Satchel paige baseball almanac book

Satchel paige, striking out jim crow is a book about a man named emmet and another man named satchel paige. Satchel paige was born on saturday, july 7, 1906, in mobile, alabama. New world encyclopedia writers and editors rewrote and. The 1948 world series saw the cleveland indians against the boston braves. Leroy robert satchel paige july 7, 1906 june 8, 1982 was an american negro league baseball and major league baseball mlb pitcher who is notable. Satchel paige books satchel paige made his major league debut on 07091948 with the cleveland indians. Baseball almanac is pleased to present an unprecedented collection of baseball related quotations spoken by satchel paige and about satchel paige. A literary tribute to satchel paige baseball happenings. Stats awards fabulous feats famous firsts hall of fame hitting charts legendary lists pitching charts record books rules scoring. Ill be 35 this year and i can only pitch as long as satchel paige. The title was from his signature piece of wisdom dont look back, someone may be gaining on you. Dusty baker, manager, cincinnati reds knowing satchel paige is knowing nobody like him. Satchel paige trades and transactions by baseball almanac. Leroy robert satchel paige july 7, 1906 june 8, 1982 was an american negro league baseball.

December 21, 1911 january 20, 1947 was an american negro league baseball catcher. Satchel paige was known as the best pitcher in the negro league and he had a killer fastball. Satchel threw ruth the ball and ruth hit the ball, must have been 500 feet, off of satchel. View satchel paiges page at the baseball hall of fame plaque, photos, videos. Looking back on satchel paiges barely believable career has not helped me to shake the feeling that even though he made it to the hall of fame, the record of his lifetime statistics. For that reason, im a little limited in my ability to discuss the matter, but i put satch somewhat but not a great deal behind the greatest mlb pitcher of satchels playing days, lefty grove. It is far more than simply a book of baseball war stories. The stories in this book show satchel as both an extremely talented athlete, who paved the way for breaking the major leagues color barrier and a flawed, hard living everyman. Satchel paige every game played with complete stats, links to box scores and automated row summing for 1965. Satchel paige was born shortly after babe ruth and ty cobb. It has footage from both his hall of fame speech and of him warming up for his 1965 start with the kansas city athletics. After returning to barnstorming for many years thereafter, he found himself financially strapped.

Leroy robert paige view player bio from the sabr bioproject. Satchel paige world series stats by baseball almanac. By james sturm and rich tommaso with an introduction by gerald early. If you have tid bits about satchel paiges life that would be useful in writing the biography, email us. Satchel looked at ruth all the way around the bases and when ruth got to home plate, you know who shook his hand. Detroit tigers official profile, photo and data book. Much has been written about this largerthanlife pitcher, but when it comes to paige, fact does not easily separate from fiction. He played his last game in organized baseball in 1966 a full 40 years later for a virginia club called the peninsula pilots. Satchel paige baseball stats with batting stats, pitching stats and fielding stats, along with uniform numbers, salaries, quotes, career stats and biographical data presented by baseball almanac. Black baseball entrepreneurs 18651901 by michael lomax is a good book to read about how black baseball evolved in the 19th century. On february 9, 1971, pitcher leroy satchel paige becomes the first negro league veteran to be nominated for the baseball hall of fame. Satchel is the biography of the legendary baseball pitcher satchel paige.

Satchel paige was the source of inspiration for many baseball fans. Total zone rating and initial framework for wins above replacement calculations provided by sean smith. He went from being a satcheltoting boy, to a rockthrowing teenager. Lula said, page looked too much like a page in a book, whereas satchel explained, my folks started out by spelling. So, to help complete five years of big league service to qualify for a players pension, he returned to baseball in 1965 when kansas city. His coach at school told him, you concentrate on baseball, and you might make something of yourself. Confronting racism one fastball at a time author larry tye discusses satchel paige, a negro league pitcher who helped integrate baseball by. Page looked too much like page in a book, his mother offered. It is wellresearched and covers social topics as well as teams like the pythians, cuban giants, gorhams, and the chicago unions. Both legends, both virtuosos, both masters of their domain. The paige almanac had him pitching in more than 2,500 games and winning 2,000 or so. Either louis satchmo armstrong, or leroy satchel paige.

