September 30, 1948: Willie Mays leads Black Barons to …
2024年2月12日 · It was the first event of national prominence for a 17-year-old Birmingham Black Barons center fielder and superstar in the making, Willie Mays. Game Three provided glimpses of the greatness that Mays would display on baseball diamonds for more than the next two decades.
1948 Birmingham Black Barons, No. 8 Willie Mays
Seventeen-year-old Willie Mays appeared in 13 games for the ’48 Black Barons, who defeated the Negro American League Championship Series but lost to the Homestead Grays in the World Series. Introduced to the Oldtime Baseball Game in 2009, it …
Who did Willie Mays play for? From start with Birmingham Black Barons ...
2024年6月19日 · Baseball legend Willie Mays died Tuesday at 93 years old, just two days before the Giants' trip to Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Alabama, where Mays' professional career began. The Hall of...
Birmingham Black Barons - Wikipedia
Starting in 1945, they became full members of the Negro American League and continued their success, winning a third pennant in 1948 with the help of teenage outfielder Willie Mays. They ended up losing three Negro World Series to the Homestead Grays that decade, forging a …
Willie Mays - Bhamwiki
2024年10月25日 · Mays helped the 1948 Birmingham Black Barons to a 55-21 record and the Negro American League pennant. The Black Barons lost the final Negro Leagues World Series to the Homestead Grays. Under the tutelage of the Black Barons' Piper Davis, Mays developed into a powerful and patient hitter.
Negro Leagues Baseball eMuseum: Personal Profiles: Willie Mays
Starting his baseball career with the Negro American League Champion Birmingham Black Barons, this 17-year old outfielder was destined to be regarded as the best all around player in baseball history.
Willie Mays - Baseball Hall of Fame
At age 16, Willie Mays joined the Birmingham Barons of the Negro American League. The New York Giants purchased his contract in 1950, and he was in center field at the Polo Grounds by the next season.
Willie Mays, Birmingham and Rickwood Field: Baseball Honors a …
2024年6月19日 · In the late innings of a minor league game on Tuesday night at Rickwood Field in Birmingham, Ala., fans throughout the grandstand, suddenly and almost in unison, began staring at the news on...
A Giant of a Man - The American Scholar
2024年10月10日 · Mays, previously credited with 3,283 career hits, gained another 10 from his stint with the Black Barons. But his home run total remains at 660 even though newspaper articles record his hitting multiple dingers with Birmingham: no box scores exist to verify those blasts.
Following death of Willie Mays, Rickwood Field game takes on …
2024年6月20日 · Willie Mays began his professional baseball career with the Birmingham Black Barons, who barnstormed the Jim Crow South as a member of the Negro Southern League.