Rosters of Barnstorming and Independent Black Baseball Teams (1946-1988)
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Rosters of Barnstorming and Independent Black Baseball Teams (1946-1988) Atlanta Black Crackers Chet Brewer’s Royals Chicago Brown Bombers (1946) (1946) (1946) Bill Bradford OF Chet Brewer Mgr Roosevelt Davis P Robert Branson P/OF Sam Hairston C Elmwood De Moss Mgr Charley Byrd 3B Buster Haywood C Simmie Gardner P Burke P Dave Hoskins P John Humble P Slick Coleman P Cowan Hyde OF Kemp P Bill Cooper C Verdell “Lefty” Mathis P Jack Lucas 2B Lomax “Butch” Davis OF Walt Mc Coy P Arthur Mast P “Sunny” Jim Echols P Booker Mc Daniels P Mc Mullen OF John “Early Bird” Ellison C Lee Moody 1B Al Morehead C/OF Carl Emerson SS Ray Neil 2B Gip Noble OF Tomas “Monk” Favors 1B Clyde Nelson 3B Otis Patterson P Charles Glenn OF Jimmy Newberry P George Perisee OF David Harper OF Satchel Paige P John Porter C Sammy Haynes Mgr/C Al Smith Utly Dick Ray 2B/SS Bozo Jackson SS Ed Steele OF John Reed OF Brennan King P Jesse Williams SS Armstead Rhodes 1B Early King P Walt Mc Coy P Lefty Thompson P Merritt P Booker Mc Daniels P Eugene Tyler SS Dusty Owens 2B Lee Moody 1B George Waller 3B Johnny Richardson SS Ray Neil 2B Bilbo Williams OF William Rowe P Emanuel Sampson OF Bob Steward OF Willie Terrell 3B Leon Wyatt P 1 Chicago Monarchs Cincinnati Crescents Cincinnati Crescents (1946) (1946) (Hawaiian Tour - 1946) Sammie Braxton 1B George Alexander P Dan Bankhead P Paul Brown OF Lefty Brooks P Fred Bankhead INF/OF Stubby Byas C Lorenzo “Piper” Davis 2B James “Cool Pappa” Bell OF Ervin Clover SS W. Duffy SS/C Mike Berry C Willie Ford Luke Easter OF/1B Sherwood Brewer 2B/SS John Humble P Greene Farmer OF Walter Burch P Horace Jackson James Ford 2B/3B Piper Davis 2B Claude Johns OF Paul Hardy C Luke Easter OF/1B Samuel Johnson Percy Howard C Greene Farmer OF Jones 3B/OF George Hundley C Paul Hardy C William Lewis SS/OF Hutchinson P Cowan Hyde OF Lester Lockett 1B/2B Al Jones P/OF John Markham P Jack Lucas 2B Johnny Markham P/OF Abe Saperstein Owner Mc Kinnis P Gread Mc Kinnis P Ed Steele OF Owens 2B/3B Zell Miles OF Reece “Goose” Tatum 1B Reginald Porter Lefty Napoleon P/OF Wingfield S. Welch Mgr Henry Radcliffe Satchel Paige P Joe Wiley 3B Loew Robinson Ted Radcliffe P/C Artie Wilson SS/2B Tommah Suswelle Laymon Ramsey P Armond Tyson Mgr/3B Ulysses Rhedd SS Bob Robinson 3B Sam Seagraves Utly Herb Simpson 1B John Smith P/OF W.D. Smith P Joe Spencer 2B Ed Steele OF Reece “Goose” Tatum 1B Fred Thomas OF Frank Thompson P Winfield S. Welch Mgr Bill Wheeler OF Joe Wiley 3B Artie Wilson SS Detroit Cardinals Detroit Stars (1946) (1946) Sonny Andrews SS Charley Campbell OF Booker T. Booker 2B Finner OF Bingo Brown C Dale Jenkins 2B Jack Dixon OF Jesse Kennedy 1B Ace Brooks P Alton King SS Bob Prater OF Obie Layton P Stretch Redwine 1B Louis SS Jimmy