Willie Mays

Willie Mays

male, 78 years old
baseball player, The Say Hey Kid, San Francisco Giants player, Star, Country star, athletic…From Birmingham, Alabama, BirminghamBlackBaronsplayer, New York Giants baseball player, Negro League baseball player, New York Mets player
Willie Howard Mays, Jr., (born May 6, 1931 in Westfield, Alabama outside Birmingham) is a retired American baseball player and member of the...
Satchel Paige

Satchel Paige

male, deceased (1982)
baseball player, death by myocardial infarction, pitched, African American, BirminghamBlackBaronsplayer, Major League Baseball All-Star Game…Kansas City Athletics player, Kansas City Monarchs player, Negro League baseball player, Pittsburgh Crawfords player, St. Louis Browns player
Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906-June 8 1982) was an American baseball player who pitched in several different Negro Leagues and in Major...
Sam Hairston

Sam Hairston

male, deceased (1997)
From Birmingham, Alabama, negro league baseball, Chicago White Sox, Major league catcher, from Alabama, from Mississippi…Negro League baseball player, Indianapolis Clowns player, Chicago White Sox player, BirminghamBlackBaronsplayer, Birmingham Black Barons
Samuel Harding Hairston (January 20, 1920 - October 31, 1997) was a former Negro League baseball and Major League Baseball player. He played for...
Carl Long

Carl Long

male
BirminghamBlackBaronsplayer, baseball player, Birmingham Black Barons, Big State League, Kinston Eagles, Danville Leafs…Negro League baseball player
Carl Long (born May 9, 1935 in Rock Hill, South Carolina) was a black baseball player who, along with Frank Washington, broke the color barrier in...

Bill Gatewood

male, 128 years old
Toledo Tigers, Cuban X-Giants, Birmingham Black Barons, Leland Giants, Milwaukee Bears, Philadelphia Giants…St. Louis Giants player, Toledo Tigers player, Cuban X-Giants player, Chicago Giants player, Milwaukee Bears player
William "Big Bill" Gatewood (born August 22 1881) was a Negro Leagues pitcher and manager for several years before the founding of the first Negro...
Jimmie Crutchfield

Jimmie Crutchfield

male, deceased (1993)
African American, athlete, Indianapolis ABCs player, Negro League baseball player, from Missouri, Chicago American Giants player…Pittsburgh Crawfords player, BirminghamBlackBaronsplayer
John William Crutchfield, born May 25, 1910 in Ardmore, Missouri, United States – died March 31, 1993 in Chicago, Illinois, was an All-Star ba...