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Raymond Emmitt Dandridge (August 31, 1913 – February 12, 1994), nicknamed "Hooks" and "Squat", was an American third baseman in baseball's Negro leagues. Dandridge excelled as a third baseman and he hit for a high batting average. By the time that Major League Baseball was racially integrated, Dandridge was considered too old to play. He ...
James William "Junior" Gilliam (October 17, 1928 – October 8, 1978) was an American second baseman, third baseman, and coach in Negro league and Major League Baseball who spent his entire major league career with the Brooklyn / Los Angeles Dodgers.
By the 1950s, enough black talent had integrated into the formerly "white" leagues (both major and minor) that the Negro leagues themselves had become a minor league circuit. Below is a list of 52 players who played for major Negro league teams up to 1950 and eventually saw playing time for a Major League team.
Ramón "Mike" Herrera [er-ray'-ra] (December 19, 1892 [1] [2] – February 3, 1978) was a Cuban third baseman, second baseman and right fielder in Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Negro leagues. Listed at 5 feet 6 inches (1.68 m) tall and 147 pounds (67 kg), Herrera batted and threw right-handed. He was born in Havana, Cuba.
Henry Curtis Thompson (December 8, 1925 – September 30, 1969) was an American player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball who played primarily as a third baseman. A left-handed batter, he played with the Dallas Green Monarchs (1941), Kansas City Monarchs (1943, 1946–47, 1948), St. Louis Browns (1947) and New York Giants (1949–56).
Johnson is regarded as one of the greatest third basemen of the Negro leagues. In 1975 , he was elected into the Baseball Hall of Fame after being nominated by the Negro Leagues Committee. From 1921 to 1929, Johnson was a member of the Hilldale Daisies ball club and became an on-the-field leader respected for his professional disposition.
Alex Radcliffe (July 26, 1905 – July 18, 1983) [1] was a baseball player in the Negro leagues. He is widely acknowledged to have been the best third baseman in the history of the Negro American League. [2] He was the brother of Ted "Double Duty" Radcliffe. He is also sometimes referred to as Alex Radcliff.
Ernest Judson Wilson (February 28, 1894 – June 24, 1963), nicknamed "Boojum", was an American third baseman, first baseman, and manager in Negro league baseball.He played for the Baltimore Black Sox, the Homestead Grays, and the Philadelphia Stars between 1922 and 1945.