournament - Monroe, Michigan)

National Baseball Congress All-State:

(1950 - State Tournament - Monroe, MI)

Perry, Alonzo Jr. 1960-1961 Stockham (BIL)


1963 Birmingham Black Barons (IND)


Negro League All Star Team (1962)

Petree, Nelson 1944-1947 Winston Salem Pond Giants (IND)

1947-1950 Winston Salem Pond Giants (NCL)

(Babe Davis - Owner & Manager)

1949-1950 Brooklyn Cuban Giants (IND)

1960-1964 Winston Salem Pond Giants

(Piedmont Association League) (owner)

1965-1995 Winston Salem Pond Giants

(Winston Salem City League) (owner)

306

Pettis, David 1972-194 Mississippi Gulf Coast Junior College

(College Baseball)

1974 Cincinnati Reds (MLBB) Tryout

1974-1979 Pascagoula Merchants (GCNL)

Peyton, Randolph 1959-1960 Grand Bay Packers (GCNL)

(Kitty Kat) Mobile Black Bears (GCNL)

Mobile Black Bears (IND)

Moss Point Tigers (GCNL)



1978 Grand Bay Packers (GCNL)


Phillips, Danny 1963-1964 Douglas Tigers (IND)

Phillips, James 1956-1976 Lindale Dragons (IND)

1956-1976 Lindale Dragons (Josh Gibson League)

Phillips, Richard 1946-1947 Atlanta Panthers (Branch Rickey League)

(Dick) 1948-1951 Morris Brown College (Atlanta, GA)


Negro League All Star Team (1952-West)

Phillips, Norris 1942 Memphis Red Sox (NAL)

(D) 1942-1943 Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)

Pickett, Robert D. 1948-1952 Picayune East Side

(Zeke) 1953-1956 Picayune High School

(Football-Basketball-Track)

1953-1958 Picayune Black Sox (IND)

1956-1960 Alcorn State

(College Baseball & Football)

(Bill Foster - Coach)

1956-1960 Bude (MS) (IND)

1960 Picayune Blue Sox (IND)

1961-1965 Riley High School (Coach)

(Baseball-Football-Basketball)

1961-1965 Riley Panthers (IND)

1965-1969 Picayune Blue Sox (IND)

Pierce, Lavern early to mid 1960’s

Laurel (MS) Town Team

(Jack) San Jose City Community College

1968 Selected by the New York Mets in the 9th

round of the Free Agent Draft – did not sign

1969 Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd

round of the Free Agent Draft – did not sign

1970 Selected by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd

round of the Free Agent Draft – signed

1970 Magic Valley Cowboys (Pioneer League)

1971 Kinston Eagles (Carolina League)

1972 Savannah Braves (Southern League)

1973 Richmond Braves (IL)


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1974 Jalisco Charros (Mexican League)


1975 Traded by Atlanta to the Detroit Tigers

for Reggie Sanders

1975 Detroit Tigers (ML)

1975 Evansville Triplets (AA)

1976 Puebla (Mexican League)

1977 Nankai (Japanese League)

1978 San Jose Missions (PCL)

1978 Puebla (Mexican League)


1980 Saltillo (Mexican League)

1980-1981 Coatzacoalcos (Mexican League)

1982 Aquascalientes (Mexican League)

1983 Campeche (Mexican League)

1983 Vera Cruz (Mexican League)

1983 Saltillo (Mexican League)

1984-1987 Leon (Mexican League)

1987 Mexico City Tigres (Mexican League)

1992-1993 Vera Cruz (Mexican League) (Manager)

1998 Yucatan (Mexican League) (Manager)

Mexican League Homerun Title:

(1976 – 36 HR, 1980 – 7 HR and 1986 54 HR)

Mexican League Runs Batted In Title:

(1976 – 118 RBI)

Mexican League Hall of Fame (2001)

Pierre, Rogers 1936-1937 Zulu Cannibal Giants (IND)

