Oscar Boone
Appearance
Oscar Boone | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Cameron, Texas | March 28, 1911|
Died: October 12, 1958 Eloy, Arizona | (aged 47)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1939, for the Atlanta Black Crackers | |
Last appearance | |
1941, for the Chicago American Giants | |
Teams | |
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Oscar Boone (March 28, 1911 – October 12, 1958), nicknamed "The San Angelo Sheepherder", was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues.
A native of Cameron, Texas, Boone played with the Atlanta Black Crackers and Baltimore Elite Giants in 1939 and the Chicago American Giants in 1941.[1] He died in Eloy, Arizona in 1958 at age 47.
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads