Sir Lurksalot photopack (Negro League players)

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William 'Barney' Serrell


Barney Serrell Negro League Statistics & History | Baseball-Reference.com


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Leroy "Zack" Clayton was a catcher and first baseman who played for seven Negro League teams during the 1932-1944 period. This is an improved photo of him. Credit to Gary Bedingfield's Baseball in Wartime Newsletter.

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Lloyd Daniel "Dan" Ramsey was a player on the Atlanta Black Braves of the Negro Southern League in the late 1940's. He died last month on September 13th.

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Ray "Boo Boo" Knox was a catcher with the 1952 Chicago American Giants. This photo of his being interviewed appears in a video along with a brief review of Negro League history on the blackbaseball.com website.

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William Scott "Bill" Merritt was a pitcher and outfielder with the Brooklyn Royal Giants during the 1905-07 period. He is shown here in the Royal Giants uniform.

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James Dorsey Robinson, a pitcher and outfielder, is shown in the uniform of the Brooklyn Royal Giants. A photo of this player was posted previously on this thread, but the uniform in that photo was unknown at the time of the posting. I've edited that post now to indicate that he was in a Cuban X Giants uniform in that shot.

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Peter "Pop" Andrews, who played outfield, first base, second base, and pitched for five Negro League teams during the 1905-19 period, is shown in the uniform of the Brooklyn Royal Giants.

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Harry Brown, who played outfield, first base, third base, and shortstop for the Brooklyn Royal Giants during the 1905-1909 period, is shown in the Royal Giants' uniform.

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Al Robinson, who played in the Negro Leagues from 1905 through 1912, is shown in the uniform of the Brooklyn Royal Giants. Al was a first baseman and pitcher.

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Price West was an outfielder with the 1958 Detroit Clowns. His obituary indicates that he also played with the 1955 New York Black Yankees, but I had not found that reference from any other source. He was with the Kansas City Monarchs in 1961. He died on January 1, 2016.

8/21/2016 update: Found newspaper reference which confirms his being on the 1955 New York Black Yankees.

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Although two photos of Spearman have been posted previously on this thread, it seemed fitting to post this one because it is particularly striking. It is his obituary photo from the Chicago Tribune. He died on January 14, 2016. Alvin was a pitcher with the Chicago American Giants in 1950 and 1951. He also appeared briefly as an outfielder with the Kansas City Monarchs.

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Jorge was an outfielder with the Pittsburgh Crawfords in 1945. This photo appeared in the Kingston (NY) Daily Freeman newspaper in June of 1948 when he was about to play for the San Juan Stars against the Kingston Colonials. I'm not sure of the uniform, but think it may be the New York Black Yankees, as the San Juan Stars were being managed at the time by Dick Seay, the former Black Yankee.

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Richard A. Kelley played first base, second base, and shortstop for the Danville, Illinois and Jamestown, NY teams during the 1889 through 1891 period. He is shown here in the Danville Browns uniform. This is from an 1889 Danville composite photo currently offered in the Goodwin and Co. auction. A tip from a SABR member led me to this photo.

The original image is on the left. The second image is after re-orientation to make it upright. The third image is after conversion to black & white.

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Baseball-reference.com indicates that Artis Demery "pitched in the waning days of the Negro Leagues" and just before he entered the minor leagues. He first pitched in the minors for the Bakersfield Indians in 1953. B-R indicates that he played for the San Francisco Sea Lions Negro League team in the West Coast Baseball League in 1946. I don't know if he played for any other Negro League team.

Artis was the father of major league pitcher Larry Demery and minor league pitcher Art Demery (who was on the KC Royals' spring roster in 1972).

The left-hand photo of Artis comes from the Bakersfield Californian of September 8, 1951 and shows him in a local Bakersfield uniform (not the Indians). The photo on the right shows him in a sweater, and comes from the Bakersfield Californian of August 16, 1949.

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I had previously posted a photo of Ben Banks in a basketball uniform. I've now posted a photo of him in a Chicago Cubs uniform on the minor league thread at:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...ml#post4052685

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Pitcher Randolph Bowe passed away on July 19 at age 97. His obituary photo is attached.

A photo of him during his playing days was posted previously on this thread at:

http://www.ootpdevelopments.com/boar...layers-63.html

[57Will]

Is there anything else known about Clara Marie Jones? How long was she owner of the Boston ABC's? Where is she buried?

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Great picture of Paul Jones! I am a friend of his and he didn't have any pictures of himself during his playing days until now. He was thrilled to finally have a picture of himself in uniform. Thank You!

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"Nature Boy" Williams was a first baseman with the Indianapolis Clowns from 1955 to at least 1957. This photo comes from the website baseballhistorydaily.com.

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Originally Posted by 57Will

Is there anything else known about Clara Marie Jones? How long was she owner of the Boston ABC's? Where is she buried?

Sorry, I don't have anything more to report on Clara Marie Jones.