Stone OF Clarence Mimms P Jesse Williams 3B Mc Kinley P Jim Morrison Chester Perkins 3B Ward OF Walter C Warren 2B Woods OF 2 East Chicago Giants Havana La Palomas Jackie Robinson’s All Stars (1946) (1946) (1946) Allen 3B James Bennett P Joe Atkins OF Baker OF Brown C * Al Campanis SS Beggs C Robustino Cabrera 2B/OF Roy Campanella C Bennett 2B Cabriales OF Ray Dandridge 3B Boyer P Thaddeus Christopher C Ross Davis P Malcolm Cowan SS/OF James Cohen P Larry Doby 3B/2B Roosevelt Davis P Ralph Coles OF Monte Irvin OF Buck Leonard 1B James Dawkins 2B Antonio Gavilan 2B/SS Don Newcombe P Jim Gainer Owner Ed Hamman Ent * Mike Nozinski P Gholstone OF Nico Hernandez P Roy Partlow P Goodman SS/OF Livingston James 3B/SS Lennie Pearson 1B Harper Juan Caballero Leon OF Maurice Peatross 1B Harris C/SS Leonard “Sloppy” Lindsay 1B Dave Pope OF Hart OF Andres Mesa OF Willie Pope P Bluege Johnson P Sam Odom P * Marvin Rackley LF Lloyd P Manuel Oliva P Jackie Robinson 2B Mc Carthy P Donald Peerman P Joe Scott 1B Mitchell 1B Leonard Pigg C Ted Strong OF Powell OF/1B Luis Pillot P John Wright P Bill Rancifer OF Ramiro “Pop” Ramirez Mgr Willie Rhodes P Eugene Smith 3B * white ball player General Rollins 1B Pedro Torres INF William Thomas 3B Marcelino Vasquez OF Jacksonville Eagles Kansas City Royals Ligon’s All Stars (1946) (1946) (1946) Bossard OF Chet Brewer Mgr/P Arthur Bryant OF Brooks OF Sam Hairston C Josh Foster CF Carl Ford Owner Bill Hoskins OF/P Sterling Fuller SS Holmes 2B Bubba Hyde OF Andy Grant 1B Harry Jeffries Mgr Verdel Mathis P Cleveland Grant 3B Clarence Lamar SS Walt Mc Coy P R.C. Knowles C Felix McLaurin C Booker Mc Daniels P George Ligon Mgr Ray OF Lee Moody 1B Rufus Ligon P Richberg P Clyde Nelson 3B/2B/1B Hal Martin OF Taylor P Ray Neil 2B Archie Walker P Washington 1B Jimmy Newberry P Felix Woodsen P Wilson 3B Satchel Paige P Raymond Woolsey OF Ed Steele OF Ed Stone OF Jesse Williams SS John Williams P 3 Los Angeles White Sox Muskogee Cardinals Negro American League All Stars (1946) (1946) (1946) Anderson P Breedlove C Leo Brisket OF Brewer 3B Charles 1B John Chism 3B Brown OF Johnson OF John Hundley C Wayne Carr P Logan 2B George Jefferson P Caro C Reed OF Harold Millon SS Cotton 3B Sanders 1B Bob Palm 1B Day 1B Session OF Marshall Riddles OF Dedaux P Fred Sourie P Jack Staten 2B M. Ewing 2B Taylor SS Joe Thurman C Oliver Flowers OF Thomas 3B W. Flowers 3B Green 2B Hernandez C Johnson SS T. Lebeaux OF Lipscomb 1B Lira P Jim Litzey P R. Lott C/OF Marcell C N. Moore C Moreland P Velma Reveda OF Orlando Rodriquez OF R. Scott 1B/OF Summers C Roy Thomas P Walker P Westbrook P Al Young SS Oakland Hawks Puerto Rican Stars (1946) (1946) Johnny Allen SS Alberto Alfonso 1B Newt “Fox” Blevins 3B Cruz OF Marion “Sugar” Cain P Diaz P Smiley Clayton C Footanez OF Ted Gabe C Garcia 3B Wade Jones P Gonzalez C Wendell Jenkins 2B Hernandez OF Sad