Donald Reeves
Appearance
Donald Reeves | |
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Right fielder | |
Born: Atlanta, Georgia | July 31, 1911|
Died: January 3, 1973 Sandersville, Georgia | (aged 61)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1937, for the Atlanta Black Crackers | |
Last appearance | |
1941, for the Chicago American Giants | |
Career statistics | |
Batting average | .324 |
Hits | 90 |
Home runs | 9 |
Runs batted in | 64 |
Stolen bases | 8 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Donald Ray Reeves (July 31, 1911 – January 3, 1973), nicknamed "Soup", was an American baseball right fielder in the Negro leagues. He played from 1937 to 1941 with the Atlanta Black Crackers, Indianapolis ABCs, and the Chicago American Giants. He was a graduate of Clark Atlanta University, then known as Clark College, where he played baseball, basketball, and football. He was selected to the 1940 East-West Game. After his baseball career, he became a teacher in Atlanta, Georgia.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads