Charlie Blackwell

Baseball player
Charlie Blackwell
Outfielder
Born: (1894-12-12)December 12, 1894
Brandenburg, Kentucky, US
Died: April 22, 1935(1935-04-22) (aged 40)
Proviso, Illinois, US
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
debut
1915, for the West Baden Sprudels
Last appearance
1929, for the Nashville Elite Giants
Teams
  • West Baden Sprudels (1915)[1]
  • St. Louis Giants/Stars (1916-1917, 1919-1925, 1928)[2][3]
  • Indianapolis ABCs (1917)[4]
  • St. Louis Giants (1924)
  • Birmingham Black Barons (1925)
  • Detroit Stars (1926)
  • Bacharach Giants (1928)
  • Nashville Elite Giants (1929)

Charles H. "Rucker" Blackwell (December 12, 1894 – April 22, 1935) was an American baseball outfielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1915 to 1929 with several teams, playing mostly with the and St. Louis Giants/Stars.[5]

References

  1. ^ "A.B.C.'s Take Three From The Sprudels" Indianapolis, IN, Wednesday, May 19, 1915, Page 10, Column 6
  2. ^ "Kansas City Monarchs Defeat Negro Giants" St. Louis Globe-Democrat, St. Louis, Missouri, May 10, 1920, Page 15
  3. ^ "Triple Play a Feature of Sunday Game" The Daily Independent, Murphysboro, IL, Monday, June 11, 1928, Page 6, Columns 1 and 2
  4. ^ "Big City Stuff is Too Much for Local Club" Logansport Pharos-Reporter, Logansport, IN, Monday, July 9, 1917, Page 6, Columns 1 and 2
  5. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  • Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads


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