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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 ...
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.
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.
The players below are some of the most notable of those who played Negro league baseball, beginning with the codification of baseball's color line barring African American players (about 1892), past the re-integration in 1946 of the sport, up until the Negro leagues finally expired about 1962.
Third baseman: Indianapolis ABCs, French Lick Plutos, New York Lincoln Giants [31] Toussaint Allen: 1914: 1928: First baseman: Havana Red Sox, Hilldale Club, Wilmington Potomacs, Newark Stars, Philadelphia Tigers [32] Moody Allison: 1925: 1925: Second baseman: Indianapolis ABCs [33] Rafael Almeida: 1904: 1925: Third baseman: Cuban League [34 ...
Third baseman: Newark Eagles [135] Henry Spearman: 1935: 1945: Third baseman: New York Cubans, Newark Eagles, Homestead Grays, Pittsburgh Crawfords, Philadelphia Stars, New York Black Yankees, Washington Black Senators, Baltimore Elite Giants, Birmingham Black Barons [136] John Spearman: 1945: 1945: Third baseman: New York Black Yankees [137 ...
Third baseman: Birmingham Black Barons [128] John Mickey: 1897: 1907: Outfielder: Cuban Giants, Philadelphia Giants [129] Daniel Miguel: 1899: 1899: Second baseman: All Cubans [130] Jimmy Miles: 1934: 1935: Outfielder: Philadelphia Stars, Chicago American Giants [131] John Miles: 1946: 1949: Third baseman: Chicago American Giants [132] Willie ...
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.