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1932 Crawfords. In 1933, Greenlee founded a new Negro National League, acting as president; his Crawfords were charter members.The club narrowly lost the first-half title to the Chicago American Giants; both teams claimed the second-half title, and Greenlee as league president awarded it to his Crawfords.
These are Pittsburgh Crawfords players who appeared in at least one game for the Crawfords while they were based either in Pittsburgh from 1931 to 1938, Toledo in 1939, or Indianapolis in 1940. On-going research continuously discovers unreported or misreported games (and the affected players), while some games and players may be lost forever.
Runyon wrote that Radcliffe "was worth the price of two admissions." Radcliffe considered his year with the 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords to be one of the highlights of his career. [2] Of the six East–West All-Star Games in which he played, Radcliffe pitched in three and was a catcher in three. He also pitched in two and caught in six other All ...
Pittsburgh Crawfords: 1931: Independent — — — 14 8 6 0 .571 [1] 1932: Independent — — — 93 55 36 2 .604 [2] 1933‡ Major NNL2: 1 — 64 41 21 2 .661 Won pennant outright [3] 1934: Major NNL2 2 DNQ 77 47 27 3 .635 [4] 1935‡ Major NNL2 1 1st 81 51 27 3 .654 Won NNL split-season playoff (New York Cubans 2) 4–3 [5] 1936‡ Major ...
The first game was held the next day, April 30, 1932. Future hall of famer Satchel Paige pitched to catcher Josh Gibson as City Council members, the Allegheny County commissioners and Mayor Kline watched from the stands. Greenlee Field held seven thousand five hundred spectators and was the home field for the Crawfords throughout the Great ...
Image: 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords (Mark Rucker / Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images file) Gibson’s other achievements, mythologized in baseball history — his plaque in Cooperstown, New York ...
Pittsburgh Crawfords (1932) Howard Edward Kimbo (November 3, 1904 – May 26, 1978) was an American Negro league pitcher in the 1930s. A native of Low Moor, Virginia , Kimbo played for the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1932.
Image: 1932 Pittsburgh Crawfords (Mark Rucker / Transcendental Graphics/Getty Images file) Major League Baseball’s record books are in for a long-awaited update today, when Negro Leagues ...