Charles Wesley (baseball)
Appearance
Charles Wesley | |
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Outfielder/Second baseman | |
Born: Montgomery, Alabama | July 4, 1896|
Died: March 5, 1944 Panama City, Florida | (aged 47)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1921, for the Columbus Buckeyes | |
Last appearance | |
1930, for the Louisville White Sox | |
Teams | |
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Charles Wesley (July 4, 1896 – March 5, 1944), nicknamed "Two Sides", was an American baseball player in the Negro leagues. He played from 1921 to 1930 with several teams, but he played mostly for the Birmingham Black Barons.[1]
He played with his final team in 1930, the Louisville White Sox. He died in Panama City, Florida, on March 5, 1944.
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
- Charles Wesley managerial career statistics at Baseball-Reference.com and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1896 births
- 1944 deaths
- Birmingham Black Barons players
- Memphis Red Sox players
- Indianapolis ABCs players
- Louisville White Sox players
- Columbus Buckeyes (Negro leagues) players
- St. Louis Stars (baseball) players
- Baseball players from Alabama
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- Baseball outfielders
- American baseball outfielder, 1890s birth stubs
- Negro league baseball outfielder stubs