Kevin L. Mitchell

Kevin L. Mitchell is a baseball history author. Book: Last Train to
Cooperstown: The 2006 Baseball Hall of
Fame Inductees from the Negro League Baseball Era

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Lee Maye, born 12/11/34, OF/INF, 13 years MLB 1959 - 71, multiple teams, mainly with Milwaukee Braves who signed him 1954, MLB debut 7/17/59, Braves 1959 – 64, hit .304 in 1964, league leading 44 2B, R & B singer aka Arthur Lee Maye https://t.co/Wng9OGviMM 1960s#baseball

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Fred Bankhead, 11/22/1912/ good defensive infielder, Birmingham Black Barons 1936 – 37, Memphis Red Sox 1938 – 1947, New York Yankees 1948, Negro League All-Star 1942, one of five Bankhead brothers that played in Negro League baseball https://t.co/Wng9OGvQCk #BaseBall

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11/21/56, Don Newcombe P Brooklyn Dodgers named 1956 National League Most Valuable Player, 1st recipient of the Cy Young Award, league leading 27 wins, 7 losses, 3.06 ERA, league leading .794 win/loss %, career high 268 innings pitched, https://t.co/Wng9OGvQCk #Baseball

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11/21/52 Joe Black P Brooklyn Dodgers named 1952 National League Rookie of the Year, 15 -4, 2.15 ERA, appeared in 56 games, 15 saves, 1 – 2 with a 2.53 ERA in 1952 World Series, 1st African American pitcher win World Series game 10/1/52 https://t.co/Wng9OGvQCk #Baseball

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Veterans’ Day honors to Negro League players Larry Doby, Buck O’Neil, David Malarcher, Monte Irvin, Leon Day, & others who served in segregated military during WW1 & 2 despite not able to play nation’s pastime in MLB due to skin color https://t.co/Wng9OGviMM #Baseball

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Bob Gibson, born 11/9/35, St. Louis Cardinals 1959 – 1975, MLB debut 4/10/59, 8-time National League All-Star pitcher, 2-time Cy Young Award 1968 & 1970, 1968 MVP, 2-time World Series MVP 1964 & 1967, 3,117 SO, 251 wins, HOF 1981 https://t.co/Wng9OGvQCk #baseballczech

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Jerry Benjamin, born 11/9/09, 3-time Negro League All-Star, patrolled centerfield for Homestead Grays 1935 – 47 when team won 8 pennants and 2 Negro League World Series titles, added base stealing speed to power hitting line up https://t.co/Wng9OGviMM #BaseBall

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11/7/67 Orlando Cepeda of the St. Louis Cardinals named National League Most Valuable Player, 25 HRs, league leading 111 RBI, .325 BA., Cardinals win pennant and World Series, elected Baseball Hall of Fame 1999 https://t.co/Wng9OGviMM #Baseball

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11/7/63 Elston Howard of the New York Yankees named 1963 American League MVP, 28 HRs, 85 RBI, .288 BA, Yankees win 4th straight 1960s pennant, 1stAfrican American to win the award in the American League, 9-time AS catcher https://t.co/Wng9OGvQCk #BaseBall

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Joseph “Jake” Dunn, born 11/5/09, Luther, OK., infielder/outfielder, 2-time Negro League All-Star, Detroit Stars 1930, Washington Pilots 1932, Baltimore Black Sox 1933, Philadelphia Stars 1934 - 1940 https://t.co/Wng9OGviMM #BaseBall

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11/4/59 Ernie Banks named National League Most Valuable Player, 45 HRs, league leading 143 RBIs, .305 BA, also named MVP in 1958, 1st National League player to win award in consecutive years https://t.co/Wng9OGvQCk #BaseBall

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Ernie “Schoolboy” Johnson, born 11/4/28, OF/P, Kansas City Monarchs 1949 – 53, signed Chicago Cubs 1954, Cubs & Chicago White Sox minor league systems 1954 – 60, racially integrated Sally League & Western League https://t.co/Wng9OGviMM #BaseBall

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Francis Matthews, born 11/2/1916, Cambridge, Mass., 1B, Newark Eagles 1938 – 1941, 1945, back-up for Mule Suttles in 1938, worked defense plant 1942 – 1944, military service 1950s & 1960s, Purple Heart & Bronze Star in Vietnam https://t.co/Wng9OGvQCk #BaseBall

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Clinton “Butch” McCord, born 11/2/25, 1B/OF, Baltimore Elite Giants 1948 - 49, Chicago American Giants 1950, minor leagues 1951 – 61, 4 yrs. AAA level .267 BA, 89 career HRs, contact hitter, won awards for https://t.co/v97zpBsW2g #BaseBall

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11/1/51 Brooklyn Dodgers’ C Roy Campanella edges St. Louis Cardinals’ OF Stan Musial by 52 vote pts., named National League MVP. Campy hit .325, 33 HRs, 108 RBI. 1st of 3 MVP awards, also 1953 & 1955 https://t.co/Wng9OGviMM #BaseBall

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Dave Barnhill, born 10/30/14, 5’ 7” 3-time Negro League All-Star pitcher, ace for New York Cubans 1941 – 49, Negro League World Series champions 1947, signed by New York Giants 1949, pitched on Giants’ AAA minor league team 1949 – 51 https://t.co/Wng9OGviMM #BaseBall

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Lloyd “Ducky” Davenport, born 10/28/11, 5-time Negro League All-Star OF, played with 8 Negro League teams 1934 – 1945, played on Cleveland Buckeyes’ 1945 Negro League World Series champs, Mexican League 1946 – 1950 https://t.co/Wng9OGviMM #BaseBall

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Artie Wilson, born 10/28/20, infielder, Birmingham Black Barons 1944 – 1948, 4-time Negro League All-Star, considered best SS in Negro Leagues 1940s, signed Cleveland Indians 1949, NY Giants 1951, MLB debut 4/18/51, AAA minor leagues 1950s https://t.co/Wng9OGviMM #BaseBall

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Bobby Robinson, born 10/25/1903, Whistler, AL., 3B/SS, good fielder, career includes Indianapolis ABCs 1925, Memphis Red Sox 1928, Detroit Stars 1929 – 1931, nicknamed “Human Vacuum Cleaner” because of his glove work at 3B https://t.co/Wng9OGvQCk #BaseBall