(Askari, Shape) 1938 Colored House of David (IND)


1939-1941 Miami Ethiopian Clowns (IND)

1942 Cincinnati Ethiopian Clowns

1943 Cincinnati Clowns (NAL)

(D) 1944 Indianapolis-Cincinnati Clowns (NAL)

1945 Seattle Steelheads (NPCL)

1945 New Orleans Black Pelicans (NSL)

1945-1948 Harlem Globetrotters (IND)

Piloto, Jose 1945 Club de la Ruta No. 4 (Cuba)

1946 Merida (Mexico)

1947 Palm Beach (FSNL)

1948-1950 Memphis Red Sox (NAL)

1950 Vera Cruz (Mexican League)

1952 Canada

1952-1953 Baranquilla (Colombia)

1954 Monterrey (Mexican League)

1954-1959 Aguilas (Dominican Republic)

Caracas (Venezuela)

Managua (Nicaragua)

Panama

El Salvador

1956 Flor De Cana (Nicaraguan League)

Winter Leagues:

308

1949-1950 Havana (Cuba)

Pirtle, J.W. 1949 Houston Eagles – Spring Training

(Hot Springs, AR) (NAL)

1949-1950 Houston Eagles (NAL)


(Sent to Memphis when Eagles folded)

1952-1954 Military Service

1954 Signed by New York Giants (MLBB)

1954 Yakima (WA)

(Assigned by New York Giants but did not report)

1954-1965 Champaign Eagles

(Eastern Illinois League)

(Wardell Jackson – Owner)

1960 Eastern Illinois League Champions

Pitts, Horace 1937-1942 Palace Park Aces (IND)

Shreveport Acme Giants

(Winfield Welch - Manager)

1942 Cincinnati Buckeyes (NAL)

(Winfield Welch - Manager)


(Hattiesburg, Mississippi)

(Europe - England, Scotland and Omaha Beach)

(Played against Ted Williams)

1946-1953 Shreveport Black Sports (IND)

Plummer, Artis 1944 Durham Eagles (IND)

1944 Johnson C. Smith College

1944-1946 North Carolina Central University

(College Baseball & Football)

1946-1949 Durham Eagles (NCL)

1949 Charlotte Blues (NAA)

1950 Cleveland Buckeyes (NAL)

1950 Durham Eagles (NCL)

1951 Durham Eagles (IND)

1951 Atlanta Black Crackers (NSL)

1951-1952 North Carolina Central University


1955 Roxboro Colts

(North Carolina Semipro League)


1959-1965 Durham Rams (Manager) (IND)

Winter Leagues:


1952 Roy Campanella's All Stars (IND)

(Barnstorming Tour vs Gil Hodges All Stars)

1952 Durham All Stars (IND)

(Willie Mays played on team)

Plump, Fred 1970-1989 West End Dodgers (BIL)

“Lefty” 1990 Wenonah (BIL)

1991-2002 West End Dodgers (Manager) (BIL)

309

Poles, Reid 1951-1953 Harrisburg Giants (IND)

(Spottswood Poles - Manager)

1954 Harrisburg Giants (ENL)

1954-1960 U.S.A.F.

(Military Baseball - Puerto Rico)

1961-1963 Olmstead Flyers


Polk, Louis 1938-1947 San Antonio Black Sox (IND)


Pollard, Nathaniel 1940 Stockham Valve Fitting Co. (BIL)

(Nat) 1941 ACIPCO (BIL)


(D) 1944-1945 U.S. Army (Military Service)


Poole, Milton 1933-1940 Conroe (Texas)

1940-1942 Conroe Pine Knots (IND)

1942-1943 Baytown Oilers (IND)

(D) 1944 San Francisco Seal Lions

1944-1945 Oakland Monarchs (IND)


1946 San Francisco Sea Lions (NPCL)

1946-1948 Oakland Monarchs (IND)

