Today, I’m sharing my 1954 #Bowman Roy Campanella. #Campy was already an established #negroleagues #allstar #catcher when the #brooklyn #dodgers signed him in 1948. He continued his stellar play, culminating in the Dodgers’ 1955 #worldchampionship. Sadly, his career was cut short in 1958 when his car flipped on an icy road, breaking his neck and leaving him paralyzed. The #baseballcard is badly miscut, diminishing its value. #baseball #history #SportsHistory

Hall of Famer Bullet Rogan was born on this date in 1893.

#bulletrogan #kansascitymonarchs #negroleagues #baseball #baseballcards #cardart

@NateLepley
Great! Can't wait to compare notes.👍🏿 Thanks for following btw.

I'm also very interested in the story of #NegroLeagues players who played in #Japan a decade before #JackieRobinson integrated #MLB. You might have already read about them but sharing just in case:
https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2015/07/14/412880758/the-secret-history-of-black-baseball-players-in-japan

Can't wait to watch this film!
#NegroLeagues #baseball #BlackMastodon
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15514684/

Remembering Satchel Paige on his birthday…

#satchelpaige #baseball #baseballcards #negroleagues #baseballhistory #drawing #cardart

@tabletopmania @RuthODay @aurelia @swampudlian @YakyuNightOwl @AlisonW_RedSox @BigEarl @ted_duffield @stlcolorbaseball @MiLBAnalysis @malinkey @cardboardkarl @scottdaniel @OhhJim @sullybaseball @APBAreplay @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison @M_U

Meanwhile, at the #NegroLeagues Baseball Museum in #kansascity ...

#baseball #BuckONeil #1947League

Negro Leagues Baseball Museum plans to expand on Buck O’Neil’s vision

https://theathletic.com/4483079/2023/05/03/negro-leagues-baseball-museum-new-facility/
#MLB #Baseball #TheAthletic https://botsin.space/@MLB_News/110303986581210362

Hall of Famer Pop Lloyd, born on this date in 1884

#baseball #baseballcards #negroleagues #cardart #hof

Ed Rile played 12 years in the Negro Leagues as a pitcher and first basemen. In 1923 for the Chicago American Giants he went 15-7 and led the league in ERA (2.53). As a hitter he has a career batting average of .316 and led the league in OBP (.425) in 1928 for the Detroit Stars.

#baseball #negroleagues

@tabletopmania @RuthODay @swampudlian @YakyuNightOwl @AlisonW_RedSox @BigEarl @ted_duffield @stlcolorbaseball @MiLBAnalysis @malinkey @cardboardkarl @scottdaniel @OhhJim @sullybaseball @APBAreplay @aurelia @AlexanderRaine7 @mattmaison

When we say X has never happened before in baseball history, we need to be sure X never happened in the Black Leagues, and if we're not sure about that, we need to say so.

#mlb #baseball #history #nlbm #SarahLangs #ShoheiOhtani #statistics #NegroLeagues

I admire #SarahLang's work. But she says this about #ShoheiOhtani. And she shouldn't.

We *don't* have all major data back to 1901. So we *can't* be certain that Smokey Joe Wilson, or Satchel Paige, or Leon Day, or Hilton Smith never matched this. But she says we are.

The recognized Black Leagues *were* major leagues... but there is no statistical record that can confirm that what she's saying applies to all pitchers in those leagues.

So she needs a disclaimer.

#Baseball #NegroLeagues #nlbm

Newt Allen played on the Kansas City Monarchs for 9 of their 13 Negro League championships plus another for the St Louis Stars. The 5x All-Star played 20 seasons in the Negro Leagues and just missed out on being elected to the HOF in 2006.

#baseball #negroleagues

Recently had the honor of drawing a card for the family of former Newark Eagles pitcher Max Manning, and thrilled to receive this signed photo in return!

Learn more about Manning here: https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/maxwell-manning/

#maxmanning #newarkeagles #negroleagues #baseball #baseballcards #baseballhistory #cardart

Sony Santa Monica didn’t have to do what they did with the Negro League mode in MLB The Show 23!

As someone who doesn’t care much about baseball, I will be playing that mode to completion because it is so full of knowledge and just wonderful stories about the sport’s best players!

The MajorLinux Show: MLB The Show 23 (03/29/2023) https://majorlinux.com/2023/03/30/the-majorlinux-show-mlb-the-show-23-03-29-2023/

#Baseball #GamePass #Microsoft #MLB #MLBTheShow23 #NegroLeagues #SatchelPage #Sony #SonySantaMonica #XboxSeriesX #Twitch #YouTube.

Sony Santa Monica didn't have to do what they did with the Negro League mode in MLB The Show 23!

As someone who doesn't care much about baseball, I will be playing that mode to completion because it is so full of knowledge and just wonderful stories about the sport's best players!

The MajorLinux Show: MLB The Show 23 (03/29/2023) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKJIQHeGLgM

#MLBTheShow23 #Sony #SonySantaMonica #XboxSeriesX #Microsoft #GamePass #MLB #Baseball #NegroLeagues #SatchelPage #Twitch #YouTube

There were 10 batting Triple Crown winners in the Negro Leagues. One was in 1926 when Mule Suttles of the St Louis Stars hit 32 HR, 130 RBI, w a .425 BA. No other Negro League Triple Crown had more HR or RBIs.

Over the course of his HOF career, he was a 5x All-Star, won 2 batting titles, and is considered one of the greatest power hitters of all-time.

#baseball #NegroLeagues

The 1929 Baltimore Black Sox won the American Negro League pennant w a 55-25 record. Their best player was Rap Dixon who hit 415/482/722 w 16 HR, 4.7 bWAR, and led the league in RBI (92) and SB (22). In 1928, Dixon led the Eastern Colored League in hits, triples, HR, RBI, SB, BB, and SLG.

Considered one of the best players not in the HOF, Oscar Charleston named him to his all time team.

https://sabr.org/bioproj/person/rap-dixon/

#baseball #BaseballMastodon #NegroLeagues

Baseball Hall of Famer Hilton Smith, born on this date in 1907

#kansascitymonarchs #negroleagues #baseball #baseballcards #cardart

New card drawing of Negro League pitcher/catcher Ted “Double Duty” Radcliffe, shown here with the Pittsburgh Crawfords

#tedradcliffe #doubleduty #pittsburghcrawfords #negroleagues #baseball #baseballcards #cardart

Negro Leagues Data Is Now Available on FanGraphs!
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/negro-leagues-data-is-now-available-on-fangraphs/
#Baseball #NegroLeagues #Fangraphs

'MLB The Show 23' adds Negro League legends including Buck O'Neil, Rube Foster, Satchel Paige
https://sports.yahoo.com/mlb-the-show-23-adds-negro-league-legends-including-buck-oneil-rube-foster-satchel-paige-172205527.html
#MLB #Baseball #NegroLeagues #MLBTheShow