Negro League Baseball On The Web
Black Ball News. Negro League Baseball On The Web.  
Home | News Archive | Features Archive | Player Profile Archives | Teams | Discussion Forum
Frequently Asked Questions | Submit News Article | Voting Booth | Shopping
Negro League Discussion Forum

Join other Negro League fans in the NEGRO LEAGUE DISCUSSION FORUM.

Cast Your Hall Of Fame Ballot

Cast Your HALL OF FAME BALLOT in our interactive poll!

Subscribe To Negro League Mailing List

Join our mailing list to receive email updates about the Negro Leagues.


Subscribe
Unsubscribe

Negro League Player Profiles Archive

The following is a list of available previously featured player profiles. Since the web site is new, there isn’t much available here yet. As new profile articles are replaced on the front page of the site they will be archived here.

Big Brown Was A Bull Of A Player (Apr 28, 1999)
All-Star catcher, Larry Brown, was a big, friendly man…always ready to help a young player sharpen his skills.

Biz Mackey – The Jolly Giant (Apr 28, 1999)
Perhaps more than any other Negro League star Biz Mackey enjoyed the respect and admiration of his contemporaries.

Jimmy Crutchfield, The Little Big Man (Apr 28, 1999)
The diminutive Jimmie Crutchfield roamed the outfield for the Pittsburgh Crawfords dynasty of the early 1930s.

Piper Davis Broke The Color Barrier In The Red Sox Organization (May 7, 1999)
The Boston Red Sox ended their era of racial exclusion in 1950 when they signed Davis to a minor league contract with their Scranton, Pa. Class A affiliate.

Willard "Home Run" Brown Thrilled Puerto Rican Fans (Apr 28, 1999)
Brown was the first Negro player to hit a home run in the American League. But, his stay in the big leagues was short lived.

 


©1999 negroleaguebaseball.com. All rights reserved.
Please email comments or questions concerning this web site to: [email protected].
For information about advertising on this web site, please direct email to [email protected].