1949 Satchel Paige All Stars (IND)

1949 California Tigers

(Maxwell National League)(California)

1949 California Tigers (IND)

Winter Leagues:

1945 Barnstorming Colored Giants (IND)

(West Coast Tour vs Pete Gray's Coast

All Stars)

Pope, David 1939-1940 Joe Louis Punchers

(Dave) (Semipro Softball Team)


(Camp Lee - Petersburg, VA)

(D) 1946 Homestead Grays (NNL)

1946 Pittsburgh Crawfords (USL)


1947 Detroit Senators (IND)


(Denver Post Tournament - 2nd Place)

1948-1949 Farnham Pirates (Quebec)

(Canadian Provincial League)


1950-1951 Wilkes-Barre Indians (Eastern League)

1952 Indianapolis Indians (AA)



1954-1955 Cleveland Indians (ML)

1955-1956 Baltimore Orioles (ML)



1957-1958 San Diego Padres (PCL)

310


1960 Houston Buffs (AA)


Winter Leagues:

1946 Jackie Robinson’s All Stars

1951-52 San Juan (Puerto Rico)


1953-54 Gavilanes (Venezuela)

1954 Cleveland Indians - World Series

(Lost to New York Giants 4-0)

1954-55 Santa Maria (Venezuela)

American Association Batting Title

(1952 Hit .352)

Venezuelan Winter League Batting Title

(1953-54 Hit .345)

Venezuelan League Runs Scored Leader

(1954-55 – 32 runs scored)

Venezuelan League Doubles Leader

(1953-54 –22 doubles)

Venezuelan League Triples Leader

(1953-54 – 6 triples)

Venezuelan League Slugging Average Leader

(1953-54 - .568)

Venezuelan League Triples Leader

(1954-55 – 6 triples)

San Diego (PCL) Most Valuable Player (1957)

Pope, Willie 1942-1944 U.S. Army (Military Baseball)

(Bill) 1944 Pittsburgh Crawfords (IND)


1945-1946 Pittsburgh Crawfords (USL)


1947-1948 Homestead Grays (NNL)

1949-1950 Farnham Pirates


1950 Jalisco Charros (Mexican League)

1951 St. Hyacinthe Saints


1952-1953 Colorado Springs Sky Sox(Western League)


1954 Charleston Senators (AA)

1955 Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Western League)

Winter Leagues:

1947 Kansas City Royals

(Barnstorming Tour vs Bob Fellers All Stars)


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1953-54 Marianao (Cuba)

1954-55 Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic League)

Late 1950’s-early 1960’s

Nicaraguan Professional Baseball League

Portas, Louis 1957-1974 Dania Red Birds (IND)

Porter, Andrew 1932 Louisville Black Caps (NSL)

(Andy, Pullman) 1932 Cleveland Cubs (NSL)

1932 Chicago Memorial Giants (IND)

1932 Nashville Elite Giants (NSL)

1933-1934 Nashville Elite Giants (NNL)

1935 Columbus Elite Giants (NNL)

1936-1937 Washington Elite Giants (NNL)

1938-1939 Baltimore Elite Giants (NNL)

1939 Tampico Alijadores (Mexican League)

1940 Nuevo Laredo (Mexican League)


1942-1943 Vera Cruz (Mexican League)

1942-1946 Baltimore Elite Giants (NNL)


1947 Newark Eagles (NNL)

1948-1950 Indianapolis Clowns (NAL)

1950 Winnipeg Buffaloes (Mandak League)

1951 Saskatoon 55s (Northern Saskatchewan League)

1951 Eston Ramblers (Northern Saskatchewan League)

1951 Delise Gems (Northern Saskatchewan League)

1951 Delise Gems (Canadian Baseball Tournaments)

1952 Indian Head (Canada) (IND)

1952 North Battleford

(Saskatchewan Baseball League)

1952 Porterville

(Southwestern International League)

