Joe Ware (baseball)
Appearance
Joe Ware | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Greenwood, South Carolina | June 5, 1913|
Died: January 10, 1994 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | (aged 80)|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1932, for the Cleveland Stars | |
Last appearance | |
1935, for the Newark Dodgers | |
Teams | |
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Joseph Lewman Ware (June 5, 1913 – January 10, 1994), nicknamed "Showboat", was an American Negro league outfielder in the 1930s.
A native of Greenwood, South Carolina, Ware attended Westinghouse High School, and played college football at Howard University.[1] He made his Negro leagues debut in 1932 for the Cleveland Stars and Pittsburgh Crawfords, and later played for the Newark Dodgers.[1][2] Ware died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1994 at age 80.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Joe Ware". seamheads.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
- ^ "Joe Ware". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved October 7, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1994 deaths
- Newark Dodgers players
- Pittsburgh Crawfords players
- Baseball outfielders
- Baseball players from Greenwood County, South Carolina
- Sportspeople from Greenwood, South Carolina
- Howard Bison football players
- Akron Black Tyrites players
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- Players of American football from South Carolina
- Negro league baseball outfielder stubs