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Rube Foster

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Andrew "Rube" Foster (September 17, 1879 – December 9, 1930) was an American baseball player, manager, and executive in the Negro leagues. [1]

63 relations: African Americans, Bacharach Giants, Baseball, Bill Foster (baseball), Bingo DeMoss, Blue Island, Illinois, Boston Red Sox, Brooklyn Royal Giants, Bruce Petway, C. I. Taylor, Calvert, Texas, Charles Comiskey, Charles Dougherty (baseball), Chicago American Giants, Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox, Christy Mathewson, Comiskey Park, Commemorative stamp, Cuban X-Giants, Dave Brown (baseball), Dave Malarcher, Detroit Stars, Dick Whitworth, Eastern Colored League, Fayette County, Texas, First day of issue, Frank Leland, Frank Wickware, George Bardeen, Hilldale Club, History of the New York Giants (baseball), History of the Philadelphia Athletics, Home Run Johnson, Indianapolis ABCs, Jimmie Lyons, John Henry Lloyd, John McGraw, Kankakee, Illinois, Kansas City Monarchs, La Grange, Texas, Leland Giants, Lincoln Giants, Manager (baseball), Memphis Red Sox, National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Negro league baseball, Negro Leagues Baseball Museum, Negro National League (1920–31), Negro World Series, ..., Otsego Independents, Ownership, Pete Hill, Philadelphia Giants, Pitcher, Postage stamp, Rube Waddell, Screwball, Sol White, South Side Park, St. Paul Colored Gophers, Tenny Blount, United States Postal Service. Expand index (13 more) »

African Americans

African Americans (also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans) are an ethnic group of Americans with total or partial ancestry from any of the black racial groups of Africa.

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Bacharach Giants

The Bacharach Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

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Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball game played between two opposing teams who take turns batting and fielding.

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Bill Foster (baseball)

William Hendrick Foster (June 12, 1904 – September 16, 1978) was an American left-handed pitcher in baseball's Negro leagues in the 1920s and 1930s, and had a career record of 143-69.

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Bingo DeMoss

Elwood "Bingo" DeMoss (September 5, 1889 – January 26, 1965) was a baseball player and manager in the Negro Leagues from 1905 to 1943.

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Blue Island, Illinois

Blue Island is a city in Cook County, Illinois, located approximately south of Chicago's Loop.

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Boston Red Sox

The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston, Massachusetts.

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Brooklyn Royal Giants

The Brooklyn Royal Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team based in Brooklyn, New York.

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Bruce Petway

Bruce Franklin Petway (born Nashville, Tennessee in December 23, 1885 - died Chicago, Illinois in July 4, 1941) was a Negro League catcher in the early 20th century who came to be known as having one of the best throwing arms in the league.

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C. I. Taylor

Charles Isham Taylor (January 20, 1875 – February 23, 1922) was an American second baseman, manager and executive in Negro league baseball.

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Calvert, Texas

Calvert is a city in Robertson County, Texas, United States.

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Charles Comiskey

Charles Albert Comiskey (August 15, 1859 – October 26, 1931), also nicknamed "Commy" or "The Old Roman", was an American Major League Baseball player, manager and team owner.

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Charles Dougherty (baseball)

Charles "Pat" Dougherty (born October 26, 1879 and died July 12, 1939) was a Negro Leagues pitcher for several years before the founding of the first Negro National League. Sportswriter and fellow player Jimmy Smith put Dougherty on his 1909 "All American Team." Dougherty died at the age of 59 in Chicago, Illinois. He is buried at Lincoln Cemetery at Blue Island, Illinois.

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Chicago American Giants

The Chicago American Giants were a Chicago-based Negro league baseball team, owned and managed from 1911 to 1926 by player-manager Andrew "Rube" Foster.

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Chicago Cubs

The Chicago Cubs are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Chicago White Sox

The Chicago White Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Christy Mathewson

Christopher Mathewson (August 12, 1880 – October 7, 1925), nicknamed "Big Six", "The Christian Gentleman", "Matty", and "The Gentleman's Hurler", was a Major League Baseball (MLB) right-handed pitcher who played 17 seasons with the New York Giants.

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Comiskey Park

Comiskey Park was a baseball park in Chicago, Illinois, located in the Armour Square community on the near-southwest side of the city.

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Commemorative stamp

A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp, often issued on a significant date such as an anniversary, to honor or commemorate a place, event, person, or object.

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Cuban X-Giants

The Cuban X-Giants were a professional Negro league baseball team that played from 1896 to 1906.

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Dave Brown (baseball)

David Brown (born June 9, 1895).

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Dave Malarcher

David "Gentleman Dave" Julius Malarcher (October 18, 1894 – May 11, 1982) was an American third baseman in Negro league baseball.

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Detroit Stars

The Detroit Stars were an American baseball team in the Negro leagues and played at historic Mack Park.

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Dick Whitworth

Richard Henderson "Dick" Whitworth (August 28, 1895 – March 1966) was an American pitcher in baseball's Negro Leagues and pre-Negro Leagues.

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Eastern Colored League

The Mutual Association of Eastern Colored Clubs, more commonly known as the Eastern Colored League (ECL), was one of the several Negro leagues, which operated during the time organized baseball was segregated.

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Fayette County, Texas

Fayette County is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas.

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First day of issue

A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for useBennett, Russell and Watson, James; Philatelic Terms Illustrated, Stanley Gibbons Publications, London (1978) within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority.

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Frank Leland

Frank C. Leland (1869 – November 14, 1914) was an African-American baseball player, field manager and club owner in the Negro Leagues.

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Frank Wickware

Frank Wickware (March 8, 1888 in Coffeyville, Kansas – November 2, 1967 in Schenectady, New York) was a baseball pitcher in the Negro Leagues from 1909 to 1925.

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George Bardeen

George Edward Bardeen, Sr. (10 Nov 1850 - 26 Jan 1924), a long-time resident of Otsego, Michigan, USA, was a businessman and state-level politician.

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Hilldale Club

The Hilldale Athletic Club (informally known as Darby Daisies) were an African American professional baseball team based in Darby, Pennsylvania, west of Philadelphia.

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History of the New York Giants (baseball)

The San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball originated in New York City as the New York Gothams in 1883 and were known as the New York Giants from 1885 until the team relocated to San Francisco after the season.

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History of the Philadelphia Athletics

The Oakland Athletics, a current Major League Baseball franchise, originated in Philadelphia.

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Home Run Johnson

Grant U. "Home Run" Johnson (September 23, 1872 – September 4, 1963) was an American shortstop and second baseman in baseball's Negro Leagues.

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Indianapolis ABCs

The Indianapolis ABCs were a Negro league baseball team that played both as an independent club and as a charter member of the first Negro National League (NNL).

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Jimmie Lyons

James Henry Lyons (November 6, 1892 – October 10, 1963) was a baseball player in the Negro Leagues.

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John Henry Lloyd

John Henry "Pop" Lloyd (April 25, 1884 – March 19, 1964), nicknamed "El Cuchara", was an American baseball shortstop and manager in the Negro leagues.

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John McGraw

John Joseph McGraw (April 7, 1873 – February 25, 1934), nicknamed "Little Napoleon" and "Mugsy", was a Major League Baseball (MLB) player and manager of the New York Giants.

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Kankakee, Illinois

Kankakee is a city in and the county seat of Kankakee County, Illinois, United States.

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Kansas City Monarchs

The Kansas City Monarchs were the longest-running franchise in the history of baseball's Negro Leagues.

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La Grange, Texas

La Grange is a city in Fayette County, Texas, United States, near the Colorado River.

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Leland Giants

The Leland Giants, originally the Chicago Union Giants, were a Negro league baseball team that competed independently during the first decade of the 20th century.

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Lincoln Giants

The Lincoln Giants were a Negro league baseball team based in New York City from 1911 through 1930.

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Manager (baseball)

In baseball, the field manager (commonly referred to as the manager) is the equivalent of a head coach who is responsible for overseeing and making final decisions on all aspects of on-field team strategy, lineup selection, training and instruction.

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Memphis Red Sox

The Memphis Red Sox were a Negro League baseball team that was active from 1923 to 1950.

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National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum

The National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum is an American history museum and hall of fame, located in Cooperstown, New York, and operated by private interests.

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Negro league baseball

The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans and, to a lesser extent, Latin Americans.

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Negro Leagues Baseball Museum

The Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (NLBM) is a privately funded museum dedicated to preserving the history of Negro league baseball in America.

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Negro National League (1920–31)

The Negro National League (NNL) was one of the several Negro leagues which were established during the period in the United States in which organized baseball was segregated.

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Negro World Series

The Negro World Series was a post-season baseball tournament that was held from 1924 to 1927 and from 1942 to 1948 between the champions of the Negro leagues, matching the mid-western winners against their east-coast counterparts.

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Otsego Independents

The Otsego Independents was a white minor league baseball team in Otsego, Michigan in the early 1900s.

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Ownership

Ownership is the state or fact of exclusive rights and control over property, which may be an object, land/real estate or intellectual property.

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Pete Hill

John Preston "Pete" Hill (October 12, 1882 – December 19, 1951) was an American outfielder and manager in baseball's Negro leagues from 1899 to 1925.

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Philadelphia Giants

The Philadelphia Giants were a Negro league baseball team that played from 1902 to 1911.

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Pitcher

In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw a walk.

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Postage stamp

A postage stamp is a small piece of paper that is purchased and displayed on an item of mail as evidence of payment of postage.

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Rube Waddell

George Edward Waddell (October 13, 1876 – April 1, 1914) was an American southpaw pitcher in Major League Baseball (MLB).

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Screwball

A screwball is a baseball and fastpitch softball pitch that is thrown so as to break in the opposite direction of a slider or curveball.

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Sol White

King Solomon "Sol" White (June 12, 1868 – August 26, 1955) was an American professional baseball infielder, manager and executive, and one of the pioneers of the Negro leagues.

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South Side Park

South Side Park was the name used for three different baseball parks that formerly stood in Chicago, Illinois, at different times, and whose sites were all just a few blocks away from each other.

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St. Paul Colored Gophers

The St.

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Tenny Blount

John Tenny Blount (ca. 1871 – December 29, 1934) was an American sports executive, who owned the Detroit Stars of the Negro National League.

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United States Postal Service

The United States Postal Service (USPS; also known as the Post Office, U.S. Mail, or Postal Service) is an independent agency of the United States federal government responsible for providing postal service in the United States, including its insular areas and associated states.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rube_Foster

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