Black History Month: Satchel Paige 6/04/2024 at 10:39 PM The new Topps Negro Leagues Card Series View More Videos Awards World Series Championship YearTeamLeague 1948Cleveland IndiansAL AL All-Star YearTeamLeague 1952St. Louis BrownsAL
• Ted Williams’ induction to the National Baseball Hall of Fame on July 25, 1966, was famous not only for the celebration of the hitting savant, but also for Williams’ advocation for the Hall to elect Negro League players. “I hope that some day the names of Satchel Paige and Josh...
During the era of racial segregation in the United States, African-American players were excluded from Major League Baseball so they formed their own professional leagues, known as the Negro Leagues. Satchel Paige became one of the most dominant players in the Negro Leagues, entertaining huge crowd...
Best Known For: A trailblazing player in the Negro Leagues, baseball pitcher Satchel Paige also became the oldest rookie in Major League history and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Industries Baseball Astrological Sign: Cancer Schools Indust...
Best Known For: A trailblazing player in the Negro Leagues, baseball pitcher Satchel Paige also became the oldest rookie in Major League history and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971. Advertisement - Continue Reading Below Industries Baseball Astrological Sign: Cancer Schools Indust...
“The League,” ready for its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival later this month, celebrates the all-black league in all of its facets: from the entrepreneurs that created it to the legendary players like Satchel Paige, Buck O’Neil, as well as Hall of Famers like Willie Mays ...
League all-stars against a group of Negro all-stars organized by Satchel. Feller scheduled 35 games in 31 cities to be played in 27 days. Feller and Paige were to pitch as often as possible and their stats showed both pitched well. Feller pitched 54 innings against Paige’s team, giving...
Satchel Paigewas a greatNegro Leaguepitcher who was still effective when he came to the white major leagues in his 40's. Some of his quotes became quite famous. It was common, during his career in the white majors, for observers to speculate about his age. The official Paige site (www....
Negro League batboy, real estate broker: Met players such as Satchel Paige, Jackie Robinson as a youthLisa Donovan
Wilkinson had his eye on the $7,500 first-place prize but also wanted second-place money. So he brought in Paige and his catcher, Bill “Cy” Perkins, from the Negro National League’s Pittsburgh Crawfords to play for House of David. He also added the Monarchs' Sam Bankhead and eventua...