1952-1953 Carman (Mandak League)

Winter Leagues:

1932-1933 Nashville Elite Giants (CAWL)


1936 Negro League All Stars (IND)

(Denver Post Tournament Champions)

(Midwest Tour vs Major League All Star Team)

(Mexican Barnstorming Tour)


1937-1938 Philadelphia Royal Giants (CAWL)

1938 Colored National League All Stars (IND)

(Five game series vs Mexico's Professional

League All Stars @ El Porvenir Park and

Wrigley Field in Los Angeles, CA)

1938-1939 Philadelphia Royal Giants (CAWL)

1939-1940 Santa Clara (Cuban Winter League)

1940-1941 Almendares (Cuba)

1941-1942 Royal Giants (CAWL)


(Series vs Coast All Stars w/ Bob Feller at

Wrigley Field)

(Three game series vs Di Maggio's Major

312

Leaguers @ Wrigley Field)

1946 Robinson's All Stars (IND)

Satchel Paige's All Stars (IND)

(Game in San Diego, CA vs Bob Feller's

All Stars)


1948 Kansas City Royals

(Game vs Bob Lemmon's All Stars in Los Angeles)

1949 New York Stars All Star Team (IND)

(Barnstorming tour from New York City

to Wichita Falls, Texas)

(South American Tour - Caracas, Venezuela)

1949-50 Vargas (Venezuelan League)



Mexican League Strikeout Leader:

(1940 - 232 strikeouts and 1941 - 133 strikeouts)

Negro League All Star Team:

(1934-East, 1937-East and 1949-East)

Porter, Don 1955-1956 Little Rock Cubs






(4th Army Champions)

(Ft. Hood, Texas & Germany)

1962 Houston Colt 45's Spring Training

1962-1969 Sacramento Giants

Rainbo Bread

Square Deal Roofing

La Fiesta

Porter, Everett 1966 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

also played for Thetford Mines (Canada)

Porter, Merle M. 1943-1946 Watts Giants

1947-1948 New Orleans Creoles (NSL)


(D) 1950 Los Angeles Eagles

1950-1960 Watts Giants

(Won four city championships)

Porter, Joe 1949-1966 Decatur Nationals (Town Team)


(fill-in – replacement player after the

season started)

1967-1975 Decatur Nationals (Town Team)

1959-1966 Decatur Roughriders

(Semiprofessional football team)

(Only lost two games from 1960 to 1966)

313

Portier, James 1953-1956 Key West Eagles (Key West City League)

(Rocky) Key West Eagles (IND)

1954-1956 Key West High School

(High school baseball and football)




1956 Victoria Eagles (Big State League)

1956 Released by Brooklyn Dodgers organization

1956-1957 New York Black Yankees (IND)


1958-1965 Key West Eagles(Key West City League)

Key West Eagles (IND)

Postell, Jack 1966-1973 High Springs (FL)

Gainesville (FL)

1970 Baines High School

1971-1973 Sante Fe High School

(Gainesville, Florida)

1973-1975 Southern Oregon College

(Ashland, Oregon)

(College Football & Baseball)

1976-1994 Tampa Lookouts (Tampa Bay League)

1995-2006 Tampa Night Hawks (Clearwater league)

Potter, Robert 1966-1967 Indianapolis Clowns (IND)

(Bobbie) 1966-1967 New York Stars (IND)

1968 Signed by Cincinnati Reds (MLBB)

1968 Reds (Gulf Coast League)

1969-1976 Dothan Colts

(Semipro Team - Dothan, Alabama)

Powe, Ralph 1940-1945 Mobile Black Shippers (IND)

1946-1949 Pritchard Athletics (IND)

Powell, Ernest 1945-1946 Tuskegee Airmen (Military Baseball)


San Antonio Bombers (STNL)

(D) San Antonio Indians (STNL)

San Antonio Yankees (STNL)

