Vital Statistics:
Born: Dept. 17, 1879 in Calvert, Texas
Died: Dec. 9, 1930
Teams: Chicago Union Giants (1902), Cuban X-Giants (1903), Philadelphia Giants (1904-06), Leland Giants (1907-10), Chicago American Giants (1911-26)
Inducted into Hall of Fame: 1981
Height: 6-0
Weight: 200
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Family: Stepbrother was Hall of Fame pitcher Bill Foster.
Primary position: Pitcher
Career Highlights:
- Was the major force behind the creation of the Negro National League, the first successful league for black players, and was an outstanding pitcher in his own right.
- Won 44 games in a row as a pitcher for the Cuban C-Giants in 1903.Won four of the five games in the Black World Series in 1904.
- Is credited with teaching Christy Mathewson his devestating screwball.
- Managed the Chicago Leland Giants to a 110-10 record in 1907, and won championships as manager of the Chicago American Giants in 1914, 1915 and 1917.
- Organized and ran the Negro National League from 1921 until 1926.
