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Cliff Blackmon

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Cliff Blackmon
Pitcher
Born: (1914-03-25)March 25, 1914
Mobile, Alabama
Died: December 17, 1995(1995-12-17) (aged 81)
Mobile, Alabama
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
1937, for the Chicago American Giants
Last appearance
1941, for the St. Louis–New Orleans Stars
Stats at Baseball Reference Edit this at Wikidata
Teams

Clifford Lorenza "Sleepy" Blackmon (March 25, 1914 – December 17, 1995) was an American baseball pitcher in the Negro leagues.[1] He played with several teams from 1937 to 1941.[2]

Blackmon was regarded as the ace of the Black Barons in 1938, and was compared to Satchel Paige in the Quad-City Times.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
  2. ^ "Cliff Blackmon Seamheads profile". seamheads.com. Retrieved February 1, 2021.
  3. ^ "Birmingham Club Strong". Quad-City Times. 1938-06-13. p. 10. Retrieved 2021-05-27 – via Newspapers.com.
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