George Williams (Negro leagues)
George Williams | |
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Infielder / Manager | |
Born: March 1864 Pennsylvania | |
Died: January 9, 1918 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | (aged 53)|
Batted: Unknown Threw: Unknown | |
debut | |
1885, for the Cuban Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1906, for the Cuban X-Giants | |
Teams | |
George L. Williams (March 1864 – January 9, 1918) was an American baseball infielder who played on and managed predecessor teams to the Negro leagues. In 1885, he was recruited from a top amateur club in Philadelphia to play for the Cuban Giants. He served as the captain of the Cuban Giants from 1886 to 1889.
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Williams played on black teams in mostly-white minor leagues in 1889 and 1890. In 1890, he captained the York Colored Monarchs of the , which was all-white except for the Colored Monarchs and one integrated team. That season, Williams won the league batting title with a .386 average[1] and helped York win the league championship.
Williams played professional baseball until 1892. He was also hired to manage the Cuban Giants in 1897.[2] In 1906, he organized and managed the of the racially integrated International League of Independent Professional Base Ball Clubs.[3]
References[]
- ^ "1890 Eastern Interstate League Batting Leaders". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved May 11, 2014.
- ^ Lomax 2003, p. 152
- ^ "Wilmington Giants: George Williams Organizes Another Hot Team of Ball Players," Philadelphia Inquirer, April 1, 1906, p. 15
- Lomax, Michael E. (2003). Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860-1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 0-8156-2970-2.
- Riley, James A. (1994). "Williams, George". The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Carroll & Graf. pp. 849. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- (Riley.) George Williams, Personal profiles at Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. – identical to Riley (confirmed 2010-04-16)[dead link]
External links[]
- Negro league and Cuban League statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball Reference (Negro leagues)
- 1864 births
- 1918 deaths
- Baseball infielders
- Cuban Giants players
- Cuban X-Giants players
- New York Gorhams players
- Baseball players from Pennsylvania
- Negro league baseball infielder stubs