Clarence Williams (baseball player)
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Clarence Williams (born January 27, 1868) was an African-American baseball catcher in the Negro Leagues. He joined the Cuban Giants, the first black professional team, during their first season. He played at least twenty years for major teams. He was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
In his time the Cuban Giants played in otherwise all-white leagues during 1887, 1889, and 1890, but Williams and Frank Grant played or the otherwise white Harrisburg team in the Eastern Interstate League. (Harrisburg and the Giants battled for the pennant.)
References
- Riley, James A. (1994). "Williams, Clarence". The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. Carroll & Graf. pp. 847–48. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
- (Riley.) Clarence Williams, Personal profiles at Negro Leagues Baseball Museum. – identical to Riley (confirmed 2010-04-16)
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American baseball player |
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Categories:
- Negro league baseball players
- Cuban Giants players
- Baseball catchers
- Baseball players from Pennsylvania
- People from Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
- 1868 births
- American baseball catcher, 1860s birth stubs
- Negro league baseball stubs
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