Ive tried to make sense of paige and other negro leaguers in this way in a chapter of a book several of us are trying to get published. Satchel paige society for american baseball research. The life and times of an american legend by larry tye. One of the all time great baseball players of american history, with highlights such as his long career in the game, the oldest rookie, his fast pitching style, and being inducted into the major league hall of fame. In fact, he was the first former negro league player to pitch in the major league world series. Satchel covers enough of paiges personal life to make clear that he could fib outside the baseball stadium. The stories, however, keep alive the memory of a man who became bigger than the game. Apocryphal stories surround paige, who was born july 7, 1906 in mobile, ala. Told from the point of view of a sharecropper, this narrative in graphic novel format follows baseball champion satchel paige as he travels throughout the segregated south. One of the all time great baseball players of american history, with highlights such as his long career in the game, the. If you love satchel, join us on facebook and well keep you updated on paiges progress.

Satchel paige threw his first pitch in professional baseball in 1926 for the. Did you know that in the satchel paige miscellaneous world series items of interest section seen above you can click the stats link under the world series label and a truly comprehensive history of that world series will appear on your screen. Lisa clineransomes book, handsomely illustrated by her husband james ransome, should prove to be a. Emmet was a young baseball player and he was earning lots of money playing the sport. Tyes book was a new york times bestseller in 2009 and gives great insight into the life and career of one of baseballs greatest players and characters, leroy satchel paige. This page lists every known baseball award won by satchel paige in chronological order. Amazingly, 1953 was not paiges last stint in major league baseball.

Defensive regression analysis data used here was obtained with permission from michael humphreys, author of wizardry. Did you know that in the satchel paige miscellaneous allstar items of interest section seen above you can click the stats link under the allstar label and a truly comprehensive history of that allstar game will appear on your screen. Marrying a second wife when he already had a first one was just the kind of. Did you know that during the physical, if a team finds out that the player received during a trade is injured they may return the player to the originating team within ten days from the date the trade was made and void the entire contract. Npr program fresh air recently conducted an interview with larry tye, the author of the biography, satchel. Satchel paige appeared for the indians, becoming the first black pitcher to take the mound in world series history. Published in 2010, satchel is a meticulously researched biography, weaving the life story of an itinerant africanamerican athlete with unflattering portraits of jim crow america on both sides of the masondixon line. In 1972, he became the second negro league player to be inducted in the national baseball hall of fame. The satchel paige world series stats seen below include his world series yearbyyear hitting stats, world series fielding stats, and world series pitching stats where applicable. A great baseball player tells the hilarious story behind the legend. Leroy robert satchel paige july 7, 1906 june 8, 1982 was an american baseball player whose pitching in the negro leagues and in major league baseball made him a. A short 4 minute video that documents pitching great satchel paige.

The statistics used were obtained free of charge from the baseball databank. By the age of ten he could outthrow anyone, small or grown. Win expectancy, run expectancy, and leverage index calculations provided by tom tango of, and coauthor of the book. Satchel paige, byname of leroy robert paige, born july 7, 1906. Exceeded rookie limits during 1948 season full name. The interview clearly illuminates the personality of one of the greatest baseball players who ever lived beyond a. Satchel paige threw his first pitch in professional baseball in 1926 for the chattanooga white sox, an inappropriatelynamed team in the lower levels of the segregated negro leagues. Leroy robert satchel paige july 7, 1906 june 8, 1982 was an american negro league baseball and major league baseball mlb pitcher who is notable for his longevity in the game, and for attracting record crowds wherever he pitched paige was a righthanded pitcher, and at age 42 in 1948, was the oldest major league rookie while playing for the cleveland indians.

The book was outstanding and i would recommend it to anyone interested in satchel paige, negro league history or what baseball was like when. Senators satchel paige little league in partnership with mcrbr will host. Indeed, once robinson broke the color barrier in baseball, satchel paige was among the first african americans to be drafted by a major league team. Baseball hall of famer leroy satchel paige 1906 1982 changed the face of the game in a career that spanned five decades. Baseball historians consider gibson to be among the very best power hitters and catchers in the history of any league, including major league baseball mlb. The transaction and player splits data used here was obtained free of charge from and is ed by retrosheet.

He was elected to the baseball hall of fame in 1971, the first player to be inducted from the negro leagues. Click the award name and up comes a comprehensive history of that award along with every winner of that particular baseball award. Satchel paige nominated to baseball hall of fame history. When he wasnt toting baggage at the depot thats how he earned money and the nickname satchel, he was pitching.

He began his professional career in the negro leagues in the 1920s after being. Some say leroy paige was born with his right fist curled around a baseball. The numbers at least the big league ones do not do justice to his legend. Paige was the sixth of 12 children born to john paige, a gardener, and lula coleman, a domestic worker in mobile. Leroy robert satchel paige july 7, 1906 june 8, 1982 was an american baseball player whose pitching in the negro leagues and in major league baseball made him a legend in his own lifetime. Were not finished writing the satchel paige biography yet.