Negro Leagues Database Update: 1923 Negro National League
November 29, 2011 by Gary Ashwill · 5 Comments
We’re pleased to announce the addition of the 1923 Negro National League, compiled by Patrick Rock, to the Negro Leagues Database. Patrick’s work was the first statistical compilation of a Negro league season to reach the levels of thoroughness and completeness that we’re aspiring to here, and has been a key inspiration for my own [...]
“Pop” Paved the Way
September 1, 2011 by Sam Miller · 2 Comments
If I were to ask you who were the best black baseball players, Satchel Paige, Josh Gibson and Oscar Charleston might readily come to mind. Chances are it would take you awhile to think of John Henry “Pop” Lloyd. You might never get there. In that case the list would be sorely lacking. Better pick [...]
Stanley “Doc” Glenn Fondly Remembered in Quebec
May 16, 2011 by Bill Young · 2 Comments
Word came down the other day that 84-year old Stanley “Doc†Glenn had passed away on April 16. Glenn, a rangy 6’ 2†son of a Virginia fisherman who once described himself as a journeyman catcher, was in fact a superior defensive rearguard with a great arm. During the 1940s he made his mark with [...]
