Which American Negro league baseball player called Chino Smith one of the two most dangerous hitters in Negro league history?
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Chino Smith Charles "Chino" Smith (1903 – January 16, 1932) was an American outfielder in Negro league baseball who was one of the Negro leagues' most skillful hitters of the mid-1920s and early 1930s. He stood only 5'6" tall but could hit the ball with prodigious power and efficiency. In fact, Satchel Paige called him one of the two most dangerous hitters in Negro league history. He had a good eye and hit line drives to all fields, striking fear into opposing pitchers.
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Satchel Paige Leroy Robert "Satchel" Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB) pitcher who became a legend in his own lifetime by being known as perhaps the best pitcher in baseball history, by his longevity in the game, and by attracting record crowds wherever he pitched.
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Chick Smith John William "Chick" Smith (December 2, 1892 – October 11, 1935) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1913.
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Chippy Britt George W. "Chippy" Britt (also listed as George Britton and George Brittain) was an African-American baseball player in the Negro Leagues. He played with several teams from 1917 to 1945. He played every position.
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Clarence Smith (baseball) Clarence "Scally" Smith (born "unknown" – "unknown") was a baseball player in the Negro Leagues. He would play infielder and outfielder and played from 1921 to 1933.
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Willie Grace William "Willie" Grace (June 30, 1917 – November 18, 2006) was an African-American baseball outfielder and pitcher in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1943 to 1948 with the Cleveland Buckeyes. He also played for the Erie Sailors of the Middle Atlantic League in 1951.
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C. I. Taylor Charles Isham Taylor (January 20, 1875 – February 23, 1922) was an American second baseman, manager and executive in Negro league baseball. Born in Anderson, South Carolina, he was the oldest among four sons of a Methodist minister—including Candy Jim, Ben and Johnny—who made a remarkable impact on black baseball.
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Ted Page (baseball) Theodore Roosevelt (Ted) Page (April 22, 1903 - December 1, 1984), nicknamed "Terrible Ted", was an American baseball player. From 1923 to 1937, Page played for numerous Negro league teams, including the Homestead Grays and Pittsburgh Crawfords. He is a member of the Pennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame.
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Harold Hair Harold "Buster" Hair (born Harold O. Hair Jr. May 29, 1932) is a retired American professional third baseman and shortstop who played in the Negro Leagues in the 1950s. Playing for the Birmingham Black Barons and Kansas City Monarchs during his baseball career, Hair was an above average contact hitter whose best season came in 1958 with the Monarchs.
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Hal Smith (pitcher) Harold Laverne "Hal" Smith (June 30, 1902 – September 27, 1992) was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played with the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1932 to 1935 .
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List of Negro league baseball players (E–L) This list consists of players who have appeared in Negro league baseball.
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Phenomenal Smith John Francis "Phenomenal" Smith (December 12, 1864 – April 3, 1952), born as John Francis Gammon, was an American professional baseball player and player-manager from 1884 to 1905. He played eight seasons in Major League Baseball, principally as a pitcher, for six different clubs.
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Earl Henry Earl Clifford Henry (June 10, 1917 – December 10, 2002), nicknamed "Hook", was a Major League Baseball pitcher who played for two seasons. He pitched two games for the Cleveland Indians during the 1944 Cleveland Indians season and 15 games during the 1945 Cleveland Indians season.
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William Washington (baseball) William Washington (born 1885) was a Negro Leagues catcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League.
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Daniel Canónico Daniel Canónico (February 3, 1916 – August 20, 1975) was a Venezuelan baseball right handed pitcher. His friends and fans affectionately called him "Chino", a moniker that he proudly used throughout his life.
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Nip Winters James Henry "Jesse" "Nip" Winters, Jr. (1899 in Washington, D.C. – December 1971 in Hockessin, Delaware) was a pitcher in Negro league baseball, playing for many top eastern teams from 1920 to 1933, and considered one of the top left-handed pitchers of his day.
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Rogers Hornsby Rogers Hornsby, Sr. (April 27, 1896 – January 5, 1963), nicknamed "The Rajah", was an American baseball infielder, manager, and coach who played 23 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the St. Louis Cardinals (1915–1926, 1933), New York Giants (1927), Boston Braves (1928), Chicago Cubs (1929–1932), and St. Louis Browns (1933–1937). Hornsby had 2,930 hits and 301 home runs in his career; his career .358 batting average is second only to Ty Cobb's average. He was named the National League (NL)'s Most Valuable Player (MVP) twice, and was a member of one World Series championship team.
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Mahlon Duckett Mahlon Newton "Mal" Duckett (December 20, 1922 – July 12, 2015) was an African-American baseball infielder in the Negro Leagues. He played from 1940 to 1950, with the Philadelphia Stars and the Homestead Grays.
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Lázaro Salazar Lázaro Salazar (February 4, 1912 – April 25, 1957) was a Cuban baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues and the Mexican League. He played from 1924 to 1952 with several clubs, including the Cuban Stars (West), New York Cubans, Cafeteros de Córdoba, Azules de Veracruz, Industriales de Monterrey and Sultanes de Monterrey.
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Boston Blues The Boston Blues were a Negro league baseball team in 1946 and part of Branch Rickey's U.S. Baseball League. The league did not last long due to scheduling problems as the Blues led their division. The star players on the club were catcher Johnny Powell and pitcher Leroy Bennett who both played in Negro League All-Star Games.
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Dick Smith (third baseman) Richard Harrison Smith (born July 21, 1927) is a former Major League Baseball infielder. He played parts of five seasons for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1951 until 1955, mostly as a third baseman, but also at shortstop and second base. He never played in more than 29 games in a season, nor did he ever have a batting average higher than .174.
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Mike Menosky Michael William Menosky (October 16, 1894 – April 11, 1983) was a professional American baseball outfielder for the Federal League and Major League Baseball. Born in Glen Campbell, Pennsylvania, he was known as "Leaping Mike" for his daring, fence-crashing catches. Menosky started his career on April 18, 1914 with the Pittsburgh Rebels of the Federal League, and went on to play 68 games that season. At 19, he was the second-youngest baseball player in the Federal League that season behind Jimmy Smith. He spent most of the 1915 season in the minor leagues of the Federal League. After the league folded in 1915, he was purchased by the Washington Senators of the American League on February 10, 1916.