Oscar Boone

Oscar Boone
Oscar Boone
	Catcher
	Born: March 28, 1911; Cameron, Texas
	Died: October 12, 1958 (aged 47); Eloy, Arizona
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1939, for the Atlanta Black Crackers
Last appearance
	1941, for the Chicago American Giants
Teams
	Atlanta Black Crackers (1939); Baltimore Elite Giants (1939); Chicago American Giants (1941);

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Oscar Boone (March 28, 1911 – October 12, 1958), nicknamed "The San Angelo Sheepherder", was an American baseball catcher in the Negro leagues.

A native of Cameron, Texas, Boone played with the Atlanta Black Crackers and Baltimore Elite Giants in 1939 and the Chicago American Giants in 1941.^[1] He died in Eloy, Arizona in 1958 at age 47.

References

^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Seamheads

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[Riley-1] Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

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