Alfred
Allen “Buddy” Armour played with four teams in his 13 year (1936 – 1948) Negro
League baseball career. Born in Jackson,
Mississippi on April 27, 1927, the left handed hitting outfielder was a three
time All Star and a member of a Negro League World Series winning team.
As
a shortstop with the St. Louis Stars, Armour made his first Negro League East
West All Star Game appearance in 1941. Chosen
as an All Star again in 1944 after becoming an outfielder and playing with the
Cleveland Buckeyes, he got two hits in the West squad’s 7 – 4 victory. While with the Chicago American Giants in
1947, Armour was chosen again an All Star by the votes of Negro League
fans. In the first of the two All Star
Games played that year, he hit two doubles to help the West squad win 5 – 2.
Armour
hit .307 in the 1945 Cleveland Buckeyes’ four game sweep of the Homestead Grays
for the Negro League World Series Championship.
By
the time professional baseball became integrated in 1947, Armour was 32 years
old and was never signed by a Major League club. He played in the Canadian minor leagues from
1949 – 1951 before retiring.
Which of Armour’s teammates on the
Cleveland Buckeyes would go on to win “Rookie of the Year” honors in the Major
Leagues?
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