Nat Rogers
Appearance
Nat Rogers | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Spartanburg, South Carolina | July 21, 1893|
Died: December 1981 Memphis, Tennessee | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
Negro league baseball debut | |
1923, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1945, for the Memphis Red Sox | |
Teams | |
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William Nathaniel Rogers (July 21, 1893 – December 1981) was a baseball player in the Negro leagues from the 1920s to the 1940s.
A native of Spartanburg, South Carolina, Rogers played outfielder, catcher, and infielder. In 1927, he had a 31-game hitting streak for the Chicago American Giants.[1] Rogers died in 1981 in Memphis, Tennessee at age 88.[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ The ESPN Baseball Encyclopedia. Sterling Publishing. 2007. p. 1700. ISBN 978-1-4027-4771-7.
- ^ "Nat Rogers". seamheads.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ "Nat Rogers". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from MLB, or Baseball Reference and Baseball-Reference Black Baseball stats and Seamheads
- Nat Rogers at Negro Leagues Baseball Museum
Categories:
- 1893 births
- 1981 deaths
- Birmingham Black Barons players
- Brooklyn Royal Giants players
- Chicago American Giants players
- Columbia Giants players
- Harrisburg Giants players
- Kansas City Monarchs players
- Memphis Red Sox players
- Baseball outfielders
- 20th-century African-American sportsmen
- Negro league baseball outfielder stubs