Sam Jones P Merced SS Lefty Maddox 1B/OF Perez 2B Bill Metoyer OF Santella P Morrie Morrison OF Mel Reid OF Charley “Spec” Roberts P Art “Little” Sharkey SS Jim West Mgr/1B 4 San Antonio Giants San Francisco Sea Lions Satchel Paige’s All Stars (1946) (1946) (1946) Burgins P Jessie Alexander OF Frank Austin 2B Cooper 1B Cleo “Baldy” Benson Mgr/C Dan Bankhead P Daniels P Tom Bowden OF Gene Benson OF Bill Fouts Inf Al Brown P Barney Brown P King OF Jack Brown C Willard Brown OF Massingale C Jim Brown P Dizzy Dismukes BM Matchet OF Bob Burks C Frank Duncan C Murphy 2B Jewell Day OF Howard Easterling 3B Sanders SS Artis “Smokey” Demery P John Hayes C Stafford OF Roland “Monk” Ewing 2B Monte Irvin OF Walters 3B Bill Flowers 3B Gentry Jessup P Grant C Sam Jethroe OF Jim Hamilton OF Rufus Lewis P Hampton C Max Manning P Hawkins Buck O’Neil 1B Wilmer “Doby” Hicks 1B Satchel Paige P Hamp Johnson OF Lennie Pearson 1B/OF Kenny “Country” Kinnon SS Hilton Smith P Lomax P Hank Thompson 3B Tat Mays P/C Quincy Trouppe C Mc Donald C Artie Wilson SS Harold Morris Owner Jake Page OF Perry P Milton Poole P Wade P George Walton OF Zanesville Black Stars (1946) Ernie Bynum 3B Garters OF Jim Harris OF Chuck Means P Winslow Means P Newman 2B Harry Newsome Owner B. Norris OF Clayton Norris OF Bill Peyton OF/1B Jim Roberts C Jack Rush SS Marion Rush Mgr Dan Wallace 1B 5 Atlanta Black Crackers Brooklyn Royal Giants (1947) (1947) Eddie Brigham 2B Alexander P Thaddeus Christopher C Chick Anderson OF Melvin “Slick” Coleman P Beaven P Ellison C John Beckwith Mgr James Emerson Biggs C Girard OF Bridgman P Clyde Golden P Cowans 3B David Harper OF Ervin OF Hatteau C Arnold Finney OF Sammy Haynes C Gooden OF Alonzo Hicks OF Curt Henderson 3B Billy Holmes 2B/OF Jackson C Bob Jackson SS/3B A. Johnson OF Dan Johnson P Bill Keyes James Jones P Jim Lewis P Ralph Jones P Madlock SS Braman King P Bob Plummer C/OF Raymon Lacy 3B Ted Radcliffe Mgr/P/C Ernie Long P Rancifer OF Michael 2B Charlie Rivero SS James “Red” Moore 1B Rollins 1B Charley Neal SS Ken Russell P Jimmy Neal OF Scott 2B Maurice Peatross 1B Henry Smith 2B/SS Bill Perkins Mgr/C Leo Smith 1B Johnny Ray OF/3B Charlie Spearman 2B Fred Sheppard OF Clyde Spearman OF Willie Terrell 3B Thomas 2B Thompson 1B Jesse Warren 2B/3B Leon Wyatt P Hugo Woodyear C 6 Buffalo Harlem Giants California Tigers (1947) (1947) George Calloway C/OF Johnny Allen SS Lewis Desmond SS Baldy Benson Mgr/C Elsie Dockett OF Louis Cannamore 3B Dyson 2B/3B William Flowers SS Coleman Elmore OF Chappie Gray SS James Evans P Hayden P Freeland OF Willie Jones P Johnson 1B John Litzsey P Kimble OF Grifford Lomax OF George Mallory Utly Tat Mays P/Mgr Felix Mann 2B Mc Donald 3B Lewis MC Coy C Jake Page OF Charles Mc Pherson P/1B Milton Poole P Miller P Lefty Reed P/OF David Rosebud OF Hank Richardson P Jeff Shelton P/3B Noah Rollings 1B John Shelton P C.J.