Denver Heights Bears (STNL)

Kerrville (Town Team)

1951 Laredo Apaches (Gulf Coast League)

1954-1974 U.S. Army

(Played military baseball for several years)

Powell, Frederick 1938-1940 Davidsonville Clowns (IND)

(Freddy) 1941-1945 Military Service

1945-1947 Wee Wee Tigers (Manager)

(Mitchellville, MD)

1947-1952 Mitchellville Tigers (IND)

Powell, Roosevelt 1955-1957 Birmingham (AL)

314

Eastside various sandlot teams

(Ship) 1958-1973 Connors Steel (BIL)

Birmingham Industrial League All Star Team:

(1958 – Eastern Division)

Powell, William 1934-1935 YMCA League - Birmingham (AL)

(Bill) 1936-1941 24th Street Red Sox (BIL)

American Cast Iron Pipe (BIL)



1951 Colorado Springs Sky Sox (Western League)

1951 Sacramento (PCL)


1952 Toledo (AA)

1952-1953 Charleston (AA)

1954 Toronto (IL)

1954 Havana Cuban Sugar Kings (IL)

1955 Charleston (AA)

1955 Havana Cuban Sugar Kings (IL)

1956 San Antonio (Texas League)

1956-1957 Savannah (Sally League)


1958 Knoxville (Sally League)

1959 Ashville (Sally League)

1959 Lloydminister(Western Canada Baseball League)

1959 Medicine Hat (Canada)

1961 Charlotte (Sally League)

Winter Leagues:

1948 Birmingham Black Barons

(Negro American League Championship)

1948-49 Mayaguez Indians (Puerto Rico)

1949 Mayaguez Indians (Caribbean World Series)

1949-50 Ponce Leones (Puerto Rico)

1949-50 Marianao (Cuba)



1951 Santurce

(Caribbean World Series - Caracas, Venezuela)


1952-53 Cienfuegos (Cuba)

1953-54 Caracas (Venezuelan League)

1955 Pacific Coast All Stars (IND)



also played in Caracas, Venezuela, Santo Domingo,

Colombia and Mexico

Negro League Wins Leader (1950: 15-4 record)


(1948-West and 1950-West)

315

Puerto Rican League All Star Team:

(1949-50 and 1950-51)

Preston, Leroy 1930 Chicago American Giants (bat boy) (NNL)

1941 Knoxville College (college baseball)

Presswood, Henry 1936-1937 Mill City Jitterbugs (IND)

(Hank) 1938-1944 Denkman All Stars (IND)

(Sponsored by local lumber co.)

(Canton, Mississippi)

1945-1947 U. S. Army - Special Services

(Military Baseball)

1948 Denkman All Stars (IND)


1949 Cleveland Buckeyes (IND)


1951 Denkman All Stars (IND)


1953-1963 Inland Steel(Chicago Industrial League)

Price, Marvin 1948 Armour Meat Packing


(Quincy Trouppe - Manager)

1948-1949 Armour Meat Packing Co.


1950 Houston Eagles (NAL)


1951 New Orleans Eagles (NAL)

1952 Contract sold to Pittsburgh Pirates (MLBB) by

the New Orleans Eagles – Feb 1952

1952 Pittsburgh Pirates Spring Training

(Deland, Florida)



1954-1955 Chicago Monarchs (IND)

1956 Signed by Tony Piet of Baltimore Orioles

(MLBB)

1956 San Antonio Missions Spring Training

1957 Baltimore Orioles Spring Training

(Grapefruit League)

Price, Roscoe 1945 Louisville Black Colonels (NSL)


1947-1948 Grand Rapids Black Sox (IND)

1948-1951 Zulu's Cannibal Giants (IND)

1951 Washington Pilots




1955 Kelley - Holmes Baseball Team

(Flint, Michigan) (Wichita Tournament)


