Robert Gaston
Robert Gaston | |
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Catcher | |
Born: Chattanooga, Tennessee | March 19, 1910|
Died: February 11, 2000 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | (aged 89)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1932, for the Homestead Grays | |
Last appearance | |
1948, for the Homestead Grays | |
Teams | |
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Robert "Rab Roy" Gaston (March 19, 1910 – February 11, 2000) was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues. He played from 1932 to 1948, mostly with the Homestead Grays. He spent the majority of his career as the backup catcher to Josh Gibson.[1]
References[]
- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference and Seamheads
- Negro League Baseball Players Association
Categories:
- 1910 births
- 2000 deaths
- Homestead Grays players
- Baseball players from Tennessee
- 20th-century African-American sportspeople
- Baseball catchers
- American baseball catcher, 1910s birth stubs
- Negro league baseball catcher stubs