Jamestown Red Sox
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The Jamestown Red Sox were an integrated semi-professional baseball
team based in Jamestown, North Dakota
in the 1930s.
The Red Sox played independently of any league because their mixed race roster was a problem in a period of segregation
. As their player-manager from May to October 1934
, Ted Radcliffe
became the first black man to manage white professional players. With backing from the local Gladstone Hotel, the team also signed Barney Brown
, Bill Perkins, and Steel Arm Davis to become the strongest team in North Dakota. The club played 56 games in that year going 40-16. After the regular season, the Red Sox played the Earl Mack Major League All-Stars
featuring Jimmie Foxx, Heinie Manush, Pinky Higgins, Doc Cramer, Ted Lyons and Earl Whitehill. Jamestown won 3 straight games.
The team played in grey flannel jerseys decorated with a black felt letter "J" on the left breast and a red felt sock on the right sleeve.
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
team based in Jamestown, North Dakota
Jamestown, North Dakota
As of the census of 2000, there were 15,527 people, 6,505 households, and 3,798 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,246.7 per square mile . There were 6,970 housing units at an average density of 559.6 per square mile...
in the 1930s.
The Red Sox played independently of any league because their mixed race roster was a problem in a period of segregation
Racial segregation
Racial segregation is the separation of humans into racial groups in daily life. It may apply to activities such as eating in a restaurant, drinking from a water fountain, using a public toilet, attending school, going to the movies, or in the rental or purchase of a home...
. As their player-manager from May to October 1934
1934 in sports
-American football:NFL championship* New York Giants 30–13 Chicago Bears in the NFL championship gameCollege championship* College football national championship – Minnesota Golden Gophers-Association football:International...
, Ted Radcliffe
Ted Radcliffe
Theodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" Radcliffe was at his death thought to be the oldest living professional baseball player , one of only a handful of major league players who lived past their 100th birthdays, and a former star in the...
became the first black man to manage white professional players. With backing from the local Gladstone Hotel, the team also signed Barney Brown
Barney Brown
Barney Brown was an American Negro league baseball pitcher and outfielder who played from 1931 to 1949. Among the teams he played for were the New York Cubans, Philadelphia Stars, and New York Black Yankees....
, Bill Perkins, and Steel Arm Davis to become the strongest team in North Dakota. The club played 56 games in that year going 40-16. After the regular season, the Red Sox played the Earl Mack Major League All-Stars
Earl Mack Major League All-Stars
The Earl Mack Major League All-Stars were a baseball team in the 1930s. After the end of the 1934 season the team included Jimmie Foxx, Heinie Manush, Pinky Higgins, Doc Cramer, Ted Lyons and Earl Whitehill.-References:* Retrieved August 29 2005....
featuring Jimmie Foxx, Heinie Manush, Pinky Higgins, Doc Cramer, Ted Lyons and Earl Whitehill. Jamestown won 3 straight games.
The team played in grey flannel jerseys decorated with a black felt letter "J" on the left breast and a red felt sock on the right sleeve.
Notable players
- Barney BrownBarney BrownBarney Brown was an American Negro league baseball pitcher and outfielder who played from 1931 to 1949. Among the teams he played for were the New York Cubans, Philadelphia Stars, and New York Black Yankees....
(1934) - Steel Arm Davis (1934)
- Showboat Fisher (1934)
- Bill Perkins (1934)
- Ted "Double Duty" RadcliffeTed RadcliffeTheodore Roosevelt "Double Duty" Radcliffe was at his death thought to be the oldest living professional baseball player , one of only a handful of major league players who lived past their 100th birthdays, and a former star in the...
(1934)