1956-1963 Grand Rapids Sullivan's

Grand Rapids-Fox Jewelry

Negro Southern League All Star Team (1945)

316

Pride, Charlie 1953 Boise Yankees (Pioneer League)

1953 Fond du Lac Panthers (Wisconsin State League)



1954-1957 Memphis Red Sox (NAL)

1955 Nogales Yaquis (Arizona-Mexico League)

1956 Negro League All Stars (IND)

(Barnstormed vs Willie Mays All Stars)

1957-1958 Fort Carson (Colorado)

(U.S. Army - Military Baseball)

(All Army Championship - 1957)


1960 Missoula Timber Jacks (Pioneer League)

1960 East Helena Smellterites (Industrial Team)

(East Helena, Montana)


(1956-West and 1957-West)

(1957 East-West All Star Game West team's starting

pitcher)

(Famous Country Western Music Singer)

Pride, Mack 1950-1954 Clarksdale Brown Bombers (IND)



Pridgen, Dan 1966-1970 Jackson State University

(College Football)


High School Coaching Career:

1974-1981 Biloxi High School (Football Coach)

1986-1995 Hattiesburg High School

(Head Basketball Coach)

Priester, Cecil 1953-1962 Columbia (SC) – various sandlot teams


1962 New York Stars (IND)

1963-1967 United States Air Force

Pritchett, Robert 1965-1985 Connors Steel (BIL)

Proctor, James A. 1953 Maryland State College (College Baseball)

(Jim) 1953 Milford (Delaware) (Town Team)

1954 Maryland State College (CIAA)

(College Baseball-CIAA Champions)

1954 Signed by Milwaukee Braves(MLBB) Organization

1955 Milwaukee Braves Spring Training

(Waycross, Georgia)

1955 West Palm Beach Indians

(Florida State League)



1955 Contract sold to Detroit Tigers (MLBB)

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1956 Augusta Tigers (Sally League)

1956 Terre Haute Tigers (Three - I League)

1957 Augusta Tigers (Sally League)

1957-1958 Charleston Senators (AA)

1958 Lancaster Red Roses (Eastern League)

1959 Knoxville Smokies (Sally League)

1959 Detroit Tigers (ML)

1960 Victoria Rosebuds (Texas League)

1961 Houston Buffs (AA)

1962-1963 Salt Lake City Bees (PCL)

1963 Detroit Tigers Spring Training

1963 Knoxville Smokies (Sally League)

Southern League Leading Pitcher:

(1954 - 15 won 5 lost with 2.19 ERA)

Pugh, Donald 1974-1980 Connor Steel (BIL)

1980-1985 East Thomas (BIL)

Purcell, Herman D. 1938-1939 Indian Stars (IND)

(St. Louis, Missouri)

1940-1943 St. Louis Giants

(St. Louis Metropolitan League)


1945-1946 St. Louis Blues

(D) 1947 Kansas City Monarchs (NAL)



1949 Jess Elster's Colored Athletics (IND)

(Grand Rapids, Michigan)

1949 Grand Rapids Black Sox

(Southwest Michigan League)

Grand Rapids Black Sox (IND)

Puryear, Nathaniel 1969-1975 Biloxi Dodgers (GCNL)

(Nate) 1973-1974 Stillman College (College Baseball)

1976 Selected by Boston Red Sox in 1st round of

Major League Draft

1976 Selected by Cleveland Indians in the

secondary phase of Free Agent Draft


1976 Batavia Trojans (New York Penn League)

1977 Waterloo Indians (Midwest league)

1978 Chattanooga Lookouts (Southern League)

1978 Portland Beavers (PCL)

1979 Cleveland Indians Spring Training Roster (ML)

1979 Tacoma Tugs (PCL)

1981 Charleston Charlies (IL)

1981 Waterloo Indians (Midwest League)

1982 Chattanooga Lookouts (Southern League)

1983 Stockton Ports (California League)

1984 Retired from professional baseball

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