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Leroy Robert " Satchel " Paige (July 7, 1906 – June 8, 1982) was an American professional baseball pitcher who played in Negro league baseball and Major League Baseball (MLB). His career spanned five decades and culminated with his induction into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Apr 2, 2014 · A trailblazing player in the Negro Leagues, baseball pitcher Satchel Paige also became the oldest rookie in Major League history and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.
Sep 27, 2024 · Satchel Paige was an American professional baseball pitcher whose prowess became legendary during his many years in the Negro leagues; he finally was allowed to enter the major leagues in 1948. He won a World Series title with the Cleveland Indians in 1948 and was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1971.
Satchel Paige. Position: Pitcher. Bats: Right • Throws: Right. 6-3, 180lb (190cm, 81kg) Born: July 7, 1906 in Mobile, AL us. Died: June 8, 1982 in Kansas City, MO. Buried: Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, MO. Debut: 1927 (6,457th in major league history) AL/NL Debut: July 9, 1948 (Age 42-002d) vs. SLB 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER.
Feb 4, 2024 · The great Satchel Paige certainly fits that description, but his golden right arm and outsized personality helped him break past the Negro Leagues’ boundaries and into the national consciousness -- perhaps more than any other African-American ballplayer before Jackie Robinson.
Satchel Paige's explosive fastball, athletic ability, perfect control and showmanship guaranteed large crowds wherever he pitched and made him a legend. He earned the respect of sportswriters, owners, fans and baseball players.
Leroy “Satchel” Paige was bigger than mere numbers. Apocryphal stories surround Paige, who was born July 7, 1906 in Mobile, Ala. He began his professional career in the Negro Leagues in the 1920s after being discharged from reform school in Alabama.
Oct 23, 2018 · With a professional baseball career spanning the jazz age to the space age, pitcher Leroy Robert “Satchel” Paige (1906—1982) established himself not only as one of the most dominant American athletes of all time, but also as one of the most remarkable.
Jan 4, 2012 · Satchel Paige threw his first pitch in professional baseball in 1926 for the Chattanooga White Sox, an inappropriately-named team in the lower levels of the segregated Negro Leagues. He played his last game in organized baseball in 1966 — a full 40 years later — for a Virginia club called the Peninsula Grays.
Jan 18, 2010 · Satchel Paige was a dazzling pitcher with a scorching fastball. A decade before Jackie Robinson became the first black player in Major League Baseball, Paige helped integrate the...
