Pearl Webster

Pearl Webster
Pearl Webster
	Catcher/First baseman
	Born: July 8, 1889; Wayland, Missouri
	Died: September 16, 1918 (aged 29); France
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
Negro league baseball debut
	1913, for the Brooklyn Royal Giants
Last appearance
	1918, for the Bacharach Giants
Teams
	Brooklyn Royal Giants (1913–1914, 1916–1917); Lincoln Stars (1914, 1917); St. Louis Giants (1915); Breakers Hotel (1915–1916); Hilldale Club (1918) ; Grand Central Red Caps (1918); Bacharach Giants (1918);

Pearl Franklyn Webster (July 8, 1889 – November 16, 1918), nicknamed "Specks", was an American baseball catcher and first baseman in the Negro leagues. He played from 1914 to 1918 with several teams.^[4]

In 1918, while playing for the Hilldale Club, Webster was drafted into the Army in Class 1-A.^[5]

He died of the Spanish flu pandemic while serving in the United States Army during World War I.^[6]

Thirty-four years after his death, Webster received votes listing him on the 1952 Pittsburgh Courier player-voted poll of the Negro leagues' best players ever.^[7]

References

^ "Brooklyn Giants Win" The Washington Herald, Washington, DC, Thursday, May 8, 1913, Page 8, Column 3
^ "Palm Beach Weekly Review" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, February 19, 1916, Page 5, Columns 5 to 7
^ "Hilldale Again" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, Sunday, June 30, 1918, Page 20, Column 2
^ Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.
^ "Santop, Williams and Tom Williams" Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, July 17, 1918, Page 11, Column 3
^ Remembering the Royals: The pride of Brooklyn’s African-American baseball community Brooklyn Daily Eagle
^ "1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"

External links

Negro league baseball statistics and player information from Seamheads.com, or Baseball Reference (Negro leagues)

Pearl Franklyn "Specks" Webster at Find a Grave

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[brg1913-1] "Brooklyn Giants Win" The Washington Herald, Washington, DC, Thursday, May 8, 1913, Page 8, Column 3

[breakers1916-2] "Palm Beach Weekly Review" Indianapolis Freeman, Indianapolis, Indiana, Saturday, February 19, 1916, Page 5, Columns 5 to 7

[hilldale1918-3] "Hilldale Again" Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, PA, Sunday, June 30, 1918, Page 20, Column 2

[Riley-4] Riley, James A. (1994). The Biographical Encyclopedia of the Negro Baseball Leagues. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0959-6.

[hilldales1918-5] "Santop, Williams and Tom Williams" Evening Public Ledger, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, July 17, 1918, Page 11, Column 3

[6] Remembering the Royals: The pride of Brooklyn’s African-American baseball community Brooklyn Daily Eagle

[poll-7] "1952 Pittsburgh Courier Poll of Greatest Black Players"

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