Following are the remaining 10 of my Twitter posts, Kevin
L. Mitchell @Lasttraintocoop, I began this past spring on Negro League baseball
managers. Three played on Negro League
Baseball World Series champions, two managed their teams to World Series championships,
and four were inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. They all made outstanding contributions in
building the legacy of Negro League baseball as a forgotten sports institution.
Negro
League Baseball Managers: Frank Duncan,
C, playing career included Kansas City Monarchs 1922 – 1934, 1937, catcher on
Monarchs’1924 WS champs, player/mgr. Monarchs 1941 – 1947, won 2 NAL pennants
1942 & 1946, WS champs 1942.
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| Frank Duncan |
Negro League
Baseball Managers: Raleigh “Biz” Mackey, catcher, playing career 1920 – 47,
player/mgr. Newark Eagles 1941, 1945 – 47, Negro League World Series Champions
1946 (team included Monte Irvin & Larry Doby), elected HOF 2006.
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| Biz Mackey |
Quincy Trouppe, career 1930 – 48, player/mgr.
Cleveland Buckeyes 1945 – 47, World Series champs 1945, Chicago American Giants
1948, signed Cleveland Indians 1952, MLB debut 6/3/50, played 6 games
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| Quincy Trouppe |
Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe, catcher &
pitcher, career 1928 – 1946, player/manager Cincinnati Tigers 1937, Memphis Red
Sox 1938 – 1941, Chicago American Giants 1943
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| Ted Radcliffe |
Sol White, born 6/12/1868, Bellaire, OH., inf,
white organized baseball before solid color line & teams early beginnings
Negro Leagues 1880 – 1900 Cuban Giants, Cuban X Giants, etc, player/mgr Philadelphia
Giants 1902 – 07, HOF 2016
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| Sol White |
Negro League Baseball Managers: Andy Cooper,
2006 Hall of Fame LHP, Manager Kansas City Monarchs 1937 - 1940, won 3 Negro
American League pennants, 2-time manager of Negro League All-Star game west
squad
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| Andy Cooper |
Negro League Baseball Managers: Felton Snow,
2-time Negro League All-Star 3B, player/manager Baltimore Elite Giants 1939 –
1947, manager East squad 1940 East-West All-Star Game
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| Felton Snow |
Negro League Baseball Managers: Grant “Home
Run” Johnson, 1897 – 1912, mainly Cuban X Giants 1903 – 1905, Brooklyn Royal
Giants 1906 – 1909, 1912, Philadelphia Giants 1911
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| Grant "Home Run" Johnson |
Lorenzo “Piper” Davis, born 7/3/17,
Piper, AL., 4-time Negro League All-Star INF., Birmingham Black Barons 1942 –
1949, player/mgr. Black Baron’s 1948 Negro American League pennant winner,
played in minor leagues of 4 MLB teams
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| Piper Davis |
Wilber
“Bullet” Rogan, born 7/28/1893, Oklahoma City, OK., P/OF, Kansas City Monarchs
1920 – 1938, no wind-up motion, hard thrower, 1924 World Series champs, 2-1
with 2.57 ERA & .325 BA, Monarchs’ player/mgr. 1928 – 34, HOF 1998
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| Wilber "Bullet" Rogan |
Again, you can find me on Twitter at Kevin L. Mitchell@Lasttraintocoop
All photos for this post the courtesy of numerous internet sites via Google Images
