Alphonse Dunn
| Alphonse Dunn | |
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| First baseman | |
| Born: September 27, 1911 Baton Rouge, Louisiana | |
| Died: September 29, 2004 (aged 93) Laurel, Mississippi | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Negro league baseball debut | |
| 1937, for the Detroit Stars | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1943, for the Birmingham Black Barons | |
| Teams | |
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Alphonse Dunn (September 27, 1911 – September 29, 2004), nicknamed "Blue", was an American Negro league first baseman between 1937 and 1943.
A native of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Dunn made his Negro leagues debut in 1937 for the Detroit Stars. In 1942 and 1943, he played for the Birmingham Black Barons,[1] and appeared in two games of the 1943 Negro World Series for Birmingham.[2] In 1946, he played for the Portland Rosebuds of the West Coast Negro Baseball Association.[3] Dunn died in Laurel, Mississippi in 2004 at age 93.
References
[edit]- ^ "Alphonse Dunn". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "1943 Season Negro League World Series". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Alphonse Dunn". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference and Seamheads
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- Birmingham Black Barons players
- Detroit Stars (1937) players
- New York Cubans players
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- 21st-century African-American sportsmen
- Portland Rosebuds (baseball) players
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