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While Satchel Paige was playing baseball, many ages and birthdates were reported, ranging from 1900 to 1908. Paige himself was the source of many of these dates. His actual birthdate, July 7, 1906, was determined in 1948 when Cleveland Indians owner Bill Veeck traveled to Mobile, Alabama , and accompanied Paige's family to the County Health ...
Satchel Paige, in an undated photo from the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, was a major star from the 1920s on. He playing for the Kansas City Monarchs from 1941 to 1947 and later for the Kansas ...
Seventy-five years ago, Satchel Paige became the oldest rookie in MLB history and helped Cleveland win a World Series. That’s at the center of a new NLBM exhibit.
1971 inductee Satchel Paige. Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame for 1971 featured a new committee on the Negro leagues that met in February and selected Satchel Paige, [1] who spent most of his career in Negro league baseball before joining the Cleveland Indians in 1948, when he was over 40 years old.
In 1935, Paige skipped most of the NNL season to play for a semipro team in North Dakota. Despite his absence, the Crawfords took the first-half title with a 26–6 record, then defeated the New York Cubans in a close seven-game series for their only undisputed NNL pennant.
The Bismarck (N.D.) Corwin-Churchills team won the first NBC World Series behind the pitching of Satchel Paige, middle of back row. Bismarck defeated the Duncan (Okla.) Halliburtons 5-2 in the ...
Bingo Long is based on former Black Baron Leroy "Satchel" Paige. Early in his career, Paige would call in his outfield while leading in the ninth inning against an amateur or semi-pro team and strike out the side. Bingo did a similar stunt in this movie. Leon Carter is a Josh Gibson-like power hitter, even playing the same position (catcher).
The eight Negro League players available in Storyline mode will be Buck O'Neil, Hank Thompson, Hilton Smith, Jackie Robinson, John Donaldson, Satchel Paige, Rube Foster and Martín Dihigo.