Family Life He was married three times: to Janet Howard, Lucy Mary Figueroa, and Lahoma Brown from 1947 until his death. He became a first-time father at the age of forty-two. He and Brown had seven children together. Associated With ...
In 1971, Satchel Paige became the first African American pitcher to be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Satchel Paige is the oldest rookie in baseball history, debuting in the major leagues on his 42nd birthday. Death Year: 1982 Death date: June 8, 1982 Death State: Missouri Death...
As always with Paige, 1937 started of in controversy as Satchel was recruited to play in the Dominican Republic. He was recruited by Dr. José Enrique Aybar, who among other things was a government official who also ran the “Los Dragones” baseball team that was owned by the Dominican dic...
“I was nineteen years old when I played with Satchel Paige in 1968. He knew my name but called me Daffy – and I was happy to let him. By then Satchel had lived one of the most extraordinary live of our times, and Ace Smith capture his spirit with his